Of all the cricket games from the 80s, Max Walker’s Cricket Board Game is the one that had the most potential. With a game engine that was akin to an uber, uber simplified Strat-O-Matic, weather conditions of a sort, and cards for loose balls, it is a shame it was (like so many before it) [...]
A manual from an early copy of Balyna Discbat Cricket reveals some previously unknown secrets, especially the marketing ploy of the inventors and a certain Mr Compton. It also provides a link to an earlier photograph found by the replaycricket.com team
The web site for Minden Playing Card Cricket 5th Edition is now live! The new version of this replay cricket game is available from replaycricket.com’s sister site: www.mindencricket.com
A little mystery has come the way of replaycricket.com from one of the site’s readers. If you can either email me or let us all know via a comment below whether you know the name in question, it would be much appreciated. Here’s the email… “I’m trying to track down the name or image of [...]
A nice little discovery in one of my Christmas presents from dd was this image of Denis Compton and Jack Young, who once sent down 11 maidens in a row to a certain DG Bradman during the ‘Invincibles’ 1948 Tour of England. The image is from Margaret Hughes’ excellent 1953 book, ‘All on a Summer’s [...]
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