Different versions of cricket

[Red]

How many types of cricket are there?

Obviously there are tests (which have gone for varying lengths of time, from 3 days to timeless AFAIK)

One day internationals: which were initially 60 overs, later reduced to 50

20/20 or T20

Martin Crowe's Cricket Max

Super Sevens


What other official or folk versions are there?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The first ODI's were 40 eight ball overs.

In County Cricket the Gillette Cup was 65 overs later reduced to 60.
Benson and Hedges Cup 55 overs.
Sunday League 40 overs (temporarily increased to 45 for no apparent reason.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

In fact ODI's in England were 55 overs increased to 60 only for the 1975 World Cup.

 

[NUFAN]

Hong Kong Sixes
Indoor Cricket
French Cricket

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Action Cricket, was played by NZ domestic sides for a season or two before Cricket Max.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

In England, the 1963 Gillette Cup one-day matches had innings of 65 overs, reduced to 60 in '64.

Two different types of indoor cricket.

 

[fredfertang]

Single wicket and, less commonly, double wicket

 

[Smudge]

Twilight cricket matches in NZ (well, in Dunedin at least) are 21 overs a side (3 overs each per bowler) and with only eight on each team.

 

[Victor Ian]

there was a beach cricket comp in australia a few years ago.

 

[Daemon]

Last man standing is getting popular

 

[harsh.ag]

One hand one bounce.

 

[StephenZA]

One hand one bounce.

Does this explain some of the Indian fielding......?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Tape ball cricket is the best

 

[harsh.ag]

Does this explain some of the Indian fielding......?

Best describes how SA dropped the world cup.

 

[NUFAN]

KallisBall

 

[Howe_zat]

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.

 

[Howe_zat]

An actual different version of cricket would be one that introduced penalty runs for throwing stuff.

 

[cnerd123]

'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.

 

[vcs]

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.

Yeah I've played this format too.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The original Sunday League in England had a fundamental rule difference that limited the bowlers run up to 15 yards. Not necessarily a "different" form of cricket but certainly something that made a great difference. In those days all the great fast bowlers used to play.