How It Works
Three modes. One target: 60000 Test runs.
The Idea
Draft a Test XI from every Test cricketer since 1877. Every player carries their career Test runs, but you do not see the number until you pick them. Add up your XI and try to reach 60000.
The Team
You fill 11 spots on the ground: 5 batters, an all-rounder, a keeper and 4 bowlers. The All-Rounder spot is only for a player who both bats and bowls (BAT and BOWL on their card), so a pure batter, a pure bowler or a keeper who bats can’t fill it. Players can go into any role they are listed for, so an all-rounder can also fill a batting or a bowling spot, and a keeper who bats can fill either the gloves or a batting spot. If a player fits more than one open spot, you choose where they go.
The Modes
| Mode | How you draft | To win | Wildcards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60000+ | Roll 3 players, pick 1 | Full XI on 60000 or more | 1 of each |
| Team Spin | Choose a role, then spin a nation and year and pick from that Test squad in that role | Full XI on 60000 or more | 1 of each |
In Team Spin you choose the role first, before the nation and year are revealed, so you are locked in. If nobody in that squad fits, you get a free respin.
HIGHER OR LOWER: CRICKET
Its own quick-fire game on CAST Games, with Test and Big Bash categories: you see one player’s Test runs (or Test wickets) and call whether the next player’s number is higher or lower, before the clock runs out. Every right call adds one to your streak. One wrong call and you’re out.
Wildcards
- Reroll (Respin in Team Spin): bin the current offer and get a fresh one.
- Reveal Runs: show the runs for everyone on the current offer only.
- Remove Player: take one player out of your XI. Their spot reopens and they go back in the pool. If your XI is full but short of the target, you can still use it before you lock in.
Wildcards come with a free CAST Profile: one of each per game, or two of each with CAST Pass. Guests see them locked until they sign in.
Legends
Now and then in 60000+, one offer is a Legends Pick: three of Test cricket’s retired greats, like Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. You get one at most per game, and it can turn up late in a game, just when you need it most.
Legends keep their runs hidden like everyone else, and they count their whole Test careers. They only appear in 60000+.
The Rules
- Every player can only be picked once.
- Picks are final, unless you use Remove Player.
- You have 20 seconds to pick, or the first option goes in. That’s in 60000+ and the Daily Challenge. The other modes have no clock. The clock waits while the Shop or a pop-up is open.
- Your running total and how far you are from 60000 are always on screen.
- Offers are random, but players with more Test runs turn up a little more often.
- Your result shows the luck of your draw: how many runs were on offer, against an average game.
- Nation colours show the nation each player last played Tests for.
- No bonuses, no chemistry, no tricks. Just runs.
Where the Numbers Come From
Runs count Test matches from the first Test in 1877 to now, for every Test nation (and the ICC World XI’s one Test in 2005). One-day, T20 and first-class runs are not included.
Test records from ESPNcricinfo’s Statsguru, names from Wikidata. The runs on each card are the player’s Test career total. Roles come from each player’s runs, their catches and stumpings as keeper and how much they bowled, and a player who is both a batter and a bowler is an all-rounder.
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