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[Bruce]

Gents,
Our Team (Cranborne CC) have re-entered an indoor league this winter starts next week and ends in Jan.
Firstly, What are your opinions on Indoor Cricket?
Secondly, What sort of 'Field' should I set?

Thanks

[OMF]

1) Love indoor cricket its great fun
2) Can't answer that, just like outdoor cricket it depends what you're bowlers are doing and what the batsmen are trying to do...think you'll have to figure it out as you go along

[Red Ink Cricket]

how many aside is it? I personally like indoor. Keeps my eye in during the winter and its nice to hit a few balls when nets arent happening. I think its really helped me in placing the ball and nurdling it around into gaps. Its not all about the big shot indoors as the risk is alot higher.

we play 6 aside 12 overs per side. 3 per bowler. field depends on the bowler. We tend to bowl wide of off stump as legside wides are pretty strict. normally have mid on and off. a cover area and a point/backward point depending on where the batsman is trying to play the ball and also the pace of the ball being bowled. alot of bats will then try to smash u straight or step to off and try to work u into the leg. tend to get alot of leading edges etc that way. Works ok for us most of the time.
if the bowlers bowling a little straighter we tend to have point, midwicket, man shortish on the off side ( short extra/Silly mid off kind of area) and then mid on.

[Bruce]

6 a side, Same Rules and regs as yours. 4runs for a wide ball though 

[Simmy]

we play it its good but i strugle because

a. i am fat and not very fit
b. my game is big hitting if i do it indoor ur out cos u can be caught of the walls.

but i make up for runs with my keeping

[tim2000s]

Indoor cricket is great for learning to not loft the ball and find the gaps...

[Red Ink Cricket]

yeah we have 4 runs for a wide 2 and no extra ball.  in the last over its 4 runs plus the extra ball so you have to be spot on last over. i think the best thing to remember is that dot balls are gold dust they dont come around very often so if you get some your lucky. its pretty easy in most sports hall to hit the walls and run a single. dont worry too much if they are picking up the 3s for the wall contact etc pretty easily. if you can manage to keep the boundaries to a minimum and a dot ball every few overs you should do pretty well. we play in a reasonable size sports hall. its approx 2 badminton courts plus run offs wide and about 6 or 8 long so there is plenty of space. a decent score in there is 160+. 180 is normally the target but have been involved and chased down 200+ on the odd occasion. Just be confident with the running. Run outs account for alot of wickets so if you go, go hard and fast!

[Coach]

Field wise we tended to go with an 4th or 5th stump line and had a backward point in the corner, meaning its easier for him to run onto the ball as he only has tom move one way, mid on and mid off 3/4 of the way to the back wall but close enough to cut of the single, the other fielder depends on your line and your batters, either a midwicket or a cover, leaving the legside corner for the keeper to cover

[Liam-SCCC]

Are you doing at the Dorset cricket centre? Played some district stuff there, the end 4/6 wall in a net and the balls just drop of the side Walls, no bounce back

[Bruce]

Yeah the one where Christchurch play their normal League matches.

[OMF]

got our first indoor game tomorrow night against Byo's team. Hope it's a good game, if it was outdoors I'd imagine we'd get thumped!

[alba caerulea]

My team has just entered into the indoor league aswell. Got a feeling its going to be mayhem! Where we play has high-tension netting around the hall, never played with this before, any advice?

[Byo]

"got our first indoor game tomorrow night against Byo's team. Hope it's a good game, if it was outdoors I'd imagine we'd get thumped!"

Looking forward to that tomorrow - I am playing but no idea what our team is.  Any idea where we are playing???

[OMF]

Alba - have played that kind of indoor before yeah. Yeah its crazy, just keep your eye on the ball!

Byo, only that its at Cotham School, never been before tho. Half of our team have some indoor experience from the county ground, but not for a few years. Apparantly moon-balls are very effective...

[12man]

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