8-a-side pairs cricket score sheet
Four pairs a side, the ECB team size for under 10s and 11s. Score 16, 8 or 100-ball games live, or print a blank sheet laid out like the county ones.
Match setup
8-a-side formats
The usual county 8-a-side game is 16 overs: four pairs bat four overs each, everyone bowls two, and the batting side starts on 200 and loses 5 per wicket. The Suffolk and Wiltshire sheets are laid out for it, and it fits the ECB's under 10 and 11 recommendation of 8 players and 16 to 20 overs. The Wiltshire sheet re-bowls wides and no balls; if your league does too, set Extra ball for a wide or no ball to Every over.
ECB Kwik Cricket is shorter, two overs a pair. Herts junior leagues play 100 balls: 20 overs of five balls, five per pair, with no extra balls even in the last over.
| Format | Pairs x overs | Start | Per wicket | Wide or no ball | Overs per bowler | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-a-side, 16 overs | 4 x 4 | 200 | minus 5 | 2, extra ball in the last over | 4 max | ECB Junior Cricket Format Recommendations (U8 to U11) |
| Kwik Cricket 8-a-side, 8 overs | 4 x 2 | 200 | minus 5 | 2, extra ball in the last over | not set | ECB Kwik Cricket Eight-a-Side Scoresheet |
| Herts 100-ball pairs (U9, U10, U11B) | 4 x 5 (5-ball overs) | 200 | minus 5 | 2, no extra ball | 3 max | Herts Junior Cricket League rules 2026 |
The 8-a-side sheet has 4 pair bands of 4 overs (16 in all), a running total after every over, extras, a bowling table and the result. Other sizes: 6-a-side · 10-a-side · 12-a-side · rules compared.
Questions
How many overs is 8-a-side pairs cricket?
16 on the Suffolk and Wiltshire sheets: four pairs of four overs. Kwik Cricket is 8 overs (two per pair) and the Herts 100-ball format is 20 five-ball overs.
Does everyone bowl in 8-a-side?
In the 16 over format each of the eight fielders bowls two overs. The scorer suggests the next bowler so the overs spread evenly and nobody bowls two in a row, and warns if someone goes over the limit.