Cricket without the hassle!
Indoor Cricket is a game for everyone. You don’t need to have all of the gear, you won’t be asked to umpire and you don’t have to do the scoring, you simply turn up and play, Playbox takes care of the rest. It is a fast, fun, and exciting version of cricket in which you are guaranteed a bat, a bowl, and are sure to get plenty of balls hit your way in the field. All in under 75 mins.
Tensioned nets
With our first of a kind (in the EU) tensioned nets, the ball is always live and bounces off to create opportunities for fielding magic to happen. Slap the ball on to the wickets with one hand to run a batter out by a split-second or take a one-handed diving screamer of a catch, either way you have plenty of opportunities to make highlight reel worthy moments.
Leagues for everyone
Playbox has leagues for different ages, abilities, and genders. No matter if you have played you whole life, or have never touched a cricket ball, we are here to find the right league for you. If you need a little more help getting started, you can join Playbox Academy and get yourself up to speed.
The rules are simple
Indoor cricket follows many of the rules of outdoor cricket in terms of bowling, batting, and ways to get out. However, there are a handful of rules specific to indoor cricket that are made to ensure the game is full of action and excitement.
- Six or eight players per team, depending on the competition format.
- Each team bats and bowls for 12 (6-a-side) or 16 (8-a-side) overs each.
- Each player on the fielding team (Including the wicket keeper) bowls two 6-ball overs.
- Wides & No-Balls are worth 2 runs to the batter and are only re-bowled in the last over of each pair (overs 4, 8, 12, & 16)
- Batters bat in pairs and face four overs per pair, regardless of how many times they go out. Five runs are deducted from the team’s score each time a player gets out. After going out, the batter continues batting. This means negative scores are possible.
- Batters only run to a line at half-way.
- Bonus runs are scored by hitting different zones on the net.
- Batters must score off every third ball as a minimum. On the “third ball”, the score must change through either the batter scoring runs, or receiving a wide or no-ball.
YOUR CRICKETING JOURNEY STARTS HERE
For those new to the game, Indoor cricket is a fast, actioned packed game of cricket which takes place inside a net. The ball is always alive and creates the chance for some spectacular all around cricket. You get to have a go at all aspects of cricket, so you will soon see your skills develop.
Get together you and seven of your finest friends, club mates, or work colleagues and enter your team today.
A few terms to get you started
Down-Up
The art of hitting the ball hard on the ground and bouncing it up over the fielders. This is a classic indoor cricket shot and the safest shot. Tip: Keep your head down and play late.
Back Flick
Running is the key to success. Getting the ball back to the goalie or the high-ball court quickly is your best chance of running. It is often much faster to throw the ball back than to throw it.
Minus 5
The saying “once you’re out, you’re out” doesn’t apply in indoor cricket. Instead of leaving the field, you simply lose 5 runs from your score, or “minus 5.” Then it’s time to dust yourself off and face the next ball. Just don’t go out.
Become a indoor cricket legend