Game 1 – The Bunsen Burner

Game Overview

🏆 How to Win
The team with the most points at the end wins.

Equipment

  • 2 sets of stumps

  • 1 scoreboard

  • Cricket balls

  • 3 small cones (inner ring)

  • 2 tall cones (boundary)

Time Required

45 – 90 Minutes

Participants

  • 2 players: 1v1 (2 innings)

  • 3 players: 1v1v1 (3 innings)

  • 4 players: 2v2 (2 innings)

  • 5 players: 2v1v2 (3 innings)

  • 6 players: 2v2v2 (3 innings)
    Max 6 players per net.

Rules

  • Team to score the most points wins the game.
  • No free hits in this game.
  • If a batter plays and misses at a delivery, the bowler will get a free shot at the wickets next ball.
  • A wide or no ball counts as a scoring ball only.
  • A wide in the Bunsen Burner phase must be re-bowled.
  • Leg Byes are an automatic dot ball.

Batting

  • Change ends every 3 balls

  • 3 scoring shots in a row = 1 point

  • Boundary = 1 point

  • Must call “Yes” or “No” after each shot — or it’s a dot ball

  • Wides and no balls count as scoring balls

  • Bunsen Burner Phase (last 3 balls): All points x3

Bowling

  • Wicket = 1 point

  • 3 dot balls in a row = 1 point

  • Bowled = 2 points

  • Play and miss = bowler gets an extra ball (free shot)

Fielding

  • 3 small cones for inner-ring fielders

  • 2 tall cones for boundary fielders

  • 27 “slips” in play (fun tradition, no extra setup)

Special Rules

  • Leg byes = dot ball

  • After 2 scoring shots or 2 dots in a row, call “Pressure Ball” before the next ball

  • Major disputes? Replay the ball

  • Dot-ball count resets every 3-ball batting set

  • No appeal = no wicket

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