Cricket Daily

How to play

Two puzzles every day, new at midnight IST.

Mystery Player: 8 guesses

Guess today's mystery cricketer. Every player is a famous name: ICC award winners and top-ranked players, plus Hall of Fame legends. Start typing a name and pick from the list. Each guess shows a row of tiles comparing your player with the mystery player.

What the colours mean

↑ means the mystery player debuted later, ↓ means earlier.

What the tiles show

Nation
The country they played for: AFG Afghanistan, AUS Australia, BAN Bangladesh, ENG England, IND India, IRE Ireland, NAM Namibia, NED Netherlands, NZ New Zealand, PAK Pakistan, SA South Africa, SCO Scotland, SL Sri Lanka, WI West Indies, ZIM Zimbabwe.
Close: same region, e.g. India and Sri Lanka.
Role
BAT batter · BOWL bowler · AR all-rounder · WK wicketkeeper-batter.
Close: an all-rounder against a batter or a bowler, or a wicketkeeper against a batter.
Bats
L left-handed · R right-handed.
Bowls
RF right-arm fast · RFM right-arm fast-medium · RM right-arm medium · LF, LFM, LM the same for left-arm · OB off-break · LB leg-break · SLA slow left-arm orthodox · LWS left-arm wrist-spin · — doesn't bowl.
Close: same kind of bowling: both pace or both spin.
Debut
Year of their first international match.
Close: within 3 years.
Status
Act: has played for their country in the last 18 months · Ret: retired or not picked recently.

After 5 guesses you get a hint: another team they played for, such as a franchise or county side.

Mystery Match: 6 guesses

Name the famous ODI or T20I from its run worm: the lines show how each innings' score grew over by over. Pick both teams, the year and the format. You win with both teams and the right year.

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