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Gillette Cup

The bowler plays a bowling card. The batsman plays a batting card.

When matched together runs are made or wickets taken.

If fielders are in the right positions to match the card they can take catches.

Armchair Cricket

Format - 2 player singles, Pairs

There are 3 game formats - Advanced, Basic and Quicket.

2 packs of cards each of 5 suits running from 1 to 11 - stumps, gloves, balls, bats and pads.

Quicket is played without the pads suit and only until one wicket falls.

No balls are an additional feature in the Basic Game.

Play with hands of 6 cards (replace a card just played).

The bowler plays a bowling card.  The batsman plays a batting card.

When matched together runs are made or wickets taken.

Googly Cricket Cards

The batter takes a card off the top of the batting pack. When an appeal card ‘how’s that’ appears then the bowler takes a card off the top of the bowling pack.  The batsman is either out, not out or scores 1 leg bye.  Packs are reshuffled after so many overs, or as wickets are taken

K Cricket Cards

After the bowler has played his 6 bowling cards his pack is reshuffled and dealt again.

Every time batsman plays a card he replaces it from his pile, so he always has 6 cards in hand. Only when he loses a wicket does he replace his hand.

Bowler plays a card first. Batter must match this if he can, resulting in no runs, runs scored or a wicket.

Owzthat Cricket Dice

(Either brass or plastic)

2 hexagonal shaped batting and bowling dice.

Batter rolls the batting dice to score runs.

When 'Owzthat' is thrown the bowler rolls the bowling dice to see how or if the batsman is out.

15 mins - 5 overs each. 20 mins - 7 overs each.

Cricket Dice

Dice are thrown in order of red, black, blue or green (yellow optional) to reflect bowling, appeals, decisions and runs.

15 mins - 5 overs each. 20 mins - 7 overs each.

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Activity

Subbuteo Cricket

Dimensions - 54" long by 36" wide on a custom-made support board.

Flick the rear of the bowler figure with index finger to deliver the ball.

Twist the bat holder between index finger and thumb to swing the bat.

Fielders have recess in their base to catch the ball - from the bat or off any ball deflected off the green wicket base.

Runs are determined by use of a measuring triangle. Bowled out when the stumps are hit.

Run outs can be attempted by fielders. Byes, leg byes, wides and no balls can all be scored.

(Based on 1973 rules.)

Further info and rules - subbuteo tribute site

Mike Atherton's World Cup Cricket

Dimensions - 22" by 22" on support board.

To prevent creasing the pitch has been glued to a support board.

The ball is rolled down the bowler's chute to bowl.

Batter swings the bat by releasing string holder in a pendulum action.

Catches are made by the ball resting in fielder's recess. Bowled out when the stumps are hit.

Scoring zones give the number of runs made.

Hot Shot Shove Ha'penny Cricket

6 discs per over are slid up the board in shove ha'penny style.

Dependent on which bed they come to rest in runs are scored and wickets taken.

Pin Cricket Bagatelle

Format - Solo, 2 player singles

Spring propelled ball bearings enter the field to decide whether runs are scored or the batsman is out.

Play for a set amount of overs or until all wickets have fallen.

Each player has 6 balls per over to score runs whilst avoiding the areas that take their wicket.

The solo game is exactly the same - a player tries to score runs whilst avoiding fall of wickets.

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