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Auction players for your box cricket league

Box cricket leagues move fast — short overs, small squads, several matches a night. Register players, auction them in an evening, and let the table keep up with the turf.

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What a box cricket auction needs

  • Made for the short format

    Scores are entered as runs, wickets and overs (6.3, not 6.5), the way a box match is actually kept, and a scoreline reads 54/3 (6.0) on the table and the public page.

  • Small squads, every pick counts

    With six or eight players a side, one bad buy shows. Each team's remaining purse is on screen, and the reserve rule stops a bid that would leave a team short of its minimum squad.

  • Built for a night at the turf

    Put the auction board on a TV at the turf and let owners bid from their phones. Anyone with the link can follow from outside without signing in.

The registration form speaks your sport

Players choose from these when they register, and it shows on their card in the auction.

Roles
  • Batter
  • Bowler
  • All-rounder
  • Wicket-keeper
Batting style
  • Right Hand Batsman
  • Left Hand Batsman
  • Right Hand Opener
  • Left Hand Opener
  • Right Hand Middle Order
  • Left Hand Middle Order
Bowling style
  • Right Arm Fast
  • Right Arm Medium
  • Left Arm Fast
  • Left Arm Medium
  • Off-Break
  • Leg-Break
  • Left Arm Orthodox
  • Left Arm Chinaman

The table keeps itself

Each match earns 2 for a win, 1 for a tie or no result. Teams level on points are separated by net run rate.

You enter runs, wickets and overs after each match; the standings, the public season page and every squad's record update from that one entry.

Auction night, on every screen

The big-screen board of a live auction: money spent, the most expensive player, and each team's remaining purse and squad
The board the room watches.
A team owner's phone during the auction, showing the player on the block, the current bid and the bid button
Each owner bids from their own phone.

Real screens from a practice auction. The same bid reaches the board and every phone at once, and anyone with the link can watch without signing in.

Questions organizers ask

Does the points table handle box cricket scoring?

Yes. A win is 2 points and a tie or no result 1, and teams level on points are separated by net run rate, worked out from the runs and overs you enter.

How many teams and players can a box cricket league have?

You set both. The purse per team and the squad size are the auction's rules, and the auction will not let a team finish above its maximum or be left unable to reach its minimum.

Can we run the auction without money?

Yes. Run a points auction and each team gets a budget in points instead of rupees.

Step-by-step guides: setting up a season, importing a Google Form, preparing the auction and running the room.