Cricket 2005 for Xbox

[Quadophile]

My son today picked up the Cricket 2005 and has been at it all evening. I was also thrilled to know there is something else interesting where I could also get involved. If you are a cricket fan you ought to consider getting this game.

I did not know any details about this release but when I saw my son playing, the first thing that struck me was the commentary of Richie Benaud, later I did confirm from the box it was the unmistakable voice of RB.

Here are some pics to give you an idea of what it looks like

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Yea i love The Cricket seris For Ea sports i have 2002 and 2004 no 2003 for some reason lol Both games probably Second most itme i spent playing them After Dynasty warriors which is the best seris on ps2 i was thinking of getting it theother day but i ddint think there was to many changes from 2004 otherr then the graphics Cricket is the greatest sport in the world

 

[crazylegs]

Cricket is the greatest sport in the world

No that title goes to football i'm afraid....

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Football is Commercialised so much thats why everyone is fooled into thinking Football is still a sport its about one thing and one thing only now Money ! all the players manager even Fans care aabout is how much People get paid

 

[crazylegs]

People only earn in association with there respective sport....the more popular the sport the higher the earnings....

 

[psd99]

CANT WAIT

im definetly going to get it many thanks!

i love cricket!

 

[Quadophile]

UPDATE: Cricket 2005

My son has been at it all day and I wanted to find out what is keeping him glued to the telly. The poor kid has somewhat got the hang of the bowling but the batting is something which is going to take a long time to master. He made his own team (World Eleven) with batting heavy weights included in the team the computer was playing the Namibian team. Guess the score!

World Eleven 19 All out
Namibia 20 for no loss and winning in just two overs

 

[psd99]

i played cricket 2004 on the pc

i recently got an xbox
next time im out ill take a look at this new game
cant wait!

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Rofl

UPDATE: Cricket 2005

My son has been at it all day and I wanted to find out what is keeping him glued to the telly. The poor kid has somewhat got the hang of the bowling but the batting is something which is going to take a long time to master. He made his own team (World Eleven) with batting heavy weights included in the team the computer was playing the Namibian team. Guess the score!

World Eleven 19 All out
Namibia 20 for no loss and winning in just two overs

Omg LoL if Batting is this hard against the heavyweight nambian Bowling Attack Then Shane warne And Co should be a breeze

 

[psd99]

lol

yes got the game today

been playing it
batting is very hard i need lots of practice!

anyone know abt brian lara cricket?

 

[Quadophile]

According to my son there is practice mode within the game and he tried it. He said that even if he does well in practice session in the actual game he finds it difficult to bat. I guss a lot of practice is needed.

By the way what is your initial impression of the gameplay?

 

[psd99]

i played cricekt 2004
thhgt it was good

2005 is a little better,
the graphics have improved

the gameplay is quite hard tho, but i will practice.

 

[Chris Pickering]

The word seems to be that EA's Cricket 2005 is the incredibly time consuming and difficult game, whereas Codemasters Brian Lara Cricket 2005 is the more arcadey title.

Personally, I've been playing the latter for a number of months now (managed to bag a preview copy ages ago) and it can certainly feel like cricket. Unless your incredibly poor with your shot selection you can knock up realistic scores, in what you'd expect to be the right number of overs. Bowling too feels realistic, urging you to try and force the batter into a mistake rather than knocking the stumps out of the ground every second ball.

 

[Quadophile]

I asked my son about Codemaster's Brian Lara version and he says he has played it at friends and his opinion is that it is too easy and not challenging at all, more like kid stuff. On the other hand the EA Sports Cricket 2005 may have a steep learning curve but more challenging and interesting overall, more for grown-ups.

 

[Chris Pickering]

I asked my son about Codemaster's Brian Lara version and he says he has played it at friends and his opinion is that it is too easy and not challenging at all, more like kid stuff. On the other hand the EA Sports Cricket 2005 may have a steep learning curve but more challenging and interesting overall, more for grown-ups.

Brian Lara'a definetly the more arcadey title thats for sure. Managed to restrict Zimbabwe to 56 over 10 overs, and slowly but surely hit the winning runs for my England team with 15 balls to spare earlier today. It's a wonderful game!

 

[psd99]

i got brian lara too

found it much easier and of course unrealisitic

batting is a lot easier, hitting the balls and controlling the shots is simpler.
bowling is less advanced and very basic

i prefer the commentary
my graphics vote of confidence goes to EA Sports.

Overall this game is less professional, but i have found it enjoyful.

i particularly liked the 'classic matches'
going back in 1930's to Bat with the Australian team with one certain LEGEND the one and only Sir Donald Bradman, i found this wonderful and enjoyful.

do wat i did
GET BOTH Brian Lara and Cricket 2005!

 

[Quadophile]

i particularly liked the 'classic matches'
going back in 1930's to Bat with the Australian team with one certain LEGEND the one and only Sir Donald Bradman, i found this wonderful and enjoyful.

I am sure you know what Sir Bradman's test average is, it will be impossible to bowl him out before he hits a century

 

[psd99]

his average was around 99.94!!!!! he scored 334 runs in one match, which was a world record at the time!

In only 52 test matches, Sir Donald scored 6,996 runs - with 29 hundreds, 13 fifties and a highest score of 334 - for a batting average of 99.94. He also claimed two wickets with his leg-breaks. He led Australia between 1936 and 1948 and did not lose a single series. Douglas Jardine invented the 'Bodyline' theory to prevent Sir Donald's batting from dominating the 1932 Ashes series. The theory was successful, in the sense that, Sir Donald averaged 'only' 56.57 in the four tests!
The Lord's Taverners Book of Fifty Greatest Cricketers says, "Bradman's judgement, timing, footwork and concentration were in a class of their own, the runs flowing from his bat in all directions with a speed and certainty that drove bowlers almost to distraction. He wasn't infallible, but he was the next best thing." Jim Laker, the off break bowler who captured 19 wickets in a test match once says, Bradman was 'the only batsman who gave me an inferiority complex’.

 

[Quadophile]

Quadophile Junior seems to be doing better and better, he finally manged to get the score for the team to reach 100 all the way from only 20 before. He seems to have got the hang of it as he has hit a few into the spectator stands as well

How are you all doing?