Cricket quiz: ten free puzzles every day

Looking for a cricket quiz? Here are ten free daily cricket puzzles, the same for everyone and new at midnight India time, plus brain games you can play any time from an archive. Guess the cricketer, fill the cricket grid, play a cricket wordle, or make umpire calls in 3D. No download needed.

Today's ten daily puzzles

Guess the Cricketer, the Cricket Grid, Higher or Lower, Umpire of the Day, Best XI, Blind Ranking, Scorecard Detective, Connections, Timeline and Five Letters. One puzzle each, new at midnight India time. Finish one every day to keep its streak.

Guess the Cricketer is a free daily puzzle: name the mystery cricketer from clues, in as few guesses as you can. There is one new player every day at midnight India time, the same for everyone, so you and your friends are guessing the same name.
The Cricket Grid is a free daily cricket grid puzzle, like the immaculate grid. Fill a 3 by 3 grid with cricketers who fit both their row and their column. A new grid comes at midnight India time, the same for everyone, and rarer picks score more.
Higher or Lower is a free daily cricket stats game. Two cricketers, one career number, such as ODI runs or Test wickets: which one has more? Keep the chain going through ten calls. A new chain comes at midnight India time, the same for everyone.
Umpire of the Day is a free daily umpire game in 3D. Each day there is one decision, the same for everyone: watch the delivery and give it out or not out, then see the review. A new decision comes at midnight India time, and it runs in your browser.
Best XI is a free daily cricket team puzzle. You get thirty players with prices and a 100 crore purse: pick the strongest eleven you can afford, with every role covered. Then see how close you came to the best eleven. A new list comes at midnight India time.
Blind Ranking is a free daily cricket game. Five cricketers arrive one at a time, and you place each in a slot from 1 to 5 on today's stat, without knowing who comes next. Once placed, a player stays put. A new ranking comes at midnight India time.
Scorecard Detective is a free daily cricket puzzle. You get the real batting card of one innings from a notable match, with the top scorer's name hidden. Work out who it was from the runs, the balls and the match. A new card comes at midnight India time.
Cricket Connections is a free daily puzzle: sort sixteen cricketers into four secret groups of four. Each group shares something, such as a career feat in one format. A new puzzle comes at midnight India time, the same for everyone.
Cricket Timeline is a free daily puzzle: put five cricket debuts in order, earliest first. Each card names a player and a format, with no dates. You get one try, and a new timeline comes at midnight India time, the same for everyone.
Five Letters is a free daily cricket wordle. Guess today's five-letter word in six tries: a cricket word or a player's surname, and a card above the board tells you which kind. A new word comes at midnight India time, the same for everyone.

Brain games, any time

Career Path, Odd One Out, Record Holder, Captain's Cap, Missing Man, Scorecard Scramble, Partnership Builder, Price Is Right and Venue Guesser. Every puzzle is numbered and kept, so play the next one or go back through the archive.

Career Path is a free cricket quiz: name the player from the teams he played for, in the order he first played for them. You start with one team and see another after each wrong guess. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive, so play any time.
Odd One Out is a free cricket quiz. Three of four well-known cricketers share something the fourth doesn't. Spot the odd one, then say why. Puzzles are numbered and kept in an archive, so you can play one, then the next, whenever you like.
Record Holder is a free cricket records quiz. Each puzzle names a career record from franchise T20 cricket, worked out from the data, and you say who holds it. Take hints if you need them. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive, and a question is never asked twice.
Captain's Cap is a free cricket captains quiz. Each puzzle names a team and a year, a national side or a T20 franchise, and asks who captained them most that year. You have two guesses. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive, and none repeats.
Missing Man is a free cricket quiz. You see a real XI from a notable match, in batting order, with one name missing. Work out who played, in three guesses. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive, so you can play whenever you like.
Scorecard Scramble is a free cricket puzzle. A real batting card from a notable match has been shuffled, and you put the batters back in the order they batted, using their runs, balls and how they were out. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive.
Partnership Builder is a free cricket numbers quiz. You get twelve batters and a target in career runs for one format. Pick the two whose runs together come closest to the target without going over. You get one try, and puzzles are numbered, with an archive.
Price Is Right is a free cricket auction price quiz. Five players from a real T20 auction come up one at a time, and you guess what each sold for in crore, or say he went unsold. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive, so play whenever you like.
Venue Guesser is a free cricket ground quiz. You see a ground from above, with its boundary, its stands and its pitch, and name the venue. You have three guesses, with hints if you need them. Puzzles are numbered, with an archive.

Umpiring calls in 3D

Umpire of the Day gives you one decision a day. The Speed Round asks for ten calls in 60 seconds, and Famous Controversies replays disputed decisions for you to judge against the Laws.

The Speed Round is a free 3D umpiring game against the clock: ten umpire calls in 60 seconds. You face LBW appeals, caught behind and run outs from square leg, and quick and right beats quick. Play it on the web or in the app, at the level you choose.
Famous Controversies is a free 3D umpiring game about disputed decisions. Each case file holds five famous calls, recreated in 3D. Make each call yourself, then read what was given on the day, the argument, and what the Laws say. Our team adds new case files.

LBW game: be the umpire in 3D, free

Questions

Is the cricket quiz free?

Yes. Every puzzle is free to play. Nobody pays to enter, and nothing you can buy changes a score.

When do the daily puzzles change?

At midnight India time, with the same puzzles for everyone.

Is there a cricket wordle?

Yes. Five Letters asks you to guess a five-letter cricket word or surname in six tries, with a new one every day.

Can I play old puzzles?

Brain games keep every numbered puzzle in an archive. A day you missed in the last week can be unlocked in Catch up and played as practice, which never counts.

Is there an app?

Yes, for iPhone and Android. Or add the site to your home screen from your browser, and it opens full screen, like an app.

Does anyone play for money?

No. Nobody plays for money. What you earn is points, levels, badges and a place on the boards.

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