6v6 Cricket PNG Guide
Everything you need to follow and enjoy 6v6 Cricket in Papua New Guinea.
The Rules
The full 6v6 criiio cricket rules — including court setup, scoring instructions, and a scoresheet — are available to download below.
6v6 Cricket Rules
Official criiio 6v6 cricket rules, scoring guide and court setup (PDF)About 6v6 Cricket PNG
6v6 Cricket PNG is organised by Cricket PNG and brings fast-paced, accessible cricket to communities across Papua New Guinea. Based on the criiio 6v6 format, it is designed to be played by anyone — regardless of experience — in a competitive and enjoyable environment.
The competition features teams from across PNG competing across multiple seasons throughout the year.
Following Matches Online
You can follow all matches live from the Matches page. Matches are listed with their current status — upcoming, live, or completed.
The Matches page showing live, upcoming and completed matches.
Click on any match to open the live scorecard. The scorecard updates as the match progresses, showing the current score, batting pairs, overs bowled, and wickets taken.
A live scorecard showing the current innings, batting pairs and score.
Understanding the Scorecard
6v6 cricket uses batting pairs. Each team of six players is split into three pairs, and each pair bats for three overs (18 balls). Here is what you will see on the scorecard:
- Batting Pair — two batters who bat together for their three overs.
- Runs — scored by completing a run between the wickets. Boundaries score +1 (side), +4 (back along the ground), or +6 (back on the full).
- Wickets (W) — a dismissal. Each wicket awards 5 bonus runs to the fielding team.
- Dot balls — three consecutive dot balls counts as a dismissal.
- No balls — count as 2 runs to the batting team and are not re-bowled (except in the final over of each pair).
- Grand Total — team runs plus bonus runs received from opposition wickets.
The team with the highest Grand Total after both innings wins the match.
Competitions
Matches are grouped into competitions. You can view all active and past competitions from the Competitions page.
The Competitions page listing active and past competitions.
Click on a competition to see all its matches, results, and standings.
A competition detail pages showing matches, standings and player statistics.
Player Profiles
Click on any player's name on a scorecard or in the competition player stats to open their player profile. This shows their career statistics across all matches recorded in the system — total runs, wickets, boundaries, and more.
A player profile showing career batting and bowling statistics.
Get Involved
For more information about Cricket PNG and how to get involved, please visit our Contact Us page