Dot to Dot, with 85 minutes still down the show. For everyone who simply dotty and out, Alexa. Hello, and welcome to the Dot to Dot podcast. How are you all doing?
I hope you're doing well. Thank you so much for joining us. My name's Sean, and in today's Echo Skill, we're going to get sporty. That's right, there are some things which are quintessentially, that's a hard word to say, English, knotted hankies, ice cream vans, binge drinking, and of course, cricket.
I'll be honest with you, I don't get cricket. I don't understand it. It seems to go on for about 14 weeks and has lots of terms I just don't understand. But hey, I'm willing to give it a go.
This is a revisit to this skill. We last looked at this way back in episode 334. But as ever, this is my first time playing it, so let's jump in. Hello, open Talkie Cricket.
Here's the skill Talkie Cricket, voice game, by Dreamcodes. It's a lovely day here, Brandon. Absolutely fantastic. Great job.
That definitely had an Australian feel to it. Welcome to Talkie Cricket. This is an interactive cricket game. Say start to play or say help for assistance.
To know high scores, say high scores. What would you like to do? Help. I'm a newbie.
Talkie Cricket game lets you compete with opponent team in cricket. The game starts with a toss. Stop it. You might be prompted to choose heads or tails.
Batting or bowling is based on the side which wins the toss and makes the selection. When batting you will face an over which will have six deliveries. Your opponent team delivers the ball and you will be prompted for the runs you wish to score. You can say six or strike two.
This might give you a chance to score that runs or you may lose wicket based on your opponent's bowling. When you are bowling, there are different types of deliveries you can bowl in an over of six balls. You could either take your opponent's wicket or your opponent could score runs on your delivery. No.
Your opponent team and you will face batting and bowling till the wicket has fallen or when the over of six deliveries is complete. Got it. You win the match if you score more runs than your opponent's team. You can always stop your game in between and come back later to continue playing.
Please say start to begin the game or status to get current status of game. That's all. Start. Let's do it.
I've got most. Hello and welcome to this much anticipated match. We are hoping for some exciting and competitive cricket from these two sides. Good luck.
Say heads or tails. Heads. Wow. You have won the toss.
Would you like to bat or bowl? Bats. You have chosen to bat first. Correct.
Here comes your first delivery in the over. You can say six or two. What would you like to score? Six, obviously.
Please retry with a different score. What? For example, you can say score six or strike two. Or you can say help to know more about batting.
What would you like to score? Score six. Mr. Pedantic.
Six. Hey. Going, going, gone. Full ball just outside off stump.
I don't know what that means, but thank you. Your total score is six in one deliveries. Let's continue batting. Um, six again?
Here comes your next delivery. What would you like to score? Score six. Hooks it over the fine leg boundary for six.
Hey. Your total score is 12 in two deliveries. Crick, it's easy. Let's continue batting.
Okay. Hmm. Six again, maybe? Here comes your next delivery.
Uh-huh. What would you like to score? Score six. Baby.
Smash the ball over the mid-wicket for six. Ooh, smashed it. Your total score is 18 in three deliveries. Let's continue batting.
I'm like that Ian Bottom. Easy. Here comes your next delivery. What would you like to score?
Score six. Out. What? Edged and taken.
You lost your wicket and your total score is 18. Who says? You can continue to bowl. Say continue for bowling or stop to come back later.
Continue? Let's see how good a bowler I am. You scored 18 runs in four deliveries. Let's begin bowling.
Right off. For example, you can say spin or yorker. What type of delivery you would like to bowl? Yorker.
I love the chocolate. Your opponent scored one run. It's rubbish. Your opponent's total score is one in one deliveries.
Looks like you are ready for next delivery. Thank you. What type of delivery you would like to bowl? Spin.
Was that one? Box it over the fine leg boundary for six. Your opponent's total score is seven in two deliveries. You lost your stuff with Yorkie?
Looks like you are ready for next delivery. What type of delivery you would like to bowl? Spin. You won't see that coming.
Your opponent scored two runs. Your opponent's total score is nine in three deliveries. Terrible. Looks like you are ready for next delivery.
What type of delivery you would like to bowl? Getting a little bit bored. Yorkie. Your opponent scored three runs.
Your opponent's total score is twelve in four deliveries. Looks like you are ready for next delivery. What type of delivery you would like to bowl? Would you like to bowl?
Um, spin. Four runs, floated up outside off. He leans into it, caressing the ball through the covers. What a smooth shot.
Alright, favorite. Your opponent's total score is sixteen in five deliveries. Looks like you are ready for next delivery. What type of delivery you would like to bowl?
Yorker. I'll make it a fast one. Go for the head. Your opponent scored three runs.
Your opponent's total score is 19 in six deliveries. I was robbed. Cheat. Your opponent won the game.
You lost the match by one runs. I can now add your name to lead a board of players. Please enable customer profile permission in the Amazon Alexa app. Okay, okay.
Thank you. So there you go. That was Talkie Cricket. What do you think?
You may have noticed that I wasn't enthralled throughout that, but as I said at the beginning of this, I'm not a fan of cricket. I was just interested to see how they actually did this just by using audio. If you are a fan, why not give it a go? That was Talkie Cricket, and this was the Dot-to-Dot Podcast.
Thank you. See you next time. Feedback, comments, demos. The Dot-to-Dot Podcast at gmail.com.
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