From Cairns to Cricket Australia
Hundreds of new smartphone
applications are popping up each day, so it’s not hard to completely forget
about old-fashioned board and dice games. In fact, when was the last time you
sat down and played a game of cards or Monopoly?
With this in mind, three regular Aussie mates decided to
revive the entertaining and social dice game and bring back old school
face-to-face table top gaming.
Hamish Sterling, one of the original three developers of the
dice game, Pocket Cricket, said Australians already loved their creation.
“We believe people of all ages love dice games and, in
Australia, they also love cricket,” Hamish said.
“Our product is affordable, portable and can be played
anytime, anywhere – without batteries or power cords.”
With very few board games designed in Australia, and no
sports-based dice games, Pocket Cricket had little competition and quickly took
off with cricket and gaming fans.
“After offering it to a few other games publishers and being
turned down, we self-published and tested the water with an initial print run
of 1000 units,” Hamish said.
“We then approached Cricket Australia to seek their logo and
successfully negotiated an agreement.”
Pocket Cricket is now part of Cricket Australia’s
merchandise range and is sold at all international cricket matches throughout
Australia.
But Hamish and his team didn’t want to stop there. The next
stop for Pocket Cricket had to be the home of cricket – the UK.
“We’ve got a couple of retailers in the UK and have recently
signed a deal to produce branded sets for a very popular County Cricket team,”
Hamish said.
From a couple of mates with an idea to one of the biggest
sporting merchandise companies in the country, Pocket Cricket is spreading
around the world one coffee table and pub bar at a time.
For more information on Pocket Footy and Pocket Cricket or
to purchase your very own game go to: www.pocketcricket.com.au
or email sales@pocketcricket.com.au
To learn more about the rules of Pocket Cricket ‘Like’ the
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PocketCricket
