W&G Indoor Playing Offer

Each year, Wiltshire Cricket hosts a 6-aside indoor cricket league for women's and Girls cricket teams across Wiltshire. The competition provides each team with an opportunity to practice, refine and challenge their skills in a friendly and sociable environment.

To ensure that every player has the opportunity to bat, bowl and field, the competition follows the generic ECB pairs cricket regulations and uses an Incrediball to maximise participation.

Leagues available this year are:

Girls' Softball - 6-a-side Pairs, U11/U13/U15
Women's Softball - 6-a-side Pairs - Social/Competitive

All clubs across Wiltshire are invited to take part in the Women's and Girls’ Indoor Cricket Competition each year.

Indoor Rule breakdown:

6 a-side fixtures
Scoring points
- 1 - A ball struck to hit the ceiling or one of more the side or back walls shall count as 1 run, even if the ball subsequently hits the boundary wall in which case it remains in play.
- 2 - Two runs shall be scored if the striker plays the ball, and it does not hit a wall, and the batters complete a run.
- 3 - Two additional runs shall be scored if the batters complete a run, and the ball hits the ceiling or one of more the side or back walls (I.e. 3 runs in total if the ball hits the wall and batters run)
- 4 – If the ball touches the floor but does not touch any of the other walls or the ceiling and hits the boundary wall, then it shall count as 4 runs.
- 6 - A ball struck to hit the boundary wall behind the bowler without touching the floor or any other wall or ceiling shall count as 6 runs.
- Wicket – A wicket will be -5 runs from the batting team. Apart from the normal methods of dismissal contained in the Laws of Cricket, the following variations shall apply: The batters can be caught out by a fielder after the ball has hit the ceiling, the netting, or any wall, except directly from the boundary wall, provided the ball has not touched the floor. LBWs will only be given if the batter deliberately blocks the ball to stop it hitting the stumps
- Wide/No Balls - +2 Runs (no extra ball given)
Over length – 5 balls
No bowler shall exceed 3 overs of bowling
Each batting pair will face 4 overs