1997 · Sports

Cricket 97

Cricket 97 is a cricket game for PCs that was released in 1997. The sequel to Cricket 96, it was developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by EA Sports. It was the final cricket game in the series to be developed by Melbourne House.

Released: 31 December 1997
Platforms: MS-DOS Windows
Genres: Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: EA Sports
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: Australia

About

Cricket 97 is a sports video game developed by Beam Software for MS-DOS and Windows. It was published by EA Sports in January 1997 in Australia, April 1997 in the United Kingdom, and throughout the rest of Europe on May 9, 1997.

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Gameplay

The game stars cricketer Michael Atherton. Ritchie Benaud and Ian Botham provided commentary for the game.

Reception

Richard Moore for The Age called the game "very realistic" but criticized the "play-balance-driven parity of the sides".

George Soropos for PC PowerPlay rated Cricket 97 Ashes Tour Edition at 87% and stated that "Really, this is the game that Cricket '97 should have been in the first place and all credit to Beam for sticking with it until they got it right."