Bought one in the early 90s called "Armchair Cricket", awesome game aimed for two players using two decks of cards which run from 1 to 11 in five "suits" - stumps, balls, gloves, bats and pads
Basically the fielding player would play a card, if the batting player could not play in the same suit, or a higher card, he lost a wicket. Lower order batsmen could not play 1s on their own, tailenders could not play 1s or 2s on their own.
And by on their own it indicates you could play two cards, and if the fielding player could play the card to make the totals level then the batsman would be run out.
Modes of out were clever, determined by the two cards/'suits' played, so a ball and glove would be caught behind, ball and bat would be caught by the number 1-11, stumps and gloves being stumped, well I'm sure you can work it out.
Runs scored were determined by the number by which the batting card(s) were higher in the same suit, a 1 'bowled' and an 11 from the batting player equals a six. If I recall 7-10 higher equals a four, 6 equals a 3, 1-2 equals a single, or something like that.
Anything lower in the same suit, or higher in a different suit would be a dot ball. You fill in a scorecard as normal, when a batsman is out he can change up to two cards, as can the fielding player at ends of session (go through the decks four times per session) and completely at the new ball.
I invented a much quicker game for one player, or could be adapted for two, but never got around to finding someone to market it with/for me. Much quicker than Armchair Cricket, suitable for one person and way more realistic than dice cricket.
In the modern era of games consoles aplenty, it is something that gets you away from a computer or TV monitor, gives you a realistic model of a cricket match and I reckon you could complete a game/Test in probably an hour or less, depends if you can remember the rules/scoring pointers.
