--- description: The June 13th Google Doodle in the U.S. celebrates this year's ICC Champions Trophy with a miniature interactive game of cricket title: Google Doodle Celebrates the ICC Champions Trophy With a Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7489fddcecfca4bc/6988d16b4ee2625d8c30db48/google.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Google](/tag/google/) ## Google Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Doodle Celebrates the ICC Champions Trophy With a Game by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2017 1:12 PM CUT  Google by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2017 1:12 PM CUT Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates this year’s[ ICC Champions Trophy](http://time.com/4168919/chris-gayle-cricket-sexist-fine-mel-mclaughlin/ "undefined") with a miniature interactive game. A click on the artwork transports users to a game on [London’s Oval cricket grounds](http://time.com/4578755/2016-healthy-trendy-foods/ "undefined"), in which the batsmen are crickets and the fielders are snails. The rules are simple: tap or click to swing the bat in order to hit the ball across the field. Missing a shot risks the bail — two small wooden sticks that balance on stumps called the wicket — being knocked off. The Google Doodle game was initially [rolled out in eight countries](http://time.com/4800644/google-doodle-icc-champions-trophy-cricket/ "undefined") back on June 1 to celebrate the start of the cricket tournament, but today’s roll-out is specifically available in the U.S. Google kept the [game’s file size small](https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-icc-champions-trophy-2017 "undefined") to accommodate players on slower mobile networks. “We kept the file size fly-sized, and the result is our smallest interactive Doodle ever — even snail networks can load it in seconds.” [Google writes](https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-icc-champions-trophy-2017 "undefined"). The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy is being hosted by England and Wales. The cricket tournament began on June 1 and will feature the world’s top eight teams, including Bangladesh, England, India and South Africa, before the June 18 final. 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