Cricket 07

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Cricket 07

Developer(s) HB Studios
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Engine Modified Madden NFL
Platform(s) Windows, PlayStation 2
Release date Flag of Australia 14 November 2006 Flag of the United Kingdom November 24, 2006
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: E
System requirements Windows: 1 Ghz, 256 MB RAM, Windows 2000/Windows XP or higher, 1.2 GB hard disk space
Input methods Keyboard, Gamepad

Cricket 07 is a cricket simulation computer game from EA Sports, which, like its predecessor Cricket 2005 was developed by HB Studios, and is available for Windows and PlayStation 2. The game was released in the UK on November 24, 2006 and was released in Australia on the 14 November 2006. The cover star of Cricket 07 is England and Lancashire cricketer Andrew Flintoff, whereas the Australian PS2 release has a picture of the Ashes urn with the Australian and English flags behind it. However, new shipments of the PS2 version in Australia following the 06/07 Ashes Series featured a cover with Australian players, Mitchell Johnson, Mike Hussey and Adam Gilchrist all in the green ODI home kit.

[edit] PAL & NTSC Issues

Many North American cricket fans were deprived from playing earlier cricket games on their consoles due to cricket games being released only in PAL video format. Cricket 07 has a prompt option screen before the game begins which allows the gamer to choose which video format to display - this allows the game to be enjoyed by North American gamers through limited hassle.This game is affliated with the cricket boards of Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand.

[edit] Game play

Game modes

Cricket 07 has a lot of game modes. The following list explains each


Play now: this uses any of the teams involved to create a match of any length; 50 overs, 20 overs, 10 overs,5 overs, 4 day First Class match or a 5 day Test Match.

Game Modes: In this there are different game modes. You can play International as well as Domestic (Australia and England) matches.

The game modes are

International : World Championship, World Series, Knockout, Test Series and Tour

Australian State : Pura Cup, One Day Cup and KFC T20 Big Bash

English County : LV County Championship, Natwest Pro40, C&G Trophy, IPL and Twenty20 Cup

The Ashes

  • Ashes 2005 Scenarios: This mode puts you in the positions of others during the '05 Ashes to see if you are the one who knows how to lead either England or Australia to Ashes victory controlling only the vital moments. Videos are included to add to the effect. After completing the scenerios videos can be unlocked and can be viewed in extras.
  • 2005 nPower Ashes Series: in this the user controls one of the two competing nations and takes them through all the warm up matches, ODIs and Test matches in the 2005 Ashes series.
  • 2006-'07 3 Mobile Ashes Series: in this the user controls one of the two competing nations and takes them through all the warm up matches, ODIs and Test matches in the 2006-'07 Ashes series.