Allan Border’s Cricket lets you play a variety of games, from one day matches to test cricket. The game has team listing for all nine test-playing nations, as well as those in the Australia Cricket Shield. There also is a feature to edit your teams, incase you want to update the lists and averages. The Australian version (i.e. this one) features all the Sheffield Shield Sides (Australia) with authentic batting and bowling averages, plus Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and England teams, all of which can be customized to your heart’s content. You can play against a friend or good computer AI, at Amateur, Professional, or World Class level; you can even watch two computer sides play each other.

On the pitch, the game allows you to control the bowlers, the batsman and the field placings, all of whom are animated very realistically. Intuitive mouse-based controls (similar to computer golf games) allow you to make many kinds of batting strokes including the sweep, hook, cover drive, and square cut. You can vary the speed and the amount of spin or swing, and even choose handedness of your batsman and bowlers. Choose from the pre-set field placings or create your own; fielders automatically change over to a left-handed batsman, or a new bowler. The list of options goes on, and the game’s fantastic graphic detail including player shadows, and occasional showers of rain add icing to the cake. Suffice to say that no cricket fan should be without Allan Border’s Cricket, one of the best sport games of all time that put Audiogenic on the map of great game developers.

Features:

• Features all the Sheffield Shield Sides (Australia) with authentic batting and bowling averages, plus Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and England teams – you can also enter your own teams and save them to disk. Allan Border’s Cricket
• Play against a friend or a highly intelligent computer opponent; compete at Amature, Professional, or a World Class level; you can even watch two computer sides play each other.
• Allows you to control the bowlers, the batsman and the field placings.
• Incredibly realistic animation; many spectacular batting strokes including: the sweep, hook, cover drive and square cut.
• Play test matches, or one day games; play matches of any length from one day through to five days.
• Spin, swing and fast bowlers; vary the speed, and the amount of spin or swing.
• Batsman and bowlers can be left or right-handed; bowlers can bowl over or around the wicket.
• Choose from the pre-set field placings or create your own; fielders automatically change over to a left-handed batsman, or a new bowler.
• Fantastic graphic detail including player shadows, and occasional showers of rain; spectacular run-outs.
• Save the game to disk at the end of any over, or at the end of an innings.

Features:

• Licensed by Cricket Australia, the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) and the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club,
• Official players, kit, stadia from England and Australia.
• Recognisable player models
• 23 players in each countries squad with different squads for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20.
• Unlicensed teams from other countries.

ASHES CRICKET 2013, in development at Melbourne-based cricket specialist??s Trickstar Games, promises the most authentic cricket experience to date and boasts exclusive licenses?? from both The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA).

Other game modes will reflect all the nuances of the international game across its many formats whilst truly capturing the passion and excitement of live matches. National rivalries, venues and player personalities are perfectly captured i?n the most advanced simulation of the sport yet, as participants fight for the pride of their nation in either solo play or with up to three friends in local multiplayer matches or take on the world online.

Features:

• Commentary by Mark Nicholas, David Lloyd and Michael Slater
• Licences: Australia and England Cricket; 2013 Investec Ashes Series
• Australia and England fully licensed for the 2013 Investec Ashes Series
• Dynamic Weather System
• Fully editable field placements
• 360° batting control
• Exeter University Men’s Cricket Club and Macquarie University Cricket Club teams included after competition
• 24 unlicensed teams are included, as well as many licensed and unlicensed stadiums and kits.

• Captain the State team of your choice
• Play as your favourite team from the Sheffield Shield, Mercantile Mutual Cup.
• The only cricket managment game to be licensed by the Australian Cricket Board.
• Captain Australia in One Day and Test Internationals against all the Test playing countries.
• Featuring full commentary by Channel 9’s cricketing legend commentator Ian Chappell.

Features:

• Captain the State team of your choice
• Play as your favourite team from the Sheffield Shield, Mercantile Mutual Cup.
• The only cricket managment game to be licensed by the Australian Cricket Board.
• Captain Australia in One Day and Test Internationals against all the Test playing countries.
• Featuring full commentary by Channel 9’s cricketing legend commentator Ian Chappell.

Main Features

• Quick match; a quick friendly one-dayer where all options are set up by the computer.
• Friendly; a quick friendly one-dayer that can be played by any two of the nine Test playing nations, with all the options player chosen.
• World cup; the Cricket World Cup tournament, where players go through a series of stages in order to win the cup.
• World series; this mode allows a tournament of up to five teams, including Australia, who are always the host nation. After a series of matches, the team with the most victories wins the tournament.
• Knockout tournament; the knockout tournament involves eight teams, and, like other modes in the game, the tournament progresses through a series of knockout stages until a winner is declared.
• Test series; this mode allows a one-to-six game Test series between any two teams.
• Test season; in this mode, the player controls a team for one to seven years of test cricket. The leaders are recorded on a leader’s board.
• Classic match; a series of classic matches throughout history, where the player must complete one to compete in the next match. As the series of matches goes on, difficulty increases.
• Practice in the nets is also accessible, with the player being able to alternate bowlers and batsmen during practice.

