Pakenham's Indoor Cricket Centre: Lanes, a Multi-Sport Court and Late Weekend Hours

For cricketers in Melbourne’s south-east, a good indoor centre is the difference between training when the weather allows and training whenever you need to. Elite Cricket Academy Pakenham, at 14/99 Bald Hill Road, gives players in Pakenham, Officer, Berwick, Beaconsfield and Koo Wee Rup a place to train all year, including late on weekends.

Full-length synthetic lanes

Pakenham has full-length synthetic indoor lanes, so bowlers can use their full run-up and batters face deliveries from a realistic distance. Lanes can be booked in 30-minute, one-hour and 90-minute slots, or back to back for a longer session.

The latest bowling machines

Bowling machines let batters repeat the same delivery as often as they need to, which is ideal for grooving a new shot or getting used to more pace. For machine bookings, the lane, stumps and machine balls are provided. Bring your own bat, and remember that a helmet and appropriate safety gear are mandatory for anyone using a bowling machine.

An indoor multi-sport court

Pakenham is our only centre with an indoor multi-sport court, used for indoor cricket, netball and soccer. The court and stumps are provided for court bookings. Bring your own bat, ball and other equipment, and proper cricket gear and safety equipment are strongly recommended.

The court also hosts birthday parties and group bookings. Call the centre to talk through what you have in mind.

Open late on weekends

Pakenham is open Monday to Friday, 5:00pm to 10:00pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8:00am to 10:00pm. Those late weekend hours make it easy to fit in a session after a Saturday match or on a Sunday evening.

Junior squads

Junior squads for boys and girls aged 5 to 12 run on Monday, 6:00pm to 7:30pm and Saturday, 9:30am to 11:00am. Squads cost $212 a month for one session a week, or $419 for two (incl. GST).

Every squad player gets:

• Experienced, qualified premier coaches who have helped hundreds of juniors into representative, sub-district and premier pathways
• A fitness plan and a diet plan
• Pathfinder, our online platform with coach notes, skill ratings and session video
• An international pathway through Elite’s Chennai centre and VECL’s partnership with the Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIOC), Bengaluru

New juniors can try a squad with a free first junior group session.

One-to-one coaching

For players who want individual attention, one-to-one coaching starts with a free 15-minute assessment with a coach, booked through the app.

Coming soon: a strength and conditioning gym

A strength and conditioning gym is being installed at Pakenham and opens soon. If you’d like to hear when it opens, call the centre and we’ll let you know.

Sports store on site

Pakenham has an on-site sports store for bats, pads, gloves, helmets and more, and you can also shop online at elitesport.au.

Book

Lanes, bowling machines, the court, squads and coaching are all booked through one link:

Book at Elite Pakenham

Questions? Call 0485 043 092.