Would You Play In An Indoor Cricket League?
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Indoor cricket has the same basic rules as normal cricket except:
Teams
Each indoor cricket team must field eight players. Each player on an indoor cricket team is allowed to bat and bowl in accordance with indoor cricket rules. Each player on an indoor cricket team is required to bowl and bat in a partnership for four overs during an indoor cricket game.
Bowling Rules
An indoor cricket game lasts 16 overs which each fielding player required to bowl two overs. An over consists of six fair deliveries. A bowler's front foot must be behind the bowling crease when a delivery is released or a no ball will be called. Indoor cricket rules award the batting team two runs for a no ball being bowled. A two run penalty will also be assessed if a ball is delivered wide of the court lines signifying a wide delivery. After no ball or wide penalty has been added to the batting score the ball will be re-bowled, awarding the batting team an extra delivery in the over.
Outs
A batter is given out if the ball hits the stumps or if the ball hits his leg without hitting the bat on the way to the stumps. Indoor cricket rules also state that a batter is given out if a batted ball is caught by a member of the fielding team before it hits the ground. A fielder is allowed to catch a ball after it hits the side netting or wall and be awarded an out. When a batter is given out, a five run penalty is deducted from the batting score, and he is allowed to continue batting out his allotted four overs.
Scoring
Batters score runs in indoor cricket by hitting the ball and running from one end to the other, each time the batters switch ends is worth one run. Runs can also be scored by hitting the ball into designated areas. One run is scored by hitting the side net before non-strikers crease, with two runs scored if the ball crosses the non strikers crease. Four runs are scored if the ball hits the net behind the bowler after bouncing, with six being awarded for hitting the back net in the air.
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