Indoor cricket. Indoor cricket is my favourite and most successful sport
I play at the moment. My favourite part of the game is the fact that the game
is confined and you can bounce and catch off the nets. The rules of this form
of the game are suited more for a faster and more exciting game. These are the
pure basic rules of the game:
1.
Non-striker
batsman only has to run to half way (as shown on photo)
2.
8 fielders, 2 batsman and 1 umpire.
3.
-5 runs if you get out
4.
Softer ball
5.
Not allowed the ball in the huddles
6.
If you hit the walls in the first half of the court
you get an extra run when you run, but 2 extra runs if you hit the side back
half.
7.
If you hit the far back wall on the full its 6 runs
but if you run you get 7.
8.
4 batting partenerships.
9.
If you get a higher score then the batsmen on the
other team who batted at the same partnership time as you, you get a “skin”
10.You are allowed to
catch the ball off any net except the very back one, unless it hits another net
and stays off the ground.
These are only a few of
the main rules, except there are some little things you should know to do
during the game, e.g. If they bowl a wide you have to signal to the umpire if
you want to re- bowl it.
The main skill that you learn (or should have) is fast reflexes. As you
are playing
playing in a small court a ball can bounce of any wall or come at you at
any time. Another skill relating to reflexes is just simply to be ready to
catch, field or throw the ball at anytime.
I think that most people are put off cricket because of how long it
takes and how little you are in the game, but indoor cricket is the opposite of
this. You are constantly diving, talking and celebrating most balls!
