Cricket Gaming Excellence: A List of Must-Play Titles for Enthusiasts

INTRODUCTION

We know that cricket has been going all over the world for years. Cricket games are also getting realistic like other sports games; there are many famous sports games like NBA, NHL, FIFA, etc. Now days cricket game developers are making the cricket games seriously good. Cricket 19 was a game that had god graphics, good gameplay, a famous tournament, and the players in the gameware were very realistic. Most cricket game developers take a one-year gap. After cricket 19, they launched cricket 22 at the end of 2021. Their recent game was Cricket 24; this game was released in October 2023. If you think cricket games are new, that’s wrong. The first cricket game was made in 1984. In this article, we will talk about “LIST OF CRICKET GAMES.”.

Cricket 64
- released in 1984
- developer : Ken Smith
- Platform: Commodore 64.
Howzat!,
- released in 1984
- developer : Alternative software,
- Platform: ZX Spectrum.
Ian Botham’s Test Match
- released in 1984
- Developer : Tynesoft
- Platform: Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum.
Graham Gooch’s Test Cricket
- released in 1985
- Developer : Audiogenic
- Platform: Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum.
Graham Gooch’s All Star Cricket
- released in 1987
- developer : Audiogenic
- Platform: Commodore 64, Commodore 128.
County Cricket
- Released in 1989
- developer : Chaz Chapman
- platform: Commodore 64.
Cricket Captain
- released in 1989
- developer : The Majestic 12
- platform: Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum.
Cricket Captain
- Released in 1990
- developer : PAL Developments, Steel City Software Engineers
- platform : Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Robin Smith’s International Cricket
- released in 1990,
- developer : Challenge Software
- platform : Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
World Cricket
- released in 1991
- developer : Zeppelin Games Limited
- platform : Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Ian Botham’s Cricket
- released in 1992
- developer : Gamart
- platform : Amiga, DOS
International Cricket
- Released in 1992
- developer : Beam Software
- Platform : NES
Graham Gooch World Class Cricket
- released in 1993
- developer : Audiogenic
- platform : Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC
Brian Lara Cricket,
- released in 1994
- developer : Audiogenic
- platform : DOS (1994), Sega Mega Drive (1995), Amiga (1995)
Super International Cricket
- released in 1994
- developer : Beam Software
- platform : SNES
Battle for the Ashes
- released in 1995
- developer : Audiogenic
- platform : DOS, Amiga
Brian Lara Cricket ’96
- released in 1996
- developer : Audiogenic,
- platform : Sega Mega Drive, Microsoft Windows, Amiga
Cricket 96
- Released on 1996
- Developer : Beam Software
- Platform : DOS
Cricket 97
- Released on 1997
- Developer : Beam Software
- Platform : DOS, Microsoft Windows
Brian Lara Cricket
- Released on 1998
- Developer : Codemasters
- Platform : PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
International Cricket Captain
- Released on 1998
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
ICC Cricket World Cup England 99
- Released on 1999
- Developer : Creative Assembly
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
International Cricket Captain 2
- Released on 1999
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
Cricket 2000
- Released on 2000
- Developer : Krisalis Software
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
International Cricket Captain 2000
- Released on 2000
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
International Cricket Captain 2001 Ashes Edition
- Released on 2001
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Michael Vaughan’s Championship Cricket Manager
- Released on 2001
- Developer : Midas Interactive Entertainment
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
Cricket 2002
- Released on 2002
- Developer : HB Studios
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
International Cricket Captain 2002
- Released on 2002
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Cricket 2004
- Released on 2004
- Developer : HB Studios
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005
- Released on 2005
- Developer : Swordfish Studios
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Cricket 2005
- Released on 2005
- Developer : EA Canada, HB Studios
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
International Cricket Captain Ashes Year 2005
- Released on 2005
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
Cricket 07
- Released on 2006
- Developer : EA Canada, HB Studios
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
International Cricket Captain 2006
- Released on 2006
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
International Cricket Captain Ashes Edition 2006
- Released on 2006
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play
- Released on 2007
- Developer : Acheron Design, IR Gurus
- Platform : PlayStation Portable
International Cricket Captain 2008
- Released on 2008
- Developer : Empire Interactive
- Platform : Microsoft Windows
Ashes Cricket 2009
- Released on 2009
- Developer : Transmission Games
- Platform : PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
International Cricket 2010
- Released on 2010
- Developer : Trickstar Games
- Platform : PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
International Cricket Captain 2011
- Released on 2011
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
International Cricket Captain 2012
- Released on 2012
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
International Cricket Captain 2013
- Released on 2013
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Cricket Captain 2014
- Released on 2014
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Steam
Table Top Cricket
- Released on 2015
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Steam
Ashes Cricket
- Released on 2017
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Steam
Big Bash Boom
- Released on 2018
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
Cricket 19
- Released on 2019
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Steam
Cricket Captain 2019
- Released : on 2019
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : ****Microsoft Windows, Steam, IOS, Android
Cricket Captain 2020
- Released on 2020
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Steam, IOS, Android
WCC 3
- Released on 2020
- Developer : Nextwave Multimedia
- Platform : Android, IOS, Microsoft Windows
Cricket 22
- Released on 2021
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Steam
Cricket Captain 2021
- Released on 2021
- Developer : Childish Things
- Platform : Microsoft Windows, Steam, IOS, Android
Cricket 24
- Released on 2023
- Developer : Big Ant Studios
- Platform : PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Steam

CONCLUSION

After seeing the list, I thought before the developers were making many games in one year, but now they started to make 1 or 2 games each year. In total there are 54 cricket games that are launched, and you can also see the difference in the first game and the last game that was released in 2023. In the first game, there was only one platform that the game was released on, that of the Commodore 64, but now in Cricket 24, the game was released on many platforms like the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. In the first game we could only bat and bowl, but now in cricket 24 there are many things to do, like career mode and many more. Now we can see how technology is growing.