iPhone Duo · iPhone · Free at launch
Book Cricket
The classroom was the stadium.
A book. A page number. A whole cricket match before the bell. Bring the Indian schoolyard game of the 90s to your phone, with a little learning between every ball.
One familiar ritual
The fold is the spine.
On iPhone Duo, close the phone and partially or fully open it. That first opening plays one ball; closing sets up the next.
On a traditional iPhone, tap the book control to simulate closing and opening. The cover turns while your scorecard stays in place.
46 seconds, from shelf to scorecard
Take it for an innings.
A silent walkthrough of the app, with captions and chapter shortcuts. Recorded in the iPhone Duo simulator.
- Pick a book and a mode. Play the computer, pass one phone between two players, or invite a nearby player.
- Choose the toss and scoring page. Either page is the default; left page only recreates conventional even-page play.
- Close, then open. Read the highlighted last digit: 1–9 score runs; 0 costs a wicket.
- Finish the innings and chase. Six balls make an over. Beat the first side’s total within five overs and five wickets.
- Keep reading. Open “Read facts” on the home screen to search the learning books and their references.
Your break. Your match.
Play a quick five.
You vs computer
Bat first or field first. The computer plays its innings, then you chase or defend.
One phone, two players
Pass the book between friends. One shared screen keeps the match and target in view.
Nearby phones
One hosts, the other joins and accepts the match. Play directly between nearby iPhones without an account or hosted match server. Allow local-network access on both phones and keep the app open.
No accounts, ads or in-app purchases. Hosted online multiplayer is a future feature.
A ball, a replay, a little reading
See the book come alive.
Two 28-second previews recorded in the app: open the book, hit a six, lose a wicket and explore the facts shelf.
On iPhone Duo
On your iPhone
Inside the app
Paper, ink and a little cricket.
Actual app screens. Select any screenshot to see it at full size.
Pick your book
Six offline editions, led by 1,000 Cricket Facts by S Ballani.
Call the toss
Choose who bats first and score from either page or the conventional left page.
Close. Open. Play.
The book is your bat. Every new opening resolves one ball.
Send it over the rope
Runs play out above the pages, then move into your scorecard.
Watch the bails fly
A zero means a wicket. The batsman misses; the ball finds the stumps.
Chase the target
Five overs, five wickets and one score to beat.
Read between innings
Search facts, explore topics and follow references when curiosity takes over.
Keep your school rules
Left page only gives you 2, 4, 6 or 8 runs. Zero is still out.
A shelf worth opening
One thousand reasons to turn a page.
1,000 Cricket Facts by S Ballani is your default book: Indian legends, women’s cricket, World Cups, history, equipment and the Laws. Every numbered page holds one complete fact.
Follow it into 100 Space Facts, then revisit a classic story or Faraday’s science lectures. All six books are bundled for offline reading and play. Fact references open in your browser when you’re online.
The classic editions include their full source licence and an intact original text you can save or share for free from the app.
- 1,000 Cricket Facts S Ballani
- 100 Space Facts Backbench Club · NASA references
- The Time Machine H. G. Wells
- Frankenstein Mary Shelley · 1831 edition
- The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Chemical History of a Candle Michael Faraday · 1908 impression
The same book on a flat phone
Your iPhone can play too.
Supported iPhones running iOS 17 or later have a simulated book control. Only the book cover turns. Runs, wickets and the current over stay visible around it.
Before the next ball
Why do I sometimes score from the right page?
The default rule randomly selects either page, letting every digit from 0 through 9 occur. The highlighted digit shows which page counted. Choose Left page only before starting if you prefer even-page play.
Do 7, 8 and 9 really count as runs?
Yes. Book Cricket uses the selected page’s final digit: 1–9 score their face value, and 0 is out. Left-page-only play offers 2, 4, 6 and 8. These are book-cricket rules; the replay celebrates each page result.
Can I play without the internet?
Solo, same-phone matches and the bundled books work offline. Reference links and support email need an internet connection. Nearby play uses a direct local connection; hosted online matches are a future feature.
Where does my data go?
The app has no analytics, advertising or accounts. Nearby matches share player names and match moves directly with the other phone. They are not sent to a developer-run server. Read the privacy policy for details.
© 2026 ScalingHuman AI · Cricket facts by S Ballani.