Brian Lara International Cricket 2005
Developer(s)	Swordfish Studios
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Series	Brian Lara Cricket
Platform(s)	Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2
Release date	July 2005
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, Multi player
Rating(s)	PEGI: 3+
System requirements	Windows: 1 GHz, 256MB RAM, Windows 98 or higher
Input methods	Keyboard, Gamepad

Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (BLIC) (also known as Ricky Ponting Cricket in Australia and New Zealand) is a cricket video game from Codemasters, available on Xbox, PS2 and Windows PC platforms. released on 21 July 2005, which was the first day of the 2005 Ashes series. The game is followed by Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 in Australia and New Zealand). A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... In October 2002 in a claimed cost cutting exercise Rage Software Limited sold its Birmingham development studio for £1 to Swordfish Studios, a company founded by Rage executive director Trevor Williams and Joan Finnegan, wife of Rage managing director Paul Finnegan. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British video game developers. ... The Brian Lara Cricket series is a series of five games that are endorsed by the West Indian cricketer Brian Lara and published by Codemasters. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... Windows redirects here. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... PS2 redirects here. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Further information: Game classification Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay interaction. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time. ... A video game content rating system is a system used for the classification of video games into suitability-related groups. ... PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... A gigahertz is a billion hertz or a thousand megahertz, a measure of frequency. ... RAM redirects here. ... Windows 98 (codenamed Memphis) is a graphical operating system released on June 25, 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95. ... A 104-key PC US English QWERTY keyboard layout The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and QWERTY. A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard. ... A game controller is an input device used to control a video game. ... This article is about the sport. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British video game developers. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... PS2 redirects here. ... Windows redirects here. ... A stylised illustration of a modern personal computer A personal computer (PC) is a computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (BLIC 07) is a cricket computer game from by Codemasters available on PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox 360 (Also Xbox Live enabled). ...

Details

This game is the follow up to Brian Lara Cricket '99 (also known as Shane Warne Cricket '99 in Australia and New Zealand). It contains the 2003 Cricket World Cup in Africa and the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. These two competitions are licensed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and contain official player names, faces, kits, badges and sponsors. All other modes are unofficial as the rights for these belong to EA Sports and therefore some players and kits are made up; for example Graham Thorpe becomes "G Thrip" and Shane Warne becomes "S Worde". The only correct names in these modes are Brian Lara himself, (shown as "B Lara"), and Australian Captain Ricky Ponting (similarly shown as R Ponting)^[1]. The game is also first to include licensed bats such as the Kookaburra Diablo and the GM Purist. The game takes the perspective of the normal cricket TV coverage, other views and displays in the game also try to emulate TV coverage of cricket, for example Hawk-Eye, an electronic system used to track cricket balls as they are bowled is featured in the game. Brian Lara Cricket99 (BLC99) is a 1998 PlayStation and PC cricket game, personally endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara, produced by Codemasters, and is based upon the very successful Sega Mega Drive game Brian Lara Cricket. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... The ICC Champions Trophy, also known as the Mini World Cup, is crickets One Day International tournament second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. ... Graham Paul Thorpe MBE (born August 1, 1969 in Farnham, Surrey) is an English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. ... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a record-breaking cricketer, and considered to be one of the finest batsman in the game. ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). ... Hawk-Eye cricket simulation Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in cricket, tennis and other sports to track the path of the ball. ... Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. ...

The Hawk-Eye system used in the game

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Game modes

There are a few types of cricket that can be played in the game. Test match, test series, one day match, world cup, ICC Champion's Trophy and practice mode. Along with the types of cricket there are several difficulty settings. Slog mode, village, county and test. With each difficulty bowling and batting decreases in ease. The game also offers the player to construct their own team from cricketers already in the game. There is also a "Classic XI" mode, which has famous cricketers of the past such as W.G. Grace, Imran Khan and Jim Laker. Also, you can create three made-up career players. Then build up their skills to make them extremely great players. For example, you could make a batsman hit 500 not out, and add it to his experience. William Gilbert Grace (July 18, 1848–October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ... For the cricketer from the West Indies, see Imran Khan (Trinidad and Tobago cricketer). ... James Charles (Jim) Laker (February 9, 1922, Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire–April 23, 1986, Putney, London) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s. ...

Challenges

There are also a challenge mode in the game, where the player can take on cricketing challenges based on notable cricket matches from the past. The player can either recreate or rewrite history, depending on the team they choose to play as. These include such maches as The birth of The Ashes, the 1933 Bodyline test match, Garfield Sobers' six sixes, and the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup final. There are 10 challenