About us
Action Indoor Cricket England (AICE) is the governing body that manages and drives domestic participation, organises national tournaments and manages the international campaigns of the AIC England squads. AIC England runs female and male international teams from Juniors to Masters meaning everyone has the opportunity to represent their country.
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AIC England’s HQ is at Action Indoor Sports, Leicester. From here the timetables, coaching, training, selections, and administration of the sport is conducted by a highly experienced team. As a multisport location, the club provides over 250,000 sporting experiences annually, including up to 1,000 games of indoor cricket each year. Birmingham also hosted a World Cup event on behalf of the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) in 2016.
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AICE participate in all World Cup Events as well as other international Test Match series both home and abroad.
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International tournaments typically happen on a three-year cycle with the Masters World Series open to Men in the 35&Overs (O), 40&O, 45&O and 50&O age groups and for Ladies a 35&O competition. AIC England competed in our first Junior World Series in 2018 in Christchurch taking a 13&Unders (U), 15&U, and 17&U Boys team as well as a 17&U Girls team. The World Cup itself is open to open age Men and Women as well as a 21&U competition for both boys & girls.
The Game
Action Indoor Cricket is a fast, dynamic, 8-a-side format, played within tension netted indoor pitches. The sport is enjoyed by over 1 million men, women and children worldwide.
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The game is truly a participation game with matches lasting around 75 minutes and all players must bat, bowl and field. The nets keep the ball live at all times so you will touch the ball more as a fielder than in any other format of cricket.
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Action Indoor Cricket is full of tense moments as each pair can earn a point for their team by beating the opposite pair. This additional pressure along with the ball having excess swing and spin makes for a difficult task with the bat, leading to lots of exciting moments in a game. The ball is a purposely designed super soft/ low impact indoor cricket ball. The court is usually 28m long, 10m wide and has a flat net roof 4m high.
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Basic Rules
Each pair bats for 4 overs (called a skin) and all bowlers (including the keeper!) must bowl 2 overs each. On the point of delivery, the fielding team should have 4 players in the front half of the court and 4 players in the back half of the court. Bonus runs are only scored if the batters complete a run and hit the net. The front court side nets are worth +1, the back court side nets are worth +2, any side net plus the back net +3 and the back net +4 or +6 depending on if the ball hits the back net on the full. You can be caught out if the ball hits the side nets without bouncing first or normally or if you are bowled, although most outs will be run outs in this fast-paced fielding game. Wickets cost the team -5 but you remain at the crease for your 4 overs.​​​
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