Customer Reviews
fun for a while?! - By: Mr. Marc W. Vardy, 06 Mar 2010 
just brought this game as it finally went cheap so gave it ago & although it is good fun to start with it get boring/annoying very quickly its all to unrealistic if you bring a spinner on every ball will be a 4 or a 6 & then when a fast bowler comes on even a yorker 7 times out of 10 will just be smashed to the boundary. i just think with a little more effort it could be a good game so lets wait & see for the next one to come out
Awesome cricket game! - By: A. Khan, 20 Dec 2009 
This is a great cricket game for any cricket enthuastic! Stunning graphics combined with variety of old cricketers commentery makes it a surreal experience. However the biggest let down is licesnced teams. Only two teams are licencsed, Australia & England. Rest all the teams are left with funny names & totally different faces. It's s main let down. However if u play at hard level, it feels almost like a real game. Missfielding, edge & some real bowling & batting skills required for hard level. I findtgis game extremely fascinating & willbe looking forward for the next update from code masters!
Could Do Better - By: Rp Major, 23 Nov 2009 
I was thinking with the Wii's control system this would be a great game, but no.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good laugh, but with everything else that goes with the Wii, the playability could be much improved.
Cricket games start here - By: Web Trawler, 09 Oct 2009 
Despite being a big fan of the sport, i've not been tempted to buy any cricket video games beforehand as they were pathetic attemptsin comparison to the long established football alternatives.
Ashes Cricket 2009 has completely changed my view.
Having played it at a friends house, i found it extremely difficult, especially batting. However, the commentary, graphics & game-play had me interested.
A few days later, my Amazon copy arrived. A couple of hours in, i became increasingly frustrated by the difficulty. In 'normal' mode, i was getting skittled out for under a 100 runs & i was ready to agree with some reviews that it was just too hard to play. However, after reverting to 'Easy' mode & building up experience over a week, 'Normal' mode is now struggling to give me a challenge! The key is to utilise all the various controls you are provided with.
So, as with any other good game, you can't just pick it up & play expecting to be Freddie Flintoff. It certainly takes perseverance, but the rewards are there. It's immensely satisfying getting that first 50 & 100, especially against the Ozzies! A nice catch from a experimental field placing will get you punching the airin satisfaction, whilst a perfect spinner that rattles middle & off will get you on your feet! I even found myself clapping the team's effort...
Drawbacks? It's certainly a time killer. A quick game is impossible, but you can save whenever you like. This is essential as my game has crashed a couple of times during a long match, so be sure to save progress regularly. Apart from that, i would just be nit-picking. Yes, commentary is a little repetitive, but it brings a familiar & realistic background noise to the game. Replays aren't that great, but then you have fantastic features such as hawkeye to fall back on.
The most annoying thing for me is a lack of LBWs. A few times i have hit a batsmen squarein the pad & my bowler didn't even appeal. AI for run-outs could be improved too, as it's a little awkward. There was also a bug once where my batsman was standingin his crease but was given as run out! He was on 98...
As i said, this is nit picking, & doesn't distract from an otherwise brilliant game. That's not brilliant for a cricket game, nor a sports game, it is up there with the best games i've played on the Xbox, full stop.
keeps You Comming Back For more - By: cricket, 02 Oct 2009 Ashes Cricket 2009 is easily the best cricketing game so far. The graphics are good, & unlike most, i thought the player likenessesin England & Australia are quite good, especialy Ryan Sidebottom & Ricky Ponting. The Ashes campaign is excelent, although when mastered, medium is easy, i got australia out for under 100 3 timesin 4 tests, but on hard its a challenge. im 1 nill down at Lords, although im leading by 69 with 10 wicketsin hand.
I thought that the Twenty20in England & the ICC Champions Trophy could have been encourparted aswell.
The batsman should also be able to move about within his crease - im talking about depthin his crease so counteracting the yorker etc.
The Stamina levels are not good enough, fast bowlers can bowl maximun 5-6 oversin one spell, &in a test match on day one you could find paul collingwood or for Austrlia Mike Husses bowlingin around the fifteenth over, same for Odi's.
The tournaments also only start from quater finals.
Free Hitsin ODI'S, onlyin Twenty20's
in notcied that the players appeal to the wrong umpire.
AI needs to score more defensively, they usualy slog spinners,in tests Ai should score at 3-6 an over butin odi's fair enough quick scoring rate but it needs to be controlled so they bat out all the overs.
Bowls can happen but not often, & when you do bowl them, stmups should come out of the ground.
This may seem alot but i am very picky, It's a good game worth the money.
