Dude Cricket.

How to play Dude Cricket

1. Press Play and watch the bowler's wind-up — it telegraphs which delivery is coming.
2. Watch the bounce, then tap the screen (or press Space) as the ball approaches your bat. Start the swing just before contact; Practice shows when to swing.
3. Perfect timing smashes a six dead straight; close scores a four; further off still scrambles three, two or one.
4. An early swing just outside the scoring window blocks a dot ball. A complete miss ends Endless or a chase; Practice keeps going.
5. Your timing aims the shot: early pulls to the leg side, late steers to the off side.
6. In Endless, every run speeds up the bowling and new delivery types join as you face more balls.
7. Raise the bat at fifty. Night begins at 100 runs, daylight returns at 150, and the cycle repeats.
8. Choose Modes for 12-, 18- and 24-run chases in six balls, or Practice for a steady cycle through every delivery.
9. Read the timing marker after each swing. Early means wait a little longer; late means start a little sooner.

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About Dude Cricket

Dude Cricket is a doodle-style, one-tap cricket batting game played from behind the batsman. There is one batting input, the swing, so anyone can pick it up in seconds — but everything about your shot comes from that single moment. Swing in the heart of the window and the ball sails dead straight over the boundary wall for six. A touch off and it's a four, then three, two, or a scrappy single squirted off the edge. An early swing just outside the scoring window can make a defensive block. Miss completely in Endless or a chase and the stumps go flying: one wicket ends the innings. Practice keeps going after misses.

Timing also steers the ball: hit it early and it pulls away to the leg side, hit it late and it steers off side, so every innings sprays shots all around the ground. The same timing always produces the same shot — there is no hidden dice roll, which means every six you hit is genuinely yours. The miniature cricket club has a sculpted grasshopper batter, snail fielders and a sunlit ground that turns blue under the floodlights. Their rounded forms and wooden equipment make every innings feel like a little club match.

The bowling is the puzzle. The insect bowlers have five deliveries: the stock ball, a quick one, a slow loopy floater that can never be hit for six (take the four and keep your cool), and two spinners that break off the pitch. Each is telegraphed in the bowler's wind-up — a sharp double pump, an exaggerated slow raise, a tell-tale wiggle — so reading the bowler before release is the real skill. In Endless, new delivery types join the attack as you face more balls, and every run you score makes the bowling faster, all the way to double pace at one hundred.

Cricket's own milestones are the Endless reward ladder. Three boundaries in a row puts you ON FIRE. Reach fifty for a bat salute and a wave through the packed insect crowd. Every century brings fireworks. Daylight lasts 100 runs, followed by 50 runs under floodlights: night starts at 100, day returns at 150, and the cycle repeats. Bowling reaches its fastest pace at a hundred. Your Endless best is saved on your device. The scorecard shows runs, balls, boundaries and your recent deliveries, with an early-or-late timing tip to help the next innings.

Choose Modes to change the challenge. Village opener asks for 12 runs, Club finisher for 18, and Stadium closer for 24. Each chase gives you six balls and one wicket, with a repeatable bowling sequence and fixed pace. Reaching the target wins immediately, including on the sixth ball. A win earns one star; finishing within five balls earns two, and within four earns three. Your strongest result for each chase is saved separately from your Endless best. Play again retries that chase, and a successful innings can lead directly to the next one.

Practice cycles through all five deliveries at base pace, with a contact guide by the crease and a timing marker showing how early or late you swung. Misses count toward your session feedback but never stop it, and Practice does not award a global best. On singles, twos and threes, both batters run separate lanes, ground their bats behind each crease and turn together. Odd runs change the striker. The score settles after both batters complete their crossings and the fielding return finishes. The last-six-ball strip makes your recent rhythm visible. Pause gives you a break between deliveries; a shot already judged still counts if you interrupt its animation.

A little help for your next high score

• Watch the wind-up, not just the ball. A sharp double pump means the quick one is coming; a slow, exaggerated raise means the floater; a wiggle means spin.
• Turn the sound on and feel the three-beat rhythm: release tick, pitch bounce, bat crack. Swing on the third beat.
• The loopy floater can never be hit for six — don't force it. Take the four and keep the innings moving.
• Against the quick one, never be late. At top pace the late window shrinks to almost nothing, while an early swing still scores.
• On a phone, use the fullscreen button and play landscape. The bigger field makes the wind-up far easier to read.
• Three boundaries in a row lights the ON FIRE streak — but a calm single is always better than a wild miss.
• Use Practice to compare the stock ball with the quick one at a steady pace. The contact guide marks the batting zone, and the timing display shows which way to adjust.
• In a chase, check both runs needed and balls left. Winning within four balls earns three stars, but a win on ball six still completes the challenge.

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