Team Sports
Cricket score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Score runs with the bat, then bowl the other team out for fewer. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner or a draw, with each side's runs if you kept them. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Cricket
Record the winner or a draw, with each side's runs if you kept them.
- Two teams, or up to 8, with up to 11 a side. Uneven teams count too.
- Record who won, and the runs if you like.
- Add a simple scorecard: runs, wickets and bowling.
- Draws count. log8 keeps the result, not every ball.
The basics
How to play Cricket
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players11 a side officially. Gully cricket is any number.
- How to winScore more runs than the other team.
- The official gameT20 is 20 overs a side. One day games are 50. Tests last up to five days.
- How groups differGully cricket has its own rules, like one tip one hand, no LBW and last man stands. Agree before you start.
- One team bats while the other bowls and fields. Then they swap.
- An over is 6 balls from one bowler.
- Run between the wickets to score. Hit the boundary along the ground for 4, over it for 6.
- You are out if you are bowled, caught, run out, stumped, or leg before wicket.
- An innings ends when 10 batters are out or the overs run out.
- The team batting second wins by passing the first team’s total.
Play better
Cricket tips
- Play straight for the first few balls.
- Run the first run hard.
- Bowlers, hit the stumps before you try anything fancy.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Cricket, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner or a draw, with each side's runs if you kept them.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
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Questions
Cricket in log8: questions
Can I keep Cricket scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Cricket is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner or a draw, with each side's runs if you kept them. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Cricket?
Score more runs than the other team.
How many people play Cricket?
11 a side officially. Gully cricket is any number.
Do people play Cricket differently?
Gully cricket has its own rules, like one tip one hand, no LBW and last man stands. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Cricket rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team