# Corporate Cricket

> Four teams, two pitches, umpires who actually umpire, and a trophy. The sport most of the UAE's workforce already plays on Fridays — run properly, indoors, on a weekday.

Package E-04 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Adventure](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/adventure-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/corporate-cricket/

- **Duration:** 5 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 13:00 — weekday daytime is when an indoor ground is empty and cheap
- **Departure window:** 09:00–14:00
- **Group size:** 24 min — 90 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai or Sharjah — indoor cricket facility, air-conditioned
- **Season:** Year-round. Fully indoor.
- **Booking lead time:** 10 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 24–39 people | AED 440 | 31 people |
| 40–69 people | AED 380 | — |
| 70+ people | AED 340 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 35–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40–69 people; groups of 63–69 are billed as 70 people at the rate for 70+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

An indoor pitch is **AED 350–500 an hour** and most of the people in the room already know it, because a good number of them book one most weekends. So this is priced honestly as a logistics-and-format package, not as access.

**What a Friday game does not have: umpires, a draw, a scoreboard and a plate competition.** The failure mode of every self-organised office cricket match is the same one — four people who play club cricket dominate, everyone else fields for two hours, and the game is decided in the first twenty minutes. **Eight-over timed matches with a seeded draw and a plate competition is what stops that**, and it is the entire reason to pay for this rather than book a pitch.

**The nets before the group stage are the inclusion policy.** In a UAE office of forty, the split is rarely gentle: perhaps a dozen play regularly, and a dozen have never held a bat. Twenty-five minutes of coaching before anything is scored is what gets the second group onto the pitch at all.

**The strategic argument is different from the rest of category E.** Zipline, karting and kayaking are experiences we ask people to try. **This is the sport a large share of the UAE's white-collar workforce grew up with**, and a company that puts on a proper tournament — with a trophy that has the company's name on it — is speaking to its staff in a language most engagement events do not use. That is worth more than the day, and it is why this is the strongest annual-repeat candidate in the category.

## Timeline

- **13:00** — Transfer from client office. Arrival, branded welcome, draw published, kit issued
- **13:25** — Warm-up nets. Two coaches work the players who have never held a bat
- **13:50** — Group stage. Two pitches, timed eight-over matches, live scoreboard
- **15:20** — Break — sports lunch and hydration
- **15:50** — Semi-finals
- **16:30** — Plate final on pitch two, Cup final on pitch one
- **17:10** — Presentation — Cup, Plate, best batter, best bowler, and the golden duck
- **17:30** — Transfer back

## Included

- Return transfer from client office
- Two indoor pitches for four hours — facility section is the group's
- Full kit — bats, pads, gloves, helmets, balls, team bibs
- Two qualified umpires and live scoring
- Warm-up nets with coaching for beginners
- Tournament management — published draw, group stage, plate competition, live scoreboard
- Sports lunch and hydration station
- Trophies and individual awards
- Branded welcome setup and pitch-side signage
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Same-day 60-second social edit
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Cricket shoes (non-marking soles required — briefed in advance)
- Alcohol
- Additional pitches beyond two (see add-ons)
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** None — indoor facility, short transfer.
- **Fallback:** Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate indoor ground at 48 hours' notice. Availability is the constraint, not weather.
- **You are told by:** Immediate if the venue moves.

## Customisation options

- Third pitch for groups above 70: AED 1,400
- Extend to a full-day format with a league stage: AED 160/person
- Former first-class player to captain and coach: AED 4,500/event
- Engraved perpetual trophy for an annual series: AED 1,400
- Branded team shirts, per team: AED 55/person
- Live commentary and a PA system: AED 1,200/event
- Post-tournament dinner: AED 65–90/person
- Annual series — four tournaments across a year: −12% on the annual value

## Questions about Corporate Cricket

### How much does Corporate Cricket cost per person?

AED 440 per person for 24–39 people; AED 380 per person for 40–69 people; AED 340 per person for 70+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 31 people in the 24–39 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 35–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40–69 people; groups of 63–69 are billed as 70 people at the rate for 70+ people.

### How long does Corporate Cricket take, and when does it start?

5 hrs. Ideal start: 13:00 — weekday daytime is when an indoor ground is empty and cheap. Departure window: 09:00–14:00.

### What is not included in Corporate Cricket?

Cricket shoes (non-marking soles required — briefed in advance); Alcohol; Additional pitches beyond two (see add-ons); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Corporate Cricket if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — indoor facility, short transfer. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate indoor ground at 48 hours' notice. Availability is the constraint, not weather. You are told: Immediate if the venue moves.

### How far in advance do we need to book Corporate Cricket?

The booking lead time is 10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Corporate sports tournaments for UAE teams](https://offsyte.ae/blog/corporate-sports-tournaments-uae/): How to run a company padel, cricket or multi-sport tournament in the UAE that the whole office enjoys, not just the six best players — formats, prices, season.
- [Engagement events for shift and site teams](https://offsyte.ae/blog/employee-engagement-shift-workers-uae/): Most UAE engagement advice assumes an office. What works for warehouse, site, retail and manufacturing teams — shift patterns, transport, language and prices.
- [Indoor team building activities in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/indoor-team-building-dubai/): What works indoors for a corporate team in Dubai — priced, with real group sizes — and why the indoor list is the year-round list, not just the summer one.

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