6 or 8-aside cricket for U10s and U12s

Somerset Cricket Foundation will host U10s and U12s Countdown Cricket Festivals a 6 and 8-aside cricket format for junior cricket teams across Somerset. The competition provides each team with an opportunity to practice, refine and challenge their skills in a friendly and sociable environment. The festivals are a great opportunity for both dynamos graduates and those newer to cricket.

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North East Somerset
Hayesfield Girls School, Bath BA2 3LA
Sunday 8 February 2026
1:30 – 5:00PM

South East Somerset
Perrot Hill School, Crewkerne, TA18 7EF
Sunday 15 February 2026
1:30 – 5:00PM

North West Somerset / South Bristol
Worle Centre, WSM, BS22 6AQ
Sunday 11 January 2026
12:00 – 3:00PM

North West Somerset / South Bristol
Backwell School, Backwell BS48 3BX
Sunday 1 February 2026
1:30 – 5:00PM

South West Somerset
Queen’s College, Taunton, TA1 4QS
Sunday 18 January
1:00-4:30PM

South West Somerset
Blackbrook Leisure Centre, Taunton, TA1 2RW
Sunday 8 March 2026
2:00 – 5:30PM

HOW THE FESTIVALS WORK

6 a-side Format

6 per team.
Each batting team will face 30 balls.
Bowlers will bowl 5 balls and then rotate with next fielder due to bowl.
Fielders will rotate around the field, with 2 fielders on each side of the pitch and a wicket keeper at a safe distance behind the stumps, in a clockwise direction each time the bowler is changed.

8-a-side Format

8 per team.
Each batting team will face 40 balls.
Bowlers will bowl 5 balls and then rotate with next fielder due to bowl.
Fielders will rotate around the field, with 2 fielders on each side of the pitch and a wicket keeper at a safe distance behind the stumps, in a clockwise direction each time the bowler is changed.

Indoor Festivals

OUTDOOR Festivals

Batting

Runs are hitting the over boundary 4 and 6.
Runs can also be scored for running between the wickets.
Batters can be out bowled, caught or run out.
For run outs the crease (i.e. area that the batter is considered to be safe) is marked by the batting tees at the batters end and a pair of cones at the bowlers end.
When a batter is out, the batter swap ends and continue (5 runs are added to fielding every wicket).
Umpires should use discretion to swap batters to ensure each faces a similar number of balls.

Bowling

Both underarm and overarm bowling is allowed, with a straight arm encouraged.
A ball will be called a no ball if arriving at the batter above the waist height, bouncing more than twice rolling along the ground or stopping.
All bowling is from the same end.
No-balls & wides are scored as 2 runs to batting team, and no extra delivery to be bowled.
A ball will be called a wide if it is outside of the batting tees (that make the crease).