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Game Trick
Search for the Google cricket game and plenty of pages promise a secret trick. The truth is simpler: it is a playable Doodle, and one of the friendliest entries on our hidden Google games list. Here is where it came from, how to play it today, and how to score more.
Quick answer: There is no secret search phrase. The Google cricket game is the 2017 Cricket Doodle, made for the ICC Champions Trophy. You play a cricket (the insect) with the bat against a team of snails, and you can still play it from Google's Doodle archive.
What the Google cricket game is
Google launched the Cricket Doodle in June 2017 to mark the start of the ICC Champions Trophy. It is a one-button batting game with a cartoon twist: the batter is a cricket, the fielders are snails, and your job is to hit the ball and rack up runs without getting out.
It came back in 2020. Google ran a "Stay and Play at Home" series of throwback Doodles, with a different game each day for two weeks, and the cricket game was one of them. That is why many people remember finding it directly in search.
How to play it today
- Find the Doodle. Search for Google Doodle cricket and open the game from Google's Doodle archive.
- Press Play. The match starts straight away with no account or download.
- Click or tap to swing. Your timing decides how well the bat meets the ball.
- Keep batting until you are out. Your score is the runs you collected before that happens.
Why the "trick" is timing
Because there is only one control, the whole game is about when you press it. A swing that is too early or too late misses or edges the ball, and one clean hit is worth more than a flurry of random clicks.
- Wait for the ball. Swinging early is the most common way to get out.
- Do not spam the button. Treat each delivery as its own decision.
- Use a device that responds well. A mouse or a fast tap beats a laggy touchscreen.
- Replay to improve. The game is built for chasing a better score, one short run at a time.
Cricket is only one of many playable Doodles, and the complete list of Google Easter eggs shows how it fits alongside the Easter eggs hidden in Search itself.
If you want something that bends the page instead of a bat, the Google gravity and underwater tricks guide is a good change of pace.
More hidden games to try
Playing alone gets old fast. Next in the series is the Google doodle games to play with friends guide, which covers the Doodles that can be played with other people.
Frequently Asked Questions
Want a step-by-step walkthrough of how Google brought the cricket game back in 2020? See Business Insider India's how-to.