Booking cricket nets in Lahore: what an hour should cost
What net hire costs in Lahore, when hourly practice beats a monthly coaching plan, and how to tell a good net from a cheap one.
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Lahore has no shortage of cricket. What it has less of is somewhere to bat properly on a weekday evening without organising twenty-two people first. That is what nets are for, and the city's net facilities vary more than their prices suggest.
What net hire costs
| Type | Typical Lahore range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single net, hourly, no coach | Rs 1,500 – 3,000 / hour | Split between 4–5 batters this is the cheapest serious practice in the city |
| Net with a bowling machine | Rs 2,500 – 5,000 / hour | Machine time is usually charged on top of the net |
| Monthly coaching plan | Rs 8,000 – 25,000 / month | Depends almost entirely on sessions per week, not on the venue |
An hour in the nets at London Sports Arena is Rs 2,500, with monthly coaching priced separately depending on how many sessions a week you want. Reception will quote the plan rather than the site, because the number moves with coach availability.
Hourly practice or a monthly plan?
The honest answer is that they solve different problems, and most players pick the wrong one.
- Book nets by the hour if you already know what you are working on. You need throwdowns and volume, not instruction, and you want to choose your own times.
- Take a monthly plan if you do not know why you keep getting out the same way. That is a coaching problem, and no amount of net time fixes it on its own.
- For a child starting out, a plan almost always beats hourly hire — the value is in someone watching every session and correcting drift, which cannot happen if you book a different hour each week.
How to tell a good net from a cheap one
Net quality is mostly invisible in a photograph, which is why it is worth asking about directly.
- 1Run-up length. A net with a short run-up turns every quick bowler into a medium-pacer and wastes the session for both of you.
- 2Surface. Matting over concrete plays quicker and lower than turf. Neither is wrong, but practising exclusively on one and playing your matches on the other is not useful preparation.
- 3Side netting height and condition. Holes mean fielding your own edges instead of batting, and half your hour goes on ball retrieval.
- 4Floodlighting, if you will ever practise after sunset — which in Lahore means most of the winter.
- 5Whether a coach or a thrower is included, or is an extra. This is the most common source of a surprise on the bill.
Bring your own kit where you can
Most Lahore venues keep some equipment at reception, but availability genuinely varies week to week, and a shared pad set that fits nobody is worse than none. Your own bat and gloves are the two that matter most; a helmet, if you are facing anything quick, is not optional regardless of who supplies it. Ask what is on site when you book rather than assuming, and plan around the answer.
Floodlit pitch, cricket nets and indoor courts in Township, Lahore — bookable by the hour, open 8am to 11pm daily.