Don't worry, you get a handy chart to help.) Shadows lengthen as the day wears on. They have different weather conditions - and different pitches - as a result (Bowling is affected by the pitches too. The grounds (garnered from all the Test-playing countries) look like the real thing, with a real sense of distance when the ball's whacked skywards. It's slick, just like on the telly/radio (delete as appropriate).

They exchange jolly remarks about Agnew's lack of Bowling ability. Oh, What An Atmosphere (Trad.Arr)Īnd then there's the atmosphere, which the game oozes like a fast-bowler's jockstrap after a long spell up the slope in Karachi.īrian Lara Cricket is really nicely put together, right from when you get Jonathan Agnew and 'Battling' Boycott discussing the pitch. You can go pinch-hitting crazy playing as Sri Lanka versus the Aussies in the World Cup Final at Lahore thrash the arse off the Aussies in Botham's match at Headingley 1981 and so on. And, Codemasters being Codemasters, there's a password-based Classic Match option (one of those 'win one and you get the next match' efforts). Obviously this would take seven real years to complete, but it's there if you want it. Up to seven years, in fact - in a row, with all your schedules worked out for you. You can have pyjama-based fun in one-day (or night) games there's a World Cup and a World Series (unfortunately you have to have Australia in that because it's theirs) and there are Tests, Test Series and even an entire Test year. The Spice Of Lifeįor a start there's just about every variety of cricket imaginable. And even more of a surprise to see that it's been worth the effort. Which makes it quite a surprise to see how hard Codemasters have tried withīrian Lara Cricket. So, anyway, this should mean that if you wanted to make a cricket game, you wouldn't think you'd have to try very hard to impress people. And that's it (unless you count Robin Smith's Cricket, which appeared on our desks one Godforsaken morning about six years ago and was so primitive in appearance we thought it was the potential basis of an antibiotic. Basically, there's been EA Cricket and International Cricket Captain.

With the eyes staring up at you and everything.Ī) the less than fast-paced action of the average cricket match,Īnd b) the less than stunning array of cricket games available up to now. Let's face it, for most people a cricket game on the PC is a prospect about as appealing as witnessing a three-way sex session between Robin Cook, Vanessa Feltz and Jimmy Saville.

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