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Adding a player who turns up mid-match

Full Match

With Players can join mid-match on, every batter and bowler picker has an Add player button — add the latecomer to either team while the match is running, and they can bat or bowl straight away.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Turn the rule on at setup

    In Gully Rules, switch on Players can join mid-match. (Do this at setup — it can't be flipped once the match has started.)

  2. 2

    Add them when they arrive

    At the next wicket, bowler change or fielder pick, tap Add player at the bottom of the picker. Fill in their name and they join the team on the spot.

    Add them when they arrive

What the newcomer can do

Everything anyone else can: bat when a wicket falls, bowl the next over, field. They join the batting order at the end and their whole appearance counts toward their career stats like any other match.

Adding a player mid-match also adds them to your Squad Book, so next week they're one search away.

People also ask

Can a player join a cricket match after it starts?

In gully cricket, usually by agreement. With the late-joiners rule on, Gully Crix shows an Add player button inside every picker so a latecomer can be added mid-match and bat or bowl immediately.

How do you add a player mid match in a cricket scoring app?

Turn on the late-joiners rule at setup, then use the Add player button at the bottom of the next batter, bowler or fielder picker. They join the batting order at the end.

Do late joiners get full match statistics?

Yes. Everything they do after joining counts toward their career exactly like any other player.

Last updated 2026-08-09

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