How many guesses do I get?

Six per day. Every guess reveals more comparison categories, so even a wrong guess is useful — it eliminates players and unlocks the next clue tier.

Does CricketQuest include women's cricket?

Yes. The pool covers men's and women's international cricket, and the second clue tells you which one the mystery player belongs to, so it never costs you a guess to find out.

Why are there no IPL or franchise clues?

Club and league squads change every auction and loan window, so a "current team" clue goes stale and starts misleading players. Every CricketQuest clue comes from international career data, which does not rot.

How does the Hot/Cold score work?

Each guess gets a similarity score out of 100, weighted across country, discipline, role, playing status, formats, debut era and international career stats. Above 75 is blazing, under 35 is cold.

How is Cricket IQ calculated?

Cricket IQ rewards solving in fewer guesses (up to 40 points), using fewer hints (up to 15), solving quickly (up to 10) and tackling a harder puzzle (up to 15), on a base of 20. A perfect one-guess, no-hint solve on an expert quest scores 100.

Your streak counts consecutive IST calendar days on which you completed a quest — win or lose. Missing a day resets it. Practice games never affect your streak.

Is CricketQuest free?

Yes, completely free. You need a CricketDream account so your streak, Cricket IQ and history are saved to you, but there is nothing to pay and no download.

Can I play more than one puzzle a day?

Yes — Practice Quest gives unlimited games against a random player from a pool you choose: icons, men's or women's cricket, a specific format, or retired legends. Practice never affects your daily streak.

How to Play CricketQuest

CricketQuest is the daily cricket Wordle: one mystery international cricketer, six guesses, and clues built entirely from real career data. Everyone in the world gets the same player each day, and it resets at midnight IST.

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The rules in six steps

Open today's quest. Go to cricketdream.in/cricketquest. Everyone in the world gets the same mystery cricketer each day, resetting at midnight IST.
Search a cricketer. Type any name into the search box. Results are ranked by relevance and international caps, and show each player's country, discipline and role.
Read the comparison. Your guess is compared to the mystery player across country, men's or women's cricket, role, playing status, formats played, debut year and international career stats.
Use the eliminations. A counter shows how many pool players still fit every clue revealed so far. Use it to check whether your next guess actually narrows the field.
Take a hint if stuck. Two hints are available per quest. Each states a verified fact about the mystery player, and the second never repeats the first. Hints reduce your Cricket IQ.
Solve within six guesses. Name the mystery cricketer before your six guesses run out to keep your daily streak alive, then share your result grid without spoiling the answer.

What each clue tells you

Country

The international team the player represents — India, Australia, England, Pakistan and so on.

Guess 1

Game

Men's or women's cricket. Both are in the pool, and the clue tells you which straight away.

Guess 1

Role

Batter, bowler, all-rounder or wicketkeeper.

Guess 1

Status

Whether the player is still active internationally or has stopped playing, taken from their career record.

Guess 2

Formats played

Test, ODI and T20I. A partial overlap shows as “Close”.

Guess 2

International debut

The year of their first international appearance, with an arrow showing whether the answer is earlier or later.

Guess 3

Career stats

International matches, plus runs or wickets depending on the mystery player’s role, again with higher/lower arrows.

Guess 4

Verified cricket fact

One extra true fact — centuries, five-wicket hauls, milestones — never invented.

Guess 5

Each row is marked Exact, Close or Different, with an arrow on the number clues showing whether the mystery player's figure is higher or lower than your guess.

Scoring: Cricket IQ

Every completed quest scores a Cricket IQ out of 100. It starts from a base of 20 and adds up to 40 points for solving in fewer guesses, up to 15 for using fewer hints, up to 10 for solving quickly, and up to 15 for the difficulty of the day's puzzle. A one-guess, no-hint solve on an expert quest is a perfect 100; scraping home on the sixth guess with both hints still scores 20. Your average Cricket IQ shows on your profile and on the daily leaderboard.

Streaks, leaderboard and history

Completing a quest — solved or not — extends your streak. The daily leaderboard ranks everyone who finished today's quest: solvers first, then fewest guesses, then fewest hints, then who finished earliest. Your quest history keeps every past answer you uncovered, and only the ones you actually finished.

Want more than one a day? Practice Quest is unlimited and never touches your streak.

Frequently asked questions

CricketQuest is CricketDream's daily cricket guessing game — a cricket version of Wordle. Every day there is one mystery international cricketer, and you get six guesses to name them using clues built from real career data.

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