How to play Pomp
Pomp is a cricket dream-team drafting game. You build a single XI out of cricket's greatest sides, then a simulation sends it through all three world tournaments. Win the lot and you take the International Treble – winning all three ICC world titles with one XI, a clean sweep no real team has ever managed.
1Make three quick calls
Before you draft you set the rules. Classicshows every player's rating across all three formats; Expert hides the numbers so you pick on names and roles alone. As they were rates each player for the exact year you draw them; In their Pompis easy mode – everyone at the height of their powers. Then you choose your XI's shape (how many batters, all-rounders and bowlers).
2Spin for a side, draft one player
Each round you spin and land on a real team from history – say West Indies 1984 or India 2011 – in one of the formats they played. You draft oneplayer from that side into an open position, then spin again. You can't pick the same player twice, and you can't draw the same team-era twice, so every XI is a genuine mix of eras and nations.
3Play the three tournaments
Your finished XI is entered into all three world events at once:
- T20 World Cup – four group games (win three to advance), a semi-final, then the final.
- ODI World Cup – the same group → semi → final road.
- World Test Championship – a two-year league of six three-Test series, ranked by points percentage; top of the table makes a one-off final.
4Chase the Treble
Each tournament is decided by a match-simulation engine, not a rating cut-off – ratings feed batting, bowling and fielding strength, and the sim plays out innings with real variance. Win all three finals and you've done what no side in history has. Win one or two and there's always another XI to build.
More questions? See the FAQ, or browse some greatest XIs.
Ratings and results are illustrative and simulated – an unofficial fan game, not affiliated with any board, league or competition.