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Book Cricket

B
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Assign each digit from zero to nine an outcome, such as runs scored or a batter being out, agreed on before starting.

2

One player closes their eyes and flips open the book to a random page.

3

Read the last digit of the right-hand page number and apply its assigned outcome to the batting team.

4

Continue flipping pages for each "ball" until the agreed number of outs ends that team's innings.

5

Switch roles so the other player's team bats through the same process.

6

Compare total runs scored by each team's innings; the higher score wins the match.