Features

• All the international teams and players.
• 22 accurately modeled stadia, including various accurate pitch types and conditions, detailed weather effects, and night modes for Day/Night matches.
• Astonishingly high detail in the players, both in their bodies and equipment but also their faces.
  Commentary by legendary commentators Richie Benaud and Jim Maxwell.
• Huge depth of gameplay including hidden teams and tournaments.
• Simple and intuitive controls using the best features for previous cricket games. Batting control includes the ability to charge the bowler, and bowling includes spin, seam and pace control.
• Huge 3D stadium sound effects based on real crowd sounds from all over the world. Crowd effects change to reflect peaks and troughs in the game.
• Pitches reflect the real conditions around the world and will wear over the course of a test match.
• TV style gameplay including TV overlays and a detailed replay feature allowing the player to view the action from any number of camera views (including of course stump cam and helmet cam) or with the free roving camera.
• Player Editor allows players to change the features of current team members to your own local team.
• Flexible play allows the player to be fully involved in the selection of batsmen and bowlers, placing of fielders, manual fielding, or simply let the intelligent AI make these choices for you.

Game Modes

• Play Now: Jump right into a one day match!
• Exhibition: Set up a one day match in any country with any teams.
• World Championship: A limited overs challenge of all 12 teams playing off for the title of World Champion.
• Knockout: A straight knockout competition for 8 teams where if you lose, you’re out of the competition.
• Test Series: 2 teams play in the ultimate cricket challenge – The Test Match.
• World Series: 3 teams (one of which is Australia) play in this competition.
• Sharjah Trophy: 4 teams play against each other for the coveted Sharjah Trophy in Dubai

With new motion capture and a new development platform, not to mention the inclusion of form and injury, gameplay is more true to life than ever before. And for the cricketing buff there’s no end to the detail. A large variety of statistical graphs will be available including run rate and wagon wheel graphs, as well as a huge amount of statistical data on every player that tracks over the course of a tournament. The game revolves around a full TV style presentation including a full action replay mode, third umpire, animated ducks, TV style overlays, field position editor and much more. The field position editor allows for auto or manual fielding.

Over 75 stadia are modeled from all over the world, including Lords in England, Calcutta, Melbourne, Auckland, Cape Town, Barbados and Lahore; the detail in the stadia is amazing. Lighting and shadows of the highest grade ?together with real time weather all add to the authenticity of the playing experience.

Features

• All the international teams and players.
• All the international teams and players including astonishingly high detail in the players faces and bodies, including varied player sizes.
• Full licenses from the ACB, ECB, NZ Cricket and the South African Cricket team.
• 75 accurately modelled stadiums, including various pitch types and conditions, detailed real time weather effects, and night modes for Day/Night matches.
• All new Motion Capture allowing improved player animations including form and injuries
• Flexible play allows the player to be fully involved in the selection of batsmen and bowlers, the placing of fielders. Chose manual fielding, or simply let the intelligent AI position your fielders for you.
• In game editor.
• Domestic competitions from both England and Australia.

In addition to the inte?rnational teams and bonus squads, you can now play with domestic teams and compete in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The al??l-new Twenty20 tournament will be fully licensed with season modes also on offer.

Cricket will revolv??e around a TV style presentation including a full action replay mode, third umpire, animated ducks, TV style overlays, field position editor and much more. The field position editor will allow for auto or manual fielding.

Over 35 dynamically lit stadiums will be modelled from all over the world, including Lords in England, as well as other world-class venues in Ca????lcutta, Melbourne, Auckland, Cape Town, Barbados and Lahore.

Features

• Full licenses from the Cricket Australia, ECB, NZ Cricket, the South African Cricket team.
• Over 35 accurately modelled stadiums, including various pitch types and conditions, detailed real time weather effects, and night modes for Day/Night matches
• All new detail in players’ faces and bodies, including varied player sizes all modelled using the EA SPORTS skeleton. Over 1000 new Motion Captured moves allowing amazing player animations across all areas of the product.
• Enjoy updated commentary by the legendary Richie Benaud and Jim Maxwell.
• An all new HUD will ensure that all controls are more intuitive than ever before.
• Huge 3D stadium sound effects based on real crowd sounds from all over the world. Crowd effects change to reflect peaks and troughs in the game. Pitches reflect the real conditions around the world and will wear over the course of a test match.
• TV style gameplay including TV overlays and a detailed replay feature allowing the player to view the action from an infinite number of camera angles.
• A brand new create a player allows gamers to create and edit players.
• Flexible gameplay allows the player to be fully involved in the selection of batsmen, bowlers and the placing of fielders. Choose manual fielding, or simply let the intelligent AI position your fielders for you.
• 4 Player (consoles), with 2 player co-operative play.