How to Play Lords of Cricket

1. Select the format of the game - Test, One Day International (50 Over), Twenty-20 or Backyard cricket.
2. Turn the playing board to the format of the game selected.
3. 'Set the Deck' to suit the format of the game selected.
   
4. Toss a coin or roll the dice to elect a batting team.
5. Pick your opposing teams - go to Cricket Facts for some ideas of top players and top cricket teams from past and present.
6. Enter the batting and bowling teams in order in the scorebook.
7. Shuffle the cards and cut the entire deck into six small decks and place each of the small decks face down onto each of the six circles on the board.
8. Turn over each of the six small decks in sequence, revealing the bottom card in each deck. This is called the blowing over.
9. The cards revealed represent the result of each ball bowled in that over.
10. Record the results of each ball in the Cricket Score Book - see our How to Score cricket tips and  printable score sheets.
11. At the end of each over re-shuffle the entire deck and bowl the next over until either: the fall of the tenth wicket; the batting team declares the innings closed or the maximum number of overs has been bowled.
12. The Deck Set changes throughout the course of the game, after the fall of the fifth and eighth wickets.
    
13. The cricket team with the highest tally of runs at the end of the game is the winner.