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hopeful traveller wrote:I would like to see these done one day, just for the sake of it.

The cricket challenge:

A toss will be held. The batting team will have one person at Bank and one person at Waterloo. The bowler, for example, will be at Bank. The "on-strike" batsman will draw out the name of a station within zones one to three. Anything in zone three scores 6 runs. Anything outside the overground circle but not in zone three scores 4 runs. Anything else, the bowler must field, by visiting the station and returning using Guinness rules (with the exception of the Waterloo and City).

To run between the wickets, the batsman must get on a Waterloo and City line train. There he will tag his partner, who must get back to the original station. This is one run. Batsmen can run as many times as they like in one ball, but to be run out, the bowler must return to either Bank or Waterloo before the batsman gets there. To be out via hit wicket, the batsman would drop the hat. To be out via obstruction of the field would be to be questioned by a police officer asking why on earth you're sitting at Waterloo's Waterloo and City line platform endlessly. Overs would be the same. The bowler would have nine fielders and a wicket-keeper at the adjacent station - at Tower Hill/Liverpool Street/St. Paul's/Cannon Street/London Bridge/Moorgate at Bank, and Westminster/Southwark/Embankment/Lambeth North/Kennington at Waterloo. The other nine fielders can be placed anywhere. A station which is drawn is "caught" by the fielder and the batsman is out.


That is WAY too confusing. At least my idea I tried to make as simple as.
Example:
Batsmen: R Jackson at Bank, R Benjamin at Waterloo.
Bowler: A James, starting at Bank.
Over 0.1: Chancery Lane drawn. Jackson does not run. Dot Ball. 0-0 (0.1 overs).
Over 0.2: Neasden drawn. Six runs. 6-0 (0.2 overs).
Over 0.3: Holborn drawn. Jackson decides to run. He goes to Waterloo, tags Benjamin, but Benjamin cannot get back to Bank by the time James is there. Run Out (James). 6-1 (0.3 overs). New Batsman: D Cameron, on strike.
Over 0.4: Kilburn drawn, caught by E Miliband. c Miliband b James. 6-2 (0.4 overs). New batsman: N Clegg, on strike.
Over 0.5: Notting Hill Gate drawn. On the third run, James elects to go to Waterloo to try to run Clegg out, but Clegg has arrived before him. Three runs. 9-2 (0.5 overs).
Over 1.0: Tower Hill drawn. Jackson runs, Clegg makes it back in time. One run. 10-1 (1.0 overs).

Then the action goes to Waterloo with a new bowler if required. The overs can be set to suit the time requirements. Possibly 5 overs per side?

I like this, and I think it's my best idea yet.

Scoreboard:
HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS WON THE TOSS AND BATTED FIRST.

HOPEFUL TRAVELLERS:
R Jackson (capt) - hit wicket A James - 15 - 32 balls
R Benjamin - run out (A James) - 0 - 0 balls
D Cameron - c E Miliband b A James - 0 - 1 ball
N Clegg - not out - 21* - 27 balls
W Hague - not out - 0* - 0 balls
T May
J May
J Clarkson
R Hammond
E Humperdinck
F Alonso
Total: 3 wkts, 10 overs: 36

Bowling:
A James 5-2-12-2
M Hazel 5-4-24-0

PLEBS UNITED:

E Balls - hit wicket R Jackson - 0 - 17 balls
E Miliband (capt) - run out (R Jackson) - 0 - 0 balls
G Norton - run out (R Benjamin) - 28 - 33 balls
A James - run out (R Benjamin) - 0 - 8 balls
S Vettel - c R Benjamin b R Jackson - 0 - 1 ball
P di Resta - not out - 0* - 0 balls
B Edwards - not out - 6* - 1 ball
D Coulthard
S Perri
E Jordan
J Humphrey
Total: 5 wkts, 10 overs: 34

Bowling:
R Jackson - 5-3-9-2
R Benjamin - 5-0-25-0

Match Summary:

Hopeful Travellers: 36 - 3.
N Clegg 21*
A James 2 - 12

Plebs United: 34 - 5.
G Norton 28
R Jackson 2 - 9.

Hopeful Travellers win by 2 runs.

Simple?