How to play

Whitewash is a free cricket draft game. Over 11 rounds you spin a random Test nation and year, then pick one player from that era's squad to fill a slot in your XI. When all 11 slots are filled, simulate a 5-match Test series and see if you can achieve a perfect 5-0 whitewash.

Your XI has 11 fixed slots: 2 openers, numbers 3–5, a wicket-keeper, an all-rounder, a spinner, and 3 pace bowlers. Players can only fill eligible positions based on their role.

Role slots are enforced — once a role's slots are filled, those players are greyed out in subsequent squads. You can draft a maximum of 2 players from the same nation per game.

Your XI's strength is calculated from the average rating of your 11 players, with a penalty applied for any significant weak links. Five matches are simulated with luck variation — margins and outcomes vary every run.

Ratings (1–100) are calculated from career Test statistics using ESPNcricinfo data:

• Batters: batting average benchmarked at 50 (max 90pts) + caps bonus (10pts)
• Pace & spin bowlers: bowling average benchmarked at 22 — lower is better (max 90pts) + caps bonus (10pts)
• Wicket-keepers: batting average (max 70pts) + dismissals (max 20pts) + caps bonus (10pts)
• All-rounders: equal split across batting and bowling components

Elite players (rating ≥ 95) show a gold badge.

Player statistics sourced from ESPN Statsguru via Kaggle. Dataset by Mate Papava, released under the MIT licence.

Whitewash is an independent fan game and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the ICC, any national cricket board, or ESPNcricinfo.