Hi Procricket
Yeah its not cheap for a hours game, its 5 quid!
On the other hand I play football on a Monday which is 5 quid for a 50 min game??
comparable I feel!
I dislike indoor as it's totally different to outdoor and just promotes gifting my wicket away which I hate. However, if you bowl 3 overs and bat (for more than a few balls that is!) top 3 then yes, £5 is worth it.. If however you bat lower,bowl less and then have to run yourself out going for it, it becomes very expensive. At least football you are totally in control of how much or little you 'play'. even if you don't touch the ball you run around loads so feel like you are taking part.. not much actual moving indoors.
It's a shame, it'd be nice if they could do away with paying scorers and umpires and reduce the cost and that would hopefully make it more popular for many more people. It's not real cricket so no need for umpires/scorers really.