This game is played on a traditional standard dart board.
General Rules for the English Cricket
There are several variations of the game of Cricket. The game played mainly in America is as popular as 501 in the UK. The English version of Cricket is totally different than the one played in America. Dart players in the UK may recognise the American version but may know it as something
else. ‘It’s just not cricket!’ as some may say in the UK.
A standard English version of Cricket
Like the traditional bat and ball game, this game as a batter and a bowler. The batter starts with 11 wickets and the object of this game is to score runs before you are bowled out.
The game is for a minimum number of two players but can be played in teams.
To determine who bats and who bowls a thrower from each side throws a single dart for the bull. The nearest to the bull decides if they wish to bat or bowl first.
Scoring
Bowler
The bowler throws first and his / her target is to hit the inner or outer bull, the ‘wicket’. The inner bull is worth two wickets and the outer, one. The object of the bowler is to bowl out the batter by hitting a total of 11 wickets. At this stage the batter can no longer score.
Batter
The batter scores points or runs on every throw over 40 if he or she scores less than 40 the score is not counted. Should the batter hit an inner or outer bull in the process of batting he or she will lose a wicket / s to that value.
Playing
The bowler throws first followed by the batter and they each take it in turn until the bowler has hit all 11 wickets. At this point the batters total runs are recorded.
Innings
Normally the game is played over two innings i.e. both sides bat and bowl twice.
The winner of the combined innings is the side that scores the most.
Like all good games there are many variations, here are a few:
English Cricket variation
You can apply any of the following rules to make the game easier or harder
Batters score counts on every throw and doesn’t have to score over 40 to be recorded.
Bowler Bounce outs or missing the board - can be recorded as 50 runs to the batting team.
Batter Bounce outs or missing the board – can be recorded as a lost wicket.
Bowler throws for the bull and the dart lands outside the treble ring the number hit is recorded as a wide and the number hit is given as runs to the batting side.
The batters scoring target is reduced to the area of the board that covers the double, large single and treble. If a dart is thrown into the small single it either does not count or a wicket is lost.
Teams can nominate batters and bowlers.
I am sure there are more variations of this great game and if you have your own version why not send me the detail for inclusion?
