How to Play Cricket

€ Cricket is a game where you try to close all the numbers and score equal or more points before your opponent does.

€ The numbers used are 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 and the Bulls Eye.

€ Close each number by hitting it three times. This can be with 3 singles, a single and a double, or a lone triple, all in one turn or over several turns.

€ Once closed, additional hits or marks score points in the value of the number. Extra 20ąs score 20 points each, extra 19ąs score 19 points each, etc.

€ When both teams/players have closed a number, the number is dead and additional marks on that number do not score points.

€ The bulls eye is the single bull (green ring) and the double bull (red spot), and must also be hit three times to close. Each mark counts as 25 points.

€ You do not have to "call your shots" and any misses that happen to hit an open number count as well.

WINNING: Play continues until you have closed all the numbers and are tied or ahead on points. There are no "last licks" so going 1st is an advantage.

MARKING THE SCORE: The darts scoreboard lists the valid Cricket numbers in the center column. When a mark is scored on a number, a slash is marked next to that number. The second mark is scored by making an X out of the slash ,and the third, and closing mark, is scored with a O over the X to show that the number is closed The outer two columns are used for score.

FOR EXAMPLE: if you hit a single 18, a double 18 and a second double 18, then you have scored 5 marks: 3 marks to close the number, and 2 marks to score 36 points. If on a later turn you hit the 18 again, you will score more points at a rate of 18 points per mark. This continues until your opponent closes the number with three marks of their own.

GENERAL STRATEGY: Most players try to open the 20ąs first because 20 is worth more points than the 19ąs. Then they move to the 19ąs because 19 is worth more than the 18ąs, and so on. The bull is thrown at last because it is harder to hit. If you are behind on score, you can move out of sequence to a new number neither side has hit to catch up on points before going back and closing the numbers your opponent has already closed.