The full rulebook (Full Match)
- Common player — one player bats and bowls for both sides.
- Start with unequal teams — 7 v 8 is fine; each side is all out on its own squad size.
- Players can join mid-match — add late arrivals to either team while the match is on.
- Players can switch mid-match — move, swap or remove players who haven't batted or bowled yet.
- Last man standing — the last batter bats alone instead of the innings ending a wicket early.
- Single-side batting — one batter at a time, no non-striker, strike never rotates.
- No runs for wides & no-balls — still re-bowled, but no penalty run.
- No free hits — a no-ball doesn't award a free hit.
- Change overs mid-match — adjust the total overs after the match has started.
What Quick Match gets
The squad rules — common player, unequal teams, late joiners, mid-match switches, last man standing and single-side batting — all depend on knowing who is playing, so they live in Full Match. Quick Match keeps the three rules that only touch the scoring itself.
Playing a pro-style match? Leave everything off — the card even says 'Ignore for Pro Matches'.