The Spin | Cannonball Cricket: the indoor revolution that failed to take off

Once hailed as the future and huge in Australia, for some reason the idea was not a hit. But it could be back in 2021
It was in this week in 1985 that the Guardian first reported on a new form of indoor cricket, apparently set to take the nation by storm. A centre had opened in Wellingborough, another in Ipswich was following the week later and two courts at Lord’s were coming on stream the week after that, to add to venues already open in Hounslow and Peterborough. The ambition was for 15