How to use the online alarm clock
Pause what you are doing at 4:42 pm and set the alarm before cricket practice slips behind the rest of the afternoon. You are already midway through a job, so the signal needs to mark the moment to stop, gather your child’s kit and get ready to leave. With 5:00 pm approaching, there is still a useful window for finishing one small task, but avoid starting anything difficult to abandon.
Your cricket-practice reminder must be audible above conversation, television or kitchen noise, so check the volume now and keep the sound source nearby. A browser signal can be surprisingly easy to miss when the room gets busy. Do not depend on this alarm alone for cricket practice: it will not sound if the page is no longer open or the phone or computer has gone to sleep. A separate phone reminder provides sensible backup if leaving on time matters.
Leaving for cricket during the late afternoon can put the journey alongside school-run traffic and commuters heading home. Check the route shortly before departure, allow extra time around junctions and school gates, and place the kit by the door so the alarm leads directly to leaving. If the ground is unfamiliar, confirm the entrance and parking area beforehand; arriving at the postcode may still leave a walk to the correct pitch.
Common questions
Can I change the sound?
Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.
Will it still be right when the clocks change?
Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
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