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A free 3D cricket game for Sri Lanka — play live, in your browser
Sri Lanka kit · home pitch: turning
A Galle turner in a browser tab. Howzat Live is a real 3D cricket game — bat, ball, bowler, eleven fielders and a crowd — that runs in the browser on a laptop, a PC or a phone. No download, no app store, no payment. Build your own eleven in Sri Lanka’s kit and play a live match against a real person anywhere in the world, or against the computer at three levels.
Play free as Sri Lanka See the Test match
How Sri Lankan pitches play in the game
Set Sri Lanka as your home ground and the surface turns from the first over: spinners grip and bite, the ball stays low, and the quick bowlers have to find swing because the bounce is not there. Build a side with two or three spinners, a keeper who stands up, and a batting order that can sweep. It plays the way the island does.
The home ground you choose decides the surface. Sri Lanka is a turning track - spinners grip, the ball keeps low, and sweeping is a skill worth having. Play away in another country and the pitch changes with it, so a side built for Galle has to think again at the MCG or at Galle.
LPL cricket game? Here is the honest answer
People in Sri Lanka search for “lpl cricket game” a lot, so to be clear: Howzat Live has no licence from the Lanka Premier League and uses no franchise names or player likenesses. What you get instead is your own team. Name all eleven, decide who bats left-handed, who bowls pace and who bowls spin, who keeps wicket, and send them out in Sri Lanka’s colours. Your names go on the scoreboard, the scorecard and the commentary line — c †Rashid b Waqar — and you can save up to twelve teams.
Live, against a real person
One bats, one bowls, the server times every ball so you both see the same delivery. Talk between overs. Quick Match pairs you in seconds.
Laptop, PC or phone
Keyboard on a laptop; swipe and tap on a phone turned sideways. A phone player and a laptop player can face each other in the same match.
T20-length or a full Test
Five, ten or twenty overs a side for a quick game. Or a four-innings Test with declarations, the follow-on, DRS and a save you can come back to days later.
Your flag walks out with you
Pick Sri Lanka — or any of 200+ countries — at sign-up. It sits beside your name on the scoreboard and in chat, and your rating climbs the Scale from 0 to 10.
When Sri Lankan players are online
Sri Lankan evenings line up with India and Bangladesh, and with Australian nights, so there is usually a bowler waiting. If nobody is free, play the computer: it picks its own field, bowls to a plan, and on a turning deck leans on its spinners.
How to start playing the cricket game in Sri Lanka
- Create a free account — a username, a password and Sri Lanka as your country.
- Build your XI in Sri Lanka’s kit, or use the ready-made side and get straight in.
- Open the lobby and hit Quick Match, or start a Test against the computer.
- Bat or bowl. Bowling is line, length and pace; batting is timing and direction. Five matches earns your first Scale badge.
Questions Sri Lankan players ask
Can I play as Sri Lanka in this cricket game?
Yes. Choose the Sri Lanka kit, name your own eleven, pick your spinners and your keeper, and set Sri Lanka as your home ground so the pitch turns.
Is this an LPL cricket game?
No. Howzat Live has no LPL licence and no franchise names. It is a free 3D cricket game where you build your own team in Sri Lanka's colours and play live against real people in T20-length matches or a full Test.
Is the cricket game free in Sri Lanka?
Yes. Free, in the browser, nothing to download and nothing to pay. It works on a laptop and on an Android or iPhone browser held sideways.
Is Howzat Live a live cricket game?
Yes - live in the sense that matters for a game: every 1v1 match is played in real time against another person, one batting and one bowling, with the server timing each ball so you both see the same delivery at the same moment. It is not a live-scores site; it is a cricket game you play.
Is this a real 3D cricket game, not a stick-cricket style one?
It is a full 3D cricket game: a bowler with a run-up, a ball that swings, seams or turns off the pitch, a batter you time and direct, eleven fielders who chase, dive and take catches, DRS with ball tracking in Tests, and a crowd. It renders in the browser, so there is nothing to download.
The cricket game in other countries
Every one of these plays on its own kind of pitch. Pick a home ground, then go and play away.
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