The live cricket scoreboard for your table-top test matches
Score every ball on your laptop like a real scorer — and put a traditional tin-plate cricket scoreboard on the TV, updating live as you play. Built for board game cricket, backyard rules, and family test matches that run past bedtime.
Start scoring — it's free No installs for spectators — any match is one 6-character code away.A proper cricket scorecard, without the pencil
Everything a paper scorebook records — batting and bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets — captured in one or two taps per delivery, with the rules of cricket enforced for you.
🏏 Ball-by-ball scoring
Runs, byes, leg-byes, wides, no-balls, and every dismissal with proper attribution — c Smith b Jones, straight onto the card. Strike rotation, overs, and bowler rules handled automatically.
📺 A scoreboard worth watching
Not an LED ticker — a heritage tin-plate board with painted lettering, ground facades, a working clock, and wicket celebrations. It fills any TV, tablet, or phone in landscape.
🔗 Share with a code
Every match gets a short code like KY6AKD. Grandparents open the live board from anywhere on the network — no accounts, no apps.
🏟️ Famous-ground skins
Dress the board as classic grounds with heritage frames, or design your own — colours, lettering fonts, and traditional tin-number typefaces.
📜 House rules welcome
Test, one-day, and T20-style presets — or custom rules: powerplay double runs, free hits after wides and no-balls, timed matches with a countdown, even indoor cricket wicket rules.
✏️ Fix any ball, ever
Scored a four as a six three overs ago? Edit any past delivery and the whole card recalculates — with a preview of the consequences first. Then print the scorecard when stumps are drawn.
How it works
From box open to first ball in a couple of minutes.
Set up the match
Pick a format, enter the teams, choose your ground skin — then spin the animated bat for the toss: hills or flats?
Score on the laptop
One tap per delivery on a screen laid out like a real scorecard. Every ball autosaves — resume tomorrow exactly mid-over.
Watch it live
Put the board on the TV and share the match code. Wickets get celebrations; ducks get the duck.
Made for table-top cricket
If your test matches are played with dice, cards, or flicking fingers on the dining table, this is your scorer. It's a perfect companion for classic cricket board games — including the much-loved Test Match board game by Crown and Andrews — with board-game-friendly rules like "no wicket on a no-ball" built in.
It works just as well for backyard cricket, driveway ODIs, and entirely invented formats.
Frequently asked questions
The short version: it's free, spectators never need accounts, and yes — it loves board game cricket.
Can I use it to score the Test Match board game?
Yes — that's the game that inspired it. Test Match Scorecard is an independent, fan-made scoring tool; it isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Crown and Andrews or any board game publisher. It works with any table-top or backyard cricket game.
Do people watching the scoreboard need an account?
No. Share the match's 6-character code and anyone can open the live board — TV browser, tablet, or phone in landscape. It reconnects itself if the Wi-Fi hiccups.
What formats can I score?
Full test cricket (two innings a side, declarations, the follow-on), limited-overs formats with bowler caps, and custom rules: powerplays, free hits, timed matches, indoor cricket scoring.
Can I print the scorecard?
Yes — every match has a print-friendly scorecard with complete batting and bowling figures, extras, and fall of wickets. Print it or save a PDF for the folder in the games cupboard.
What does it cost?
It's free to play, with ads on the app pages (never on the scoreboard). If it becomes part of your games nights, tip A$5 or more and ads are switched off on your account for the life of the service.