Different versions of cricket

[sledger]

Throwing Stuff.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Subbuteo Table Cricket.

 

[Red]

A 50, 45 or 60 over ODI doesn't really strike me as a 'different version of cricket'. If rain reduces a 50-over ODI into a 44-over ODI it's not a whole new version of cricket being played.

Not different but it's interesting that it's changed over time, in the same way that it's interesting that there's been 3 day tests and timeless tests (which are actually fairly different if you think about them) but they're still categorised in the same way at 5 day tests today.

 

[NUFAN]

Super International Cricket.

 

[Daemon]

stick cricket

 

[Burgey]

'Pairs' cricket is a thing. Batsmen bat in pairs for a fixed number of overs for each pair, and runs are deducted for getting out. More common at youth or social level, and I think a lot of indoor cricket is played by these rules too.

In HK we play a lot of 35 over cricket as well, which is basically normal One Day cricket but 35 overs a side. 7 overs per bowler, and no field restrictions. Sometimes we require batsmen to retire after a certain score, depends on the competition.

What we used to do a lot in our tapeball games as kids was play as Individuals and not Teams. So like, each person faces one over of bowling from every other player, and the one who manages to score the most runs at the end of it is the winner.

We call them double wickets.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Numbered Batting.

Basically you have about 6-7 guys, not enough to play team A vs team B

You list numbers from 1 to 7, in random order, hide it under a bat, people pick a number and that's the position they bat.

Every man for himself, everyone else fields and bowls, and guy with the most runs at the end wins.

 

[weldone]

Numbered Batting.

Basically you have about 6-7 guys, not enough to play team A vs team B

You list numbers from 1 to 7, in random order, hide it under a bat, people pick a number and that's the position they bat.

Every man for himself, everyone else fields and bowls, and guy with the most runs at the end wins.

another similarity between India and Pakistan, another proof that the '2 Nation Theory' was wrong

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Does anyone remember the single wicket allrounders challenge in the 80? I can't remember how many overs each had to bat but I remember Clive Rice winning the tournament scoring 60-0. Ian Botham made 222-5 in the same number of overs which was inferior based on the way the net score was calculated, but slightly more entertaining.

 

[Burgey]

another similarity between India and Pakistan, another proof that the '2 Nation Theory' was wrong

Isn't that just a group of kids having a hit in the park, and taking turns batting?