We play a relaxed form of the game called pairs cricket — it keeps things moving, keeps everyone involved, and keeps it fun.

• You’ll bat in pairs for a set number of overs (usually 4 depending on the size of the group).
• You score runs just like normal — boundaries, singles, overthrows and all.
• If you get out, you’re not done — you just lose 5 runs,  and carry on batting in your pair until your overs are up.
• All the usual forms of getting out stand (caught, bowled, run out etc) except for LBWs
• When your pair finishes, the next pair takes over — until everyone’s had a go.
• We’ll rotate the bowlers, so everyone gets a chance to bowl (don’t worry, it’s gentle and friendly), and underarm bowling is permitted if you haven't quite perfected your bowling action.
• We don't re-bowl unintentional wides and no balls, but they do count as 2 against the batting pairs score.
• It's all played with a soft ball, so no equipment like pads, gloves or helmets are necessary.
• At the end, the pair with the highest score wins — but the real aim is to enjoy a knockabout, move a bit, and have a few laughs.

And for our indoor matches - how does that work?

• For our indoor matches all the above still applies plus some specific adaptions so it works in a sports hall...
• The back wall (behind the bowler) is the boundary wall - this is where you'll score 4's (if it bounces) or 6's as long as it doesn't hit another wall beforehand
• Hit any other wall and you'll score 1 run. You score a run for every wall you hit.
• Run a 'run' and you score 2 in indoor cricket
• However... you can be caught off the walls (apart from the boundary wall) and you're also out if you hit the ceiling
• When you're not batting you'll either be  bowling, wicker keeper or fielding
• So the field isn't too congested at our indoor games we may sometimes when we have a full session ask one pair at a time to sit out after they've batted, it's a good opportunity to catch your breath, watch the game and catch up with your batting partner
• It's fast paced, and with everyone in a much smaller space is even more social than our outdoor matches