Ice Cricket

It’s cricket but not as you know it!
Ice Cricket is played on the frozen lake Harku, the Baltic Sea or even in an old Soviet missile factory depending on the weather. Teams consist of 6 or 8 players with rolling substitutes so the normal squad number is around 10 and make sure you bring your spikes so you can grip the ice and snow. The wicket is painstakingly carved out of the ice and the boundary marked off as normal to keep the bewildered locals off the outfield. The ball is the same as an indoor cricket ball, a composite plastic red ball which makes it relatively easy to find if it gets hit into a snowdrift on the boundary.

Whether you want to enter one of our brilliant tournaments or you just want a tour with a couple of matches against local teams from Estonia, the choice is yours. One thing is certain, you won’t be disappointed. The ice cricket tours and tournaments organised by Tours4 Sport are supported by the Estonian National Cricket Association which ensures that you play by the official Ice Cricket rules. Ice Cricket in Tallinn is social cricket at its best, from the warm welcome you get at the airport to the traditional ice bath after your game you’ll have stories to tell in the clubhouse back home for years to come. Estonia is the original and best Ice Cricket destination in the world with the beautiful city of Tallinn playing host to all touring teams.


The Inventor of Real Ice Cricket speaks.The way that I came up with the idea was that other countries play on matting on the ice, but noone plays ice cricket on an real ice wicket. This creates a whole new dimension, as well as a lot of laughs! this is our third season and we have hosted teams of all abilities, from all over the world..... and still they keep coming back for more.Real Ice Cricket is as bizarre as sports come; a mixture of hot wine, freezing vodka, excellent hot food and a square kilometre of frozen lake simply for us to play our beloved game, albeit in temperatures normally reserved for polar bears and ice fisherman. There is only one word for it: Brilliant!

The best element about Real Ice Cricket is that all standards arrive in the hope of winning the tournament, with grand plans and strategies, only to be beaten by a team of no-hopers..... and ironically no one seems to care.... because the true winner is the experience, the fun and meeting so many new friends.
Jason Barry, Estonian Cricket Association Head Coach and inventor of Real Ice Cricket.