1. sky360,
Hello! i would like to suggest a new game to the playroom: handcricket.
this is a very popular game in cricket playing nations, especially in the indian subcontinent. warning: this post is a bit long, so sit back and relax.
so the game is entirely based on the ideology of cricket, which is that the team batting 1st (team A) should try to score as much runs as possible in the number of wickets and overs given to them, and the team balling/fielding 1st (team B) should try to restrict their score to as less as possible.
and then when the 1st innings are over (when the team A loses all its wickets or has played all the overs allotted to them) the team fielding 1st (team B) will come to bat and try to score 1 run more than the 1st batting team (team A) has done in the number of wickets and overs allotted. while the team which had batted 1st (team A) now must go to the field and try to restrict this from happening.
team A winns the game if team B doesn't mannage to score more than what they had scored, where as team B winns the game if they mannage to score more than team A. if both scores are equal, then there will be a super over (discussed later in this post).
overs: overs are nothing but the number of balls allowed to a particular team to bat. so one over consists of 6 balls, and if the game is said to be of 10 overs, then each team is allowed to play 60 balls when they are batting. this should be custamizable in the options before game starts.
wickets: wickets are the number of outs allowed for each team, usually this is 10 in cricket. but should be custamizable in pr.
so now that all background information is given, time to move to the actual game.
hand cricket is the game of cricket where you use your hands to play instead of a bat and a ball. so the player who is batting and the player who is balling should both choose a number between 0 and 6 (because six is the maximum score that can be scored in a single ball in cricket), and if both players choices are different, then the person who is batting is given the score corresponding to the number he chose. i.e. if he chose 4 and the baller chose 2 then the batter is awarded 4 runs.
where as if the baller and batter both chose the same number, then the batter is said to be out and a new batter must come to play.
when all batters of one team are out or when set number of overs have been balled, then the teams switch turns batting and balling, and play till the 2nd team wins, or loses all its wickets or all overs have been balled.
super over: when the scores of both teams are tied, then both teams get to bat and ball one over. in this situation, the team who was batting 2nd should bat 1st, and both teams are allowed only 2 wickets. if the super over also ties, then the match is said to be drawn.
playing individually: when playing individually against one other person, then the number of overs and wickets should be set by the table master, and one person should bat untill he gets out the set number of times. i.e. if 3 wickets are set, then the person should bat untill he is out 3 times, and his score should be totaled.
same goes with the 2nd person. of corse this should also keep in mind the set number of overs.
playing in teams: when playing in teams, one player of the team should get chance to bat at a time, and once he gets out, another batter should get chance. so the number of wickets will be equal to the number of players in the team.
at the same time, one baller should get a chance to ball one over, when that's done, then the next baller.
deciding who will ball and bat at what time: to decide who will bat after whom, and who will ball which over, each team should have a captain who should be chosen at the start of the game, and he should be given the option to choose the next baller and batter.
deciding which team gets to bat 1st: at the start of the game, there should be a toss of the coin, one captain should get the option to choose heads or tails, and the other capton should flip the coin. the capton who winns the toss gets to choose whether his team bats 1st or bawls.
varients: there are 2 varients in the game, strike change and individual strike. in strike change varient, 2 batters can be sent into bat at one time, and one decides to take the strike. when the striking batter scores an odd number, the strike is passed to the other batter, and when the other batter scores an odd number, the strike is given to the 1st batter again.
except at the last ball of the over, if the batter scores an odd number, he should get to face the 1st ball of the next over and if he scores even number on the last ball, the other batter should get to face the 1st ball of the next over.
when coming to individual strike, only one batter is sent to bat at a time, and he keeps the strike with him untill he gets out.
aditional rules: there are also aditional rules like one baller can't ball 2 overs concicutively, and if there are sufficient members in a team, one baller cannot ball more than 1 fifth of the total overs.
people who are familiar with this game, please feel free to add if i've missed anything.
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