''EA Cricket'' is a series of

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video games published by EA Sports and designed for the

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and

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platforms. Until now, eight different games of the series have been released, between 1996 and 2007.

Games

''Cricket 96''

''Cricket 96'' is a

game for the MS-DOS PCs that was released in 1995. The sequel to ''

Super International Cricket ''Super International Cricket'' is a cricket video game released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, only in Australia and Europe. It is a sequel to ''International Cricket'' on the original Nintendo Entertainment System. The game ...

'' 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''

''ICC Cricket World Cup England 99''

This game was developed by Creative Assembly and released only for the PC.

''Cricket 2000''

''Cricket 2002''

''Cricket 2002'' is a

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video game based on the sport of

by EA Sports. It was released for the

and

''Cricket 2004''

''Cricket 2004'' is a

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video game based on the sport of

by EA Sports. The game was designed by HB Studios, known for their EA Rugby Series. It was released for the

and

. ''Cricket 2004'' features all of the international teams that played in the

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, all of the domestic teams of

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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)

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, until a wicket falls, or to the end of the

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. The graphics were awarded "Worst PlayStation 2 graphics" by IGN.

''Cricket 2005''

''Cricket 2005'' is a video game based on the sport of

. Developed by EA Canada and HB Studios and released by EA Sports, it was released in July 2005 on Xbox,

and Windows. The game was released in three different region-based covers. Adam Gilchrist appeared on the

n cover,

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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''

References

External links

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