ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament: Google Doodle celebrates with ludicrously addictive game

London: Thursday is June 1, and the web search giant Google is celebrating the start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament.

Featuring the eight best one-day international teams in the world, it begins at The Oval in London at 10.30am today.

And to get you in the mood, Google have made an interactive cricket game that's ludicrously addictive.

The match features crickets versus snails, a reference to Google's promise the game will work on even the slowest of networks.

Within a few minutes you'll be knocking a quick single, driving into the boundaries for four, or maybe even knocking it into the stands for six.

England take on Bangladesh in the first ICC game, with Australia and New Zealand also in their group.

India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka are in Group B.