Customer Reviews
ICC 2009 - By: Scoustar, 28 Jun 2010 
A simple cricket management simulator, light on memory usage & heavy on playability. Good database of players to select from and, best of all, different every time you start. Counties, Internationals, 20/20; whatever your preference it's there to enjoy en masse. Some repetetiveness as you get onin the game, but that aside it's by far the best cricket management game on the market. Worth every penny if you love the sport.
If you don't like cricket, or if you don't understand bowling & batting techniques & styles then this probably isn't the game for you - you won't enjoy losing!
simple but effective - By: Mike H, 03 May 2010 Wouldnt disagree with what the previous reviewers have written here. It's a simple game, as you click your way through a domestic or international cricket match, but is strangely engrossing.
Scores are mostly realistic, with excessively high or low innings a rarity. Graphics much improved from previous versions. You can choose training for players (technique training or net practice), allocate physio sessions, promote youth players & prepare pitch types. There's a few in-game options (which are enough,in my opinion, although some may prefer more sophisticated control of what happens during the match), such as batsman aggression, field settings, batsman shield a tail ender from the strike, attack one bowler more than the other etc.
There is also a wealth of stats, useful when deciding which players to keepin your county squad, which youth players to offer contracts to, & whether some precocious talent is worthy of an international call up.
If you want a reallyin depth sports management, go for Championship Manager etc. This game is much less sophisticated than that, but it really passes the time (and probably about 1/1000th of the budget). Good game, & an improvement on previous versions.
Cricket game lacks something. - By: A. Lowe, 17 Oct 2009 
This game is okay butin this day & age I expected the background to show the actual grounds being played on. The graphics are merely okay. But it is a playable game & fun.
Quite Enjoyable - By: Mr. Peter James Clark, 28 Sep 2009 The game is fun & similar to previous versions. I was disappointed to find that you can't manage an IPL team but other than that very good.
For some reason I do quite like it... - By: Ms. O. D. M. Kilmartin, 05 Aug 2009 I downloaded this off the internet on a two day trial, just because it was free & I like cricket. It's simply laid out...perhaps too simple...but there were five separate game modes available. Before the actual match there is pretty much nothing to do except look at stats(It has loads of information you could look at them all day) & pick your squad once the match comes around. Then once you do get to the match again there is not much to do, although what you do do has quite a big affect on your batsmen or bowlers play. For a game where you dont actually play...the graphics on the 3d are pretty good & watching your batsmen hit four & sixes & your bowlers take wickets just because you've told them to bowl slightly fuller or to be more attacking is extremely satisfying. Because its such a simple game its also very quick so you get through long test matches quite quickly which is good.
Pros: Good 3d graphics
Very satisfying
Good value
Player name licences
Cons: Not much to do (which can be a pro)
Very simple (again could be a pro)
Slightly unrealistic things like first scoring shots tests often sixes
There is not much too say about this game...in theory it should be quite boring & there is no depth to the game. In practise though I found it quite fun & satisfying...and although I haven't bought the actual game it is good value for money.
