835,560
Players since June
2,269,023
Drafts
Chases
simulated
498
England v Netherlands
The highest total in men's one-day international history. Buttler made 162 from 70 balls. They finished two short and nobody has been closer since.
Amstelveen, 2022
438
South Africa v Australia
The highest successful chase ever made, and still the most famous one-day match played. Sixty-two short of what this game asks.
Johannesburg, 2006
500
What you are chasing
Ten an over for fifty overs. No passengers, no weak links, and a tail that has to be as iconic as the top order.
Never posted, never chased
Spin
The wheel lands on one squad from one decade. West Indies 1980s. India 2020s. Pakistan 1990s. One re-roll per draft, and starting again costs nothing.
Draft
Take one player and place him where he actually batted. Viv Richards will not open. Muralitharan will not come in at four. Once a player is taken, he is gone.
Chase
Fifty overs, ball by ball, with a live score and commentary. At the end, a full scorecard and an honest verdict.
BAT
Survival
How long a batsman stays in. Average, temperament, and the ability to bat through fifty overs instead of playing a cameo. A chase this size is built on hitting centuries.
POW
Scoring
Strike rate and acceleration. How often he clears the rope, and how quickly he shifts through the gears. You cannot chase 500 by rotating the strike.
BWL
Morale
The bowlers might have conceded 500, but they still have a role in the chase. An iconic tail-end of bowlers is required in the dugout to create momentum and lift the morale to get the side over the line. Records are not broken without a completely elite, balanced lineup.
Ratings
Positions
Completely. No download. Open the page and play.
Yes, and it is meant to be rare. You need genuine class in the top seven, real firepower to clear the rope, and an iconic tail. Most sides fall short, and the ones who get there are written into the history books.
Almost always the tail. People build a top seven of legends and fill the last four with whoever is left on the wheel. A weak lower order drains a chase even when the batting is immaculate, and it is the single most common reason a perfect-looking XI finishes short.
Averages, strike rates and the record, weighed against how iconic the player was in that shirt. They are an editorial judgement rather than a number pulled from a database, and strike rates are adjusted so a 1990s striker compares fairly against a modern one.
Every player can only bat where he actually batted. Viv Richards will not open, Muralitharan will not come in at four, and Glenn Maxwell will not bat eleven. It keeps every side you build a believable cricket team.
The leaderboard for everyone who has chased it down. Boards run for the fastest chase today, this week and all time, plus the most 500s landed and the longest daily streak.
No. It is an independent fan-made game, not connected to any cricket board, competition, club or player.
Made by a cricket fan in Australia, with an unreasonable affection for the legends of the game.
Football had 38-0. Basketball had 82-0. Cricket didn't have one, so I built it: a way to chase something impossible with the players you always wished had played together. It's an excuse to put Sachin and Viv in the same top order, and Wasim and Marshall on the same new ball.
Every player is researched on averages, strike rates and the record, then weighed against how iconic he was in that shirt.