The 6th Indoor Cricket World Cup, hosted by Action Indoor Sports Stadium in Bristol, UK, will take place from 22nd to 30th September 2007.

This prestigious international sports event will include teams from the leading Cricketing nations: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa. The Equipe de France has also been accepted into the competition and our goal is to emulate similar feats accomplished by Ireland in the recent International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup where success over cricket giants Pakistan and Bangladesh rocked the cricketing world. Such achievements have launched the game in Ireland to unthinkable new levels and has led to several of their players securing places in English First Class cricket teams.

The official fixtures have been released and France will play world cup champions Australia in their opening match at 15h30 on Saturday the 22nd September followed by New Zealand at 20h30.

The benefits that the Equipe de France will obtain from competing in the Indoor World Cup are numerous as our players will gain invaluable experience at the highest competitive level and the potential for publicity and awareness of cricket in France will be unprecedented.

The Official Launch for the Indoor World Cup was on the 13th July and can be seen at Sportuk.TV along with the launch of an Official Website. Negotiations for mainstream television to cover the World Cup are currently in progress with an interested party. The recent creation of the England Indoor Cricket Association (EICA) in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) means that the ECB will now play an important role in ensuring success for the World Cup as well as the future of the indoor game.

Indoor Cricket is an exciting and intense sport with each game lasting only one hour. The size of the playing area is similar to a tennis court and is surrounded by nets that have designated scoring zones for bonus points. Each team has 8 players and the batting team faces a total of sixteen six-ball overs with four batting pairs each facing four overs and each player in the fielding team bowling two overs. The big difference in comparison to the outdoor game is that when batsmen are “dismissed” they continue to complete their four overs with a penalty of 5 runs being deducted from their score for each dismissal. This formula means that all-round cricketing skills are essential - batting, bowling and especially 'dynamic' fielding. The winning team is decided by the side who scores the most runs after their designated 16 overs.

The French Mens squad will be announced shortly.