Cricket table top game

BenBhoy · Monday at 9:03 PM

I recently found this little metal "dice" based on cricket. I think it was my Taid's & have a vague memory of playing a proper game with it as a kid. I found it in amongst some of my dads bits & bobs I've been sorting through. Anyone have similar or know what other pieces are used to play it? I'd love to find missing pieces.

willie_gunn · Monday at 9:07 PM

The game is called Howzat! and you can still buy it.

There’s one other dice, which you roll to see how many runs are scored - on one of the faces is the word “Howzat” which then causes you to roll the dice you have.

Mini Howzat! Cricket Kit by Stone, Chris (9780762487622) | Browns Books

brownsbfs.co.uk

BenBhoy · Monday at 9:11 PM

willie_gunn said:
The game is called Howzat! and you can still buy it.

There’s one other dice, which you roll to see how many runs are scored - on one of the faces is the word “Howzat” which then causes you to roll the dice you have.

Mini Howzat! Cricket Kit by Stone, Chris (9780762487622) | Browns Books

brownsbfs.co.uk

Ahh fantastic, thank you mate. Just wish I'd found it before my old man passed

willie_gunn · Monday at 9:33 PM

BenBhoy said:
Ahh fantastic, thank you mate. Just wish I'd found it before my old man passed

I remember playing the same game with my own father, though I’d forgotten about it until your post. It was what we had in the days before Fantasy Cricket!

You could each pick your own team (mostly Kent players from the 60s and 70s in my case, the same from the 40s and 50s for my father) and then play a regular County match with two innings, or even a Test Match series (if it was raining outside).

Simpler and happier times!

Cricket table top game

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Mini Howzat! Cricket Kit by Stone, Chris (9780762487622) | Browns Books

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Mini Howzat! Cricket Kit by Stone, Chris (9780762487622) | Browns Books

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