Australia, New Zealand, South Africa to participate in Indoor World Cricket Series at Brisbane

Approximately 200 junior cricketers from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will participate in the Indoor World Cricket Series to be held at Brisbane, commencing of Sunday, September 27. Matches will be held in age divisions ranging between Under 14 and Under 18. The competitors will vie to be crowned as World Indoor Cricket Federation Champions (WICF) in their respective age groups. Australia will field an ‘A’ team along with a main team in the three different age group categories.

According to cricket.com.au, the male contestants will participate in age group categories of Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18, while girls will have a consolidated Under-18 competition. At present Australia are in possession of all indoor cricket titles except one. The competition has been held just once previously.

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Indoor cricket is depicted as a compact version of the traditional outside game. There are specific scoring zones and rebound nets to evaluate a teams performance in numbers. The innings are distributed into 16 overs per side with every player requiring to bowl two overs. Dismissals can happen off the nets too.

Competitive indoor cricket  is not a new concept to Australia. Some legends such as RickyPonting, Michael Clarke and Steve Waugh have all graduated through this system and gone on to become captains for Australia in Test cricket, which is testimony to the fact that skill acquired in indoor cricket are transferable to the outdoor game.