FFRicket!

Yes folks! Thanx to my last big breakthrough idea for sports-entertainment being stolen by (albeit pre-datedly) the beach cricket boys from Australia, I am back with another mindblowing (okay, maybe not so much) innovation that could take cricket to a whole 'nutha fricking level! Move over Twenty20, this is fricking fast forward cricket or... Wait for it, FFRicket! (exclamation mark is a part of the trademark.) Let me briefly explain the rules of the game.


The pitch is an equilateral triangle with a batsman in each corner.

The team with the most runs with loss of least wickets wins the match.

The bowling side is given a maximum of ninety minutes to bowl their twenty overs. If they fail to complete their 20 within time, then a punitive extra minutes will be added to the team playing second. If the team bowling second makes such an offence, the extra time will grant the batting side bonus runs calculated according to their current run rate. There will be a break of five minutes after every session.

Twenty-overs a side; a ball is counted as one successful delivery. No extras counted.

Umpiring is computerized.

The members of the bowling side are all over the field. Opening bowler bowls to one of the batsmen.

The batsman’s object is to run to the next position of the triangle without getting out.

One run is calculated when all three batsmen cross the starting point. Traditional sixes/fours allowed.

The fielder on stopping the ball can either choose to bowl to any of the three batsmen, or pass it on to another fielder (which is not considered as a bowled ball) who will bowl.

There should be a gap of 3 seconds minimum and 6 seconds maximum between two consecutive balls.

Wickets are taken by, catches, run-outs, bowled, stumpings, lbw (pitch in line, impact in line).

The bowler's runup is minimum 3 yards to maximum 15 yards. The ball should reach the batsman in under one bounce. On a second bounce, the batsmen can run one point and cannot be runout.

Only one batsman can be out during one delivery. When a wicket falls, a gap of 30 seconds is allowed, exceeding which, he is declared out.

The batsman can turn to the face the bowler in whichever manner; i.e., left-handed, right-handed.

Since one run is completed only when all three batsmen cover all the three points of the triangle, there are no individual scores.

If a batsman gets runout after having cleared two points of the triangle, then the coverage of the two points will be disqualified. They start from point zero with the new batsman at the place. However, if a batsman gets out by any other manner, the new batsman can continue in the run.

A batsman can decide to retire for rest/substitution after having crossed 30 runs withe the given two partners. Such a rest/substitution to rest will deduct five runs.

A series contains of even number of matches with both teams starting innings equally.

Do let me knw what you think about this.!