Blitz XI

The rulebook

How to play

Every number is read live from the game’s own rules, so this page can never go stale.

Play

Every match is the same three beats. It's the whole game, and the tagline: draft a team, compete live, climb the boards.

1

Draft your XI

You get $100M to sign 11 players from both squads, stars cost more, so every pick is a trade-off.

1+ wicket-keeper3+ batters1+ all-rounder3+ bowlersmax 7 per side
CaptainCaptain×2
Vice-captainVice-captain×1.5

No fixed prices. They move each match with recent form. Spotting value early is the edge.

2

Compete live

🔒 Locks at the first ballBackups auto-sub no-shows
Watch your XI score live. Your standing settles at the close
3

Climb the boards

Your match total is the sum of your 11 with the armband multipliers. It ranks you against everyone in the tournament and your private leagues.

You beat the field78%
🏆 League rank #2🃏 Big night → pack earned

🏏 Batting

  • Every run+1
  • Every four+2
  • Every six+3
  • Reaching 50 runs+20
  • Reaching 100 (replaces the 50 bonus)+50
  • Out for a duck−5
  • Strike rate: every full 10 above 100, no cap+1
  • Strike rate 70-99.99−2
  • Strike rate under 70−4

🎯 Bowling

  • Every wicket+15
  • 2-wicket haul+15
  • 3-wicket haul+45
  • 4-wicket haul+80
  • 5-wicket haul+110
  • Every dot ball+2
  • Economy under 4+12
  • Economy 4-4.99+8
  • Economy 5-5.99+4
  • Economy 6-8.990
  • Economy 9-10.99−3
  • Economy 11+−6

🧤 Fielding

  • Catch+5
  • 3-catch bonus+8
  • Stumping+10
  • Run-out+8

The table used for every match. Milestone and haul bonuses pay only the biggest step you reach. Strike rate needs 10+ balls faced; economy needs 10+ balls bowled and counts runs per 5-ball set. Other tournaments get their own calibrated table before the engine ever serves them.

⚖️ Fair play & legal

All money in this game is fictional: budgets, funds and prices are play-money with no real-world value. There are no entry fees, no cash prizes, and nothing here can be bought or sold for real money. It's cricket bragging rights, all the way down.

This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the ICC, ECB, BCCI, or any cricket board, league, team, or player. Tournament and player names appear only to identify real-world events and performances.

Sound effects by Juhani Junkala (SubspaceAudio), from 1000 Retro Sound Effects, licensed under CC BY 4.0.