

This disc included official players, portraits and statistics from the New Zealand side at the time. The game did not feature real player names as with previous games in the series (with real Australian and English sides appearing for the first time in the game's successor, Ashes Tour Edition).Ī re-release of the game entitled the Ashes Tour Edition featured the English and Australian tour squads for the 1996 Ashes series.įollowing the Ashes Tour Edition, an update disc was released to include the New Zealand Cricket Team. Cricketing legends Ritchie Benaud and Ian Botham for the first time provided commentary and also featured in full motion video interludes. It was the final cricket game in the series to be developed by Melbourne House.Ĭompared to the previous game, the improvement in graphics continued with three-dimensional stadiums (though players remained rendered as sprites).

The sequel to Cricket 96, it was developed by Beam Software and published by EA Sports.

Cricket 97 is a cricket game for PCs that was released in 1996.
