Cricket 96 Cricket 96 is a
cricket game for the
MS-DOS PCs that was released in 1995. The
sequel to
Super International Cricket on the
SNES, it was developed by
Beam Software and published by
EA Sports. It was released as ''Ian Botham's International Cricket 96'' in Europe. Despite featuring improved graphics, like its predecessors the game continued to forgo official team and player licensing, although many of the in-game players had recognizable real-life counterparts.
Cricket 97 Cricket 97 was released for PC in January 1997 in Australia, April 1997 in the United Kingdom, and May 9, 1997 throughout the rest of Europe. The game stars cricketer
Michael Atherton while
Richie Benaud and
Ian Botham provided commentary.
ICC Cricket World Cup England 99 This game was developed by
Creative Assembly and released only for the PC. It would be the first directly associated with the
International Cricket Council.
Cricket 2000 Cricket 2000 was released for Windows and PlayStation in July 2000. It is based on the
1999 Cricket World Cup and was officially licensed by the International Cricket Council. Commentary is provided by Richie Benaud and
David Gower.
Cricket 2002 Cricket 2002 was developed by
HB Studios and published by
EA Sports for the
PlayStation 2 and Windows.
Cricket 2004 Cricket 2004 is a
video game based on the sport of
cricket by
EA Sports. The game was designed by
HB Studios, known for their EA Rugby Series. It was released for the
PlayStation 2 and
Microsoft Windows.
Cricket 2004 features all of the international teams that played in the
2003 Cricket World Cup, all of the domestic teams of
Australia and
England. The player can create their own players for
Cricket 2004 and choose which team they play for. An
Autoplay feature allows the player to skip 5, 10, 15, 20, 50 or 100 (4 and 5 day games only)
overs, until a
wicket falls, or to the end of the
innings. The graphics were awarded "Worst PlayStation 2 graphics" by
IGN.
Cricket 2005 Cricket 2005 is a video game based on the
sport of
cricket. Developed by
EA Canada and
HB Studios and released by
EA Sports, it was released in July 2005 on
Xbox,
PlayStation 2 and
Windows. The game was released in three different region-based covers.
Adam Gilchrist appeared on the
Australian cover,
Daniel Vettori on the
New Zealand cover and
Andrew Flintoff on the
English cover. It was the last game to have all real player names.
Cricket 07 Cricket 07 was developed by EA Canada and HB Studios, and published in November 2006 by EA Sports for Windows and PlayStation 2. The cover art featured English cricketer
Andrew Flintoff and commentary by
Mark Nicholas and
Richie Benaud. Expanded features of
Cricket 07 include improved player control and easy stroke play, along with the introduction of a section dedicated to
The Ashes.
Cricket 10 and Cricket 11 Cricket 10 was published on October 23, 2009 by EA Sports for mobile phone. In 2010, EA Sports published the successor
Cricket 11 for mobile phone. ==References==