Best cricket games to play online for free in 2026 (no download)

Cricket on the web used to mean one thing: Stick Cricket, a Flash game you played in the computer lab. Flash is gone, and phones now get most of the cricket games. But a handful of good ones still run in a browser tab, free, with nothing to install.

We tested the most-played free cricket games on the big portals and the indie corners of the web in October 2026, on a laptop and a phone. Here's the list, best first.

Full disclosure: bumshi made the game at number 1. We've tried to be fair to everyone else, and the table below shows where the others are the better pick.

The best online cricket games at a glance

How we picked

A good online cricket game needs four things:

• It runs in a browser. No app store, no install, no account to start. Phone-only apps and dead Flash games are out.
• Batting is more than one button. The best ones let you pick a shot, pick your feet and get the timing right.
• Bowling is a real contest. Pace, swing and spin should change how the batter has to play.
• It feels like cricket. Running between the wickets, catches, run outs and a match situation you care about.

Ratings and play counts are as shown on each portal on 31 October 2026.

1. Gully Cricket (bumshi): the best cricket game you can play online

Gully Cricket is a free 3D cricket game set in Gali No. 4, a made-up Indian lane two and a half cars wide. It is three versus three, with bricks for stumps, a forty-rupee red ball, chalk lines on the road for runs, and houses on both sides that swallow anything you hit in the air.

What makes it the best of the lot:

• Real gully cricket rules. One tip one hand is out. Into a house is out (and you fetch the ball). Past the keeper over the back line is four. Run out only at the end you are running to. If you grew up playing street cricket, every rule is one you argued about.
• Proper batting, not just timing. Aim with the arrow keys (or a shot pad on phones), then choose front foot, back foot or step down the road, and decide whether to loft it. Early timing pulls the ball to leg, late pushes it to off. In a lane this narrow, an angled loft lands on a balcony and you're out, so you learn to play straight like a real batter.
• Bowling with real variations. Four bowlers with different styles: a right-arm quick with the yorker, a left-arm quick, a leg-spinner with the googly and flipper, and an off-spinner with the arm ball and doosra. Quicks swing it in the air and cut it off the road. You pick the delivery, where it pitches and the pace.
• Fielding you control. Move your fielder close for one tip one hand catches, or deep to save the four, and take catches in slow motion.
• A story mode, which almost no web cricket game has. "Count It" is a 10-chapter summer story about Chotu, the youngest kid in the gully, across five different lanes, each with its own rule about what is out (onto the railway tracks, into the nala). Most chapters are full matches of 2 to 5 overs. It's roughly an hour of cricket.
• A whole street that lives. Cars back out of gates, the sabzi cart rolls through, a dog lies down on the pitch and somebody's mother shouts from a balcony. Everyone steps aside and the game waits, like it always did.
• Versus mode and a leaderboard. Play 1, 2, 3 or 5 overs a side with a toss and your own batting order, at three difficulties. With a free account your match points go on the board.
• Free, in any browser, on phones too. Built for touch as well as keyboard, so it works in Chrome and Safari on a phone in landscape.

The catch: there's no online multiplayer yet. You play against the computer.

Best for: anyone who wants a full cricket game in a browser, and anyone who played gully cricket as a kid.

Free browser gameGully CricketThree versus three in a narrow Indian gully. Bricks for stumps, one tip one hand, and into Sharma Aunty's house is out. A 9-chapter summer story across five different lanes, versus and practice.▶ Play free

2. Cricket World Cup (Poki)

The most popular cricket game on Poki. Made by Freak X Apps, it has been on the site since 2019 and is rated 4.3 by more than 380,000 players. You pick a country and bat through a tournament: click or tap to hit as the ball arrives.

Why people like it: it's instant. A match takes a couple of minutes and anyone can play it.

Where it falls short: batting is one button and timing. There's little bowling or fielding to think about, so it's closer to a batting reflex game than a cricket match.

Best for: a quick slog on a break.

3. Cricket Superstar League (CrazyGames)

A 3D cricket game by Arvind Sudarshan, released on the web in December 2019 and updated in 2025. You pick a team and try to win every match, batting by dragging the mouse left or right. It's one of the best-rated cricket games on CrazyGames.

Why people like it: 3D stadium cricket with teams and a league, in a browser.

Where it falls short: CrazyGames lists the browser version as desktop only (there's a separate Android app), and the controls are simple.

Best for: a 3D team tournament on a laptop.

4. Doodle Cricket (Google)

Google's cricket Doodle from June 2017, made for the ICC Champions Trophy and brought back for the Women's Cricket World Cup the same year. A cricket (the insect) bats against a team of snails, and you tap to swing. Google has since kept its playable Doodles in the Doodles archive.

Why people like it: it's charming and takes no learning at all.

Where it falls short: one button, one innings, no bowling. It's a toy more than a cricket game.

Best for: a ten-second distraction and a laugh.

5. APS Cricket Multiplayer (itch.io)

A small 2D cricket game from a solo developer, with real-time matches against other players. Matches are two overs a side, so a game takes a few minutes.

Why people like it: it's one of the very few web cricket games where you play against a real person.

Where it falls short: simple 2D visuals, and you need someone else online to play.

Best for: a quick match against a friend.

6. Fielders (itch.io)

A different take: you're the bowling captain, setting fields against a computer batter across several match formats and pitch types. It plays well on phones.

Best for: people who'd rather be the captain than the batter.

7. Book Cricket Champion (itch.io)

The game every Indian school kid played in the back row, online: flip to a random page of a book and the last digit of the page number is your score. This version has over 100 books to "bat" with.

Best for: pure nostalgia. It's luck, not skill.

What happened to Stick Cricket?

Stick Cricket was the most famous free cricket game on the web for years. It was a Flash game, and browsers stopped running Flash at the end of 2020. Stick Sports now makes its cricket games as phone apps (Stick Cricket Live, Stick Cricket Classic and others), so you can't play the original in a browser any more.

If you loved Stick Cricket for its quick, satisfying batting, Gully Cricket is the closest thing to that feeling in a browser today, with bowling, fielding and a story on top.

Which cricket game should you play?

New to Gully Cricket? Our Gully Cricket guide covers the rules, batting, bowling and every chapter of the story.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best cricket game to play online for free?

Gully Cricket on bumshi is the most complete free cricket game in a browser in 2026: 3D, with shot and foot choice when you bat, swing and spin variations when you bowl, field settings and a 10-chapter story. For a quick one-tap game, Cricket World Cup on Poki is the most popular.

Can I play cricket games online without downloading anything?

Yes. Every game on this list runs in a web browser. Open the page and play, on a computer or (for most of them) a phone.

Which online cricket game works best on a phone?

Gully Cricket, Cricket World Cup and Fielders all run in a phone browser. Gully Cricket has touch controls for batting, bowling and fielding; turn your phone sideways.

Is there a free 3D cricket game I can play in a browser?

Yes. Gully Cricket is fully 3D and runs on phones and computers. Cricket Superstar League on CrazyGames is also 3D, but its browser version is for computers only.

Can I still play Stick Cricket in a browser?

No. The original Stick Cricket was a Flash game, and browsers stopped supporting Flash in 2020. Stick Sports now publishes its cricket games as phone apps.

Is there an online gully cricket game?

Yes. Gully Cricket on bumshi is built around real gully rules: one tip one hand, into a house is out, four at the back, bricks for stumps, and a narrow lane where you have to play straight.

Can I play online cricket with friends?

APS Cricket Multiplayer has real-time matches against other players. Gully Cricket doesn't have online multiplayer yet, but you can share your match score with friends and race them up the leaderboard.