How the challenge works
A new pack of cricket cards goes out every day. Packs are filmed in batches, and every one is opened on camera. Chance picks the cards; the rules pick the teams.
Packs are judged in the order you see them, and never re-shot.
What comes out is what you see. Every card is photographed and logged, base cards included.
The kit picks the team.
Whites play in the Test XI, country colours in the ODI XI and club colours in the T20 XI. Women's cards in club colours play in the Women's T20 XI. A card with no kit showing plays in the Test XI.
Only a card rarer than base can win a shirt.
Since pack 21 that means a score of 2 or more out of 10 on the Rarometer; in packs 1 to 20 it meant a numbered or signed card. The rarest card wins. When a rarer one turns up for a filled shirt, it takes the shirt and the old card is dropped.
One shirt per player in each XI.
All-rounders can fill any vacant place. On a dead level, the card already holding the shirt keeps it.
The spend is always shown.
Every box is logged at the price paid. Money never touches selection, cards are never framed as an investment, and no card on this site has a value.
Your picks are for fun.
Pick your own XI on this site. It never changes the teams; the packs and the rules do that.
How rarity is scored
Every card gets a rarity score out of 10, the same scale for every set, from how many packs it takes to pull one. The method, the odds and their sources are on the Rarometer page.
This site
Every board, card and number here is counted from the card log, and a pack appears only once its episode has been posted, so the site never spoils a video. Use the season bar at the top of any page to see how things stood after any pack.
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