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Brian Lara International Cricket (PC)
 
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Brian Lara International Cricket (PC)

by Codemasters
Platform:   Windows Me / 2000 / XP
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Game Information

  • Platform:   Windows Me / 2000 / XP
  • Media: Video Game

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Product Features

  • Wide variety of playing modes, including One-Day International, Test Match and World Cup
  • Hawk-Eye visuals: the cutting-edge sports tracking and analysis graphics system, as used by Channel 4 and Sky Sports
  • All star commentary team: David Gower, Tony Greig, Jonathan Agnew, Ian Bishop, and Bill Lawry
  • Animated ducks waddling on screen when players have been dismissed without scoring

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  • ASIN: B0007VHHPI
  • Item Weight: 173 g
  • Release Date: 21 Jul 2005
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,201 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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    #86 in  PC & Video Games > PC & Macintosh > Games > Sports

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
The ball's hurtling towards you at 95mph, hit it for six and you're a hero, miss it and you're history... In Brian Lara International Cricket your every move is captured and analysed using innovative television presentation techniques.
A key innovation is the exclusive incorporation of Hawk-Eye, the cutting-edge sports tracking and analysis graphics system, as used by Channel 4 and Sky Sports in their televised cricket coverage. Brian Lara International Cricket will be the first video game to make use of Hawk-Eye, incorporated into the game under license from its creators, Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd.

Hawk-Eye uses sophisticated image technologies to aggregate, replay, and analyse ball and player movement to improve LBW decisions and compare bowlers' speed, swing, line and length.
Hawk-Eye monitors and analyses your bowling accuracy throughout an over, showing the path of each delivery, where it pitches, and, most controversially, is used to see whether the umpire's LBW decision was the right call.
Additionally Brian Lara International Cricket makes use of the Third Umpire decision aid. This comes into play when a line decision for run outs are too close to call by the umpire alone.
From the most modern technologies of Hawk-Eye, Brian Lara International Cricket takes players back in time to compete in Classic Matches from history, played out in black-and-white newsreel-style presentation.
The Classic Matches mode has you joining in a genuine historic match – such as the Test Match of 1882, which led to the creation of the Ashes – at a critical point. Can you pull off the same amazing cricketing feats as the greatest cricketers from times past, or even improve on their performance?
Back in the modern-day, the televisual presentation extends to a 'picture-in-picture' display. When you've timed the ball to perfection and sent it flying across the outfield, the main screen shows the fielders chasing after the ball, while the inset picture-in-picture shows the batsmen belting between the wickets, racking up the runs.
There are also glorious action replays of boundaries being hit, batting milestones being reached, aggression between batsman and bowler, wickets falling, even the stump-cam blacking out when ball hits the stumps! And it wouldn't be cricket without the ubiquitous animated ducks waddling on-screen when players have been dismissed without scoring.
And for the ultimate in TV presentation, Brian Lara International Cricket brings together the voices of cricket, including David Gower, Tony Greig, Jonathan Agnew, Ian Bishop, and Bill Lawry, to form the biggest commentary team ever featured in any cricket game.


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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice but could do with a few minor improvements, 3 Aug 2005
By Suren Perera (Colombo, SL) - See all my reviews
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On the whole this is better that any other cricket game I have played. The second best being the earlier release of Brian Lara's Cricket. So well done Codemasters. However there are a few glitches;
1. The bowler does NOT have to throw the ball to the keeper each time he fields it.
2. Throws are not possible to the bowlers end.
3. Commentry is not consistent.
4. If I leave a ball doesn't mean it beat me. My batting confidence should not get lower.
5. The ball travels too quickly to the sweepers negating the chance of what is obviously an easy single

Other than this it is a fantastic game. I am big fan of all the EA sports games but I think Codemasters have got the one over on EA sports in Cricket. Its well worth the buy.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Cricket game fun, better than it first seems, 5 Aug 2005
Compared with EA Sports this game is superficially less impressive. The animations are not as good, the lack of official sanctions means your players have hilarious 'almost but not quite' names and the initial screens seem a bit clumsy.

However get playing and the real quality is evident. The game is intuitive, the range of difficulties worthwhile and most of all the batting and bowling AI seem to be excellent. The commentary is mostly OK too.

After a while with this I'd say it provides a decent challenge without too many frustrations. Not perfect, but the best fun cricket game out there.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good game all round, 15 Sep 2005
By Thomas Wilkins (UK) - See all my reviews
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I'd like to start by saying that this is a good Cricket game, I have played it quite a bit over the last week or so. The bowling is very good if you know a bit about cricket as you can limit the runs by setting the fielders and bowling in the right areas.

When I first tried batting I enjoyed that very much to as timing and choice of shot were crutial. My only problem with the batting (and I don't know if I missing a trick here) is that there isn't much variation in the types of shot you can play. There are only about five different types of shot (double that figure for lofted shots) and that simply isn't enough. When I get a 50 or 100 and see my wagon wheel all the shots are in the same five directions. So eventually batting can get a bit boring. (If anyone knows if i'm doing anything wrong let me know).

The different game types are fun and overall it is an enjoyable game so I would recommend it highly, but I can't see myself playing it 4/5 months down the line.

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