no-one in front of the batsman at all - giving the batsman ample opportunity to score with drives). The computer often plays with no 'intelligence' at all, I have some across numerous examples, such as not running easy singles, setting baffling fields (e.g. +At county and test levels bowling someone out to a strategy/getting a 50+ knock is very rewarding.Īnd now the (not inconsiderable) negatives +Double Wicket games are excellent fun to while away a few minutes here and there. +Some players are statistically very true to themselves - fast bowlers bowling at 85+mph can be unplayable at times (Lee, Akhtar, Harmison etc), certain batsmen can hit the big shots very cleanly (Freddie Flintoff). I then bowled Bangladesh out for under 100 (on a visibly ageing wicket) to win by an innings. +You can get some seriously accurate games going (subject to the negatives below), I played a test between England and Bangladesh (at county level) Bangladesh made 180 odd in the first innings and England made 330+. +Career Players (they even have the bat I use - a Gray-Nicholls Gladius) I like the idea of bowling out the Aussies with my best mate at the other end! I thought about buying Cricket 05 but my rose-tinted spectacles of BL on the Megadrive made me go out and buy this update.Īnd boy does it play like an update of a 16-bit game, there are some serious issues here. I admit that with the Ashes going on and my own cricket season taking it's duly predictable course (scratching around for runs, not getting a bowl etc) I fancied buying a cricket game this summer.

Brian lara cricket 2005