Tasmania Indoor Cricket championships set for Hobart later this year

The North and North-West are joining forces to battle it out with the South for supremacy at the upcoming tournament.

The tournament follows a resurgence for indoor cricket in the North where the sport has experienced a significant rise in popularity.

The Northern competition features close to 150 players across men, women and junior sides.

Due to its fast-paced nature, the sport has developed something of a broad-church of participants.

" It's very fast-paced, you're always thinking what's going to happen next," Open A's women's captain Amy Duggan said.

"It's very fast paced and it's a good thinking game like you don't [get] to rest until you finish the game," Nashib Nisthar said.

For Tasmania Indoor Cricket Association vice president Dean Hawkins, this is reminiscent of indoor cricket's heyday.

"People everywhere, families, kids, mums, dads, there was a big, big atmosphere," he said.

"The titles we're going down to [in Hobart], there's a national carnival, hopefully, if we're COVID free, this time next year and this will go a long way towards looking at who could be in that Tasmanian team."

While those days are a long time ago in Tasmania, the game remains a key part of the cricket landscape.

Australian representatives Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and Josh Phillipe are all exponents of the game.

With growing numbers and the first state titles in years, Hawkins was bullish on the game's future in the state.

"We've got players from NTCA, TCL and now we've opened up down the northwest coast, we're about to open up a roster down there," he said.

"Even the multicultural tape ball competition, they're coming from everywhere it's great."

The state indoor cricket titles begin on September 11 at the Tasmania Cricket Hub in Hobart.

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