• All the international teams and players..
• Full licenses from the ACB, ECB, NZ Cricket and the South African Cricket team.
• 22 accurately modeled stadia.
• Astonishingly high detail in the players' faces and bodies.
• Commentary by the legendary Richie Benaud , Jim Maxwell and Bill Lawry.
• Huge depth of gameplay including hidden teams and tournaments.
• Player Editor allows players to change the features of current team members.

Product Description ------------------- In its transition from PSone to PS2, the detail in EA's Cricket series' stadiums, players, player faces, ball physics, team AI, pitch details, pitch physics and player options have all seen major improvements. Ten international teams are featured, complete with national stadia and completely up-to-date players. You can choose how much control you want over your team (i.e., you can position each of your individual fielders as you please or leave it up to the intelligent AI) and participate in team management (changing players to appear as your local team, for example), as well as experience great control when batting, ing or fielding. Dynamic pitch and weather conditions will change during the course of a game, thereby affecting the physics of ball speed and bounce and general bias towards the fielding or batting side--choosing to bat or not is now of the utmost importance. TV replays, commentary by Richie Benaud and extensive gameplay options (practice nets now feature alongside traditional exhibition matches and tournaments) all ensure that this is the most complete cricket simulation yet. .co.uk Review ------------- Cricket 2002 represents Electronics Arts' latest attempt to turn every possible sport into a lucrative franchise. As you'd expect there's a highly polished front end, with all the key international teams and stadia to choose from and various all-star squads to unlock as you progress though the game, and unlike in previous versions, you can now play a Test match or series rather than just one-day competitions. Gameplay-wise, we've been here before. As in Brian Lara Cricket/Cricket 2000, you pre-select your from a number of options or set the length, line and speed of your delivery. You can now micromanage your fielders or let the computer AI set the (supposedly) best field for you. Variations in pitch and weather conditions are meant to ensure a different experience whether you use your spin or pace ers. Unfortunately, you never feel that you're actually in control of the proceedings. You can get your nent out with an absolute shocker of a ball or, conversely, toil away for hours with your best ers to no effect. You can line up an excellent just to see the ball pop tamely into the hands of a fielder and, even worse, be given out when the ball is nowhere near him. You can also be judged LBW when the ball has pitched nowhere near you. It's all very random, and not even extensive net sessions help; it's much better to play against a human nent, which at least makes the game a contest dependent on skill rather than luck. Graphically, too, Cricket 2002 is wanting. Cricketers may or may not be the most photogenic of sportsmen, but this bunch look like they've shuffled in from the latest Resident Evil ( /exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=video-games-uk&field-keywords=resident%20evil/${0} ) epic. Some of the player animation, particularly the fielding, is jerky and incomplete and the crowd is disappointingly two dimensional. Given these caveats, can this game be recommended to cricket fans? Actually, in the absence of an update to the seminal Brian Lara Cricket, probably yes--if only because there are no other options available. If you can get beyond the peculiar umpiring and the disappointing graphics there's a playable arcade romp here, particularly in the multiplayer mode. However, if you're looking for an accurate simulation of this noble sport then you'll be disappointed because, in this sense, it just isn’t cricket.--Michael Bartley P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Manufacturer's Description -------------------------- For a game that can take up to 5 days to resolve in real life, it's surprising just how playable Cricket 2002 is. The latest in the long-running series from EA is the first for the PS2 and boasts massive improvements in gameplay and presentation over its PSone forerunners. All 22 featured cricketing grounds have been faithfully reproduced and stats, replays and character animations all look great. If you're into your cricket you should find the gameplay highly agreeable and realistic, with simple and intuitive controls improving on the best features from previous cricket games. Batting involves an unprecedented level of control and even includes the ability to charge the er. Meanwhile, if its your turn to , you can vary your tactics by changing spin, seam and pace in your quest to defeat your nents. While the sound is not quite as superb as the graphics (after all, this is cricket), it does feature extensive commentary with the legendary Aussie Richie Benaud behind the mic. The keen cricketers among you will be hard pushed to find any better virtual representation of your sport. See more ( javascript:void(0) )