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CRICKET IN POLAND

Indoor Cricket

Cricket Glossary

Indoor cricket is played on a court measuring approx. 30 metres long by 10 metres wide. Pretty much the size of a standard sports hall in Poland. Each team has between six and eight players. From each ball the batsman can score runs by hitting the walls, further details of scoring for indoor cricket can be found here.


They may also score runs by running between the batting crease and running (non-striker) crease. Each run is scored double, so if the batsmen run one run, two runs are added to the total. The scoring is accumulative, so if a player hits a ball into the side wall for one run, and they and their partner run a single, they have scored three runs off that delivery.

However, if the batsman is dismissed by any method, the batting team loses five runs. There is no limit to the number of times a batsmen can be dismissed. Thus, at the end of the game, the team may have a negative score!

A batsman loses his wicket, is out, and incurs a five run penalty by:

  • Being bowled

  • Being caught (even when off the wall first, except when a six is scored)

  • Being stumped

  • Being run out

  • Leg Before Wicket (As long as the batsman plays a shot, he/she cannot be given out LBW)

  • Hit wicket (batsman hits their stumps)

  • Hitting the ceiling with the ball.

 

Bowling/Fielding

"Wides" are called when the bowled ball passes the batting crease outside the areas marked on the diagram here. A penalty of one run is added to the batting team's score.

A "no-ball" is called when, during bowling,:

  • The bowler oversteps the bowling crease.

  • The bowler throws the delivery.

A penalty of one run is added to the batting team's score for a "no-ball".

 

Equipment

The equipment used is largely the same as outdoor cricket's, but with slight modifications.

The ball is a soft plastic ball enclosed in leather casing. An indoor cricket ball looks like a normal cricket ball but is softer.

Because of the softer ball used in indoor cricket, leg-pads, boxes and helmets are not necessary for the batsman. Gloves are worn by the wicketkeeper. Knee and elbow pads may be used by fielders as there may be a lot of diving.