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Cricket: Final Over Hero

Read the field. Find the gap. Chase it down.

Ages 12 and up

Cricket: Final Over Hero

Cricket: Final Over Hero

Cricket: Final Over Hero

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How to play

  • Pick one of 16 nations and chase down the target in the last overs: the score bug shows runs needed and balls left.
  • Before each ball the captain moves his fielders. Gold on the field map is an open gap: tap it to aim there.
  • Swipe as the ball arrives: up lofts it, flat keeps it on the ground. The moment you let go is your timing.
  • Loft only into gaps with no deep fielder near the rope, or you can be caught.
  • Tap to run when the ball is in play, but watch the throw: run-outs are real.
  • A no-ball gives you a free hit: you cannot be out except run out.

Controls

  • Phone or tablet: Tap a gold gap on the field map to aim, then swipe as the ball arrives: up to loft it, flat to keep it on the ground. Let go to play the shot. A tap defends, no touch leaves it. Ball in play: tap to run, swipe down to send your partner back.
  • Mouse: Click a gap on the map, then drag as the ball arrives, as on a phone.
  • Keyboard: ←↑→↓ or WASD pick the shot, Space plays it (hold Shift to loft), X defends, R runs, ↓ sends back. Esc pauses.
  • Gamepad: D-pad picks the shot, A plays it, RB lofts, X defends, B runs.

Tips

  • Gold on the field map means no fielder can stop a clean ground shot there: tap it before the ball to aim your swipe.
  • Keep hitting the same gap and the captain soon moves a man into it, so look for the next gap on the map.
  • An easy, slow run-up often means a slower ball: wait a little longer before you swipe.
  • Loft only into gaps with no deep fielder near the rope; otherwise keep it on the ground and run.

About this game

Cricket: Final Over Hero puts you at the crease for the last overs of a T20 chase: 34 needed off 18 balls, the floodlights on and the crowd on its feet. Pick one of 16 cricket nations and take them through the Chase Cup, from the Round of 16 to the Final, two chases a round and a Super Over if it is level.

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Before every ball the opposition captain moves his fielders. You see it on the field map: red arrows, a man dropping back to the rope, and the open gaps glowing gold. Tap a gap, then swipe as the ball arrives: up to loft it, flat to keep it on the ground. The moment you let go is your timing. Into a gap it races away for four or sails into the crowd for six. Keep hitting the same gap and the captain closes it.

Fast bowlers at 150 km/h, swing, off-spin and leg-spin, with slower balls hidden behind an easy run-up. Sweep the spinners, cut the short ones, loft the full ones. The real laws are in: no-balls give you a free hit, and wides, byes, leg byes and overthrows all count.

It looks and sounds like a broadcast: a score bug with flags and the required rate, a commentator who calls every six and wicket, fielders' calls from the stump mic, slow-motion replays and a wagon wheel after every chase. A Daily Chase gives everyone the same chase each day, the Locker opens bats, helmets and grounds as you play, and Super Over puts two players on one device: one plans the six balls, the other bats, then swap. Free in your browser.

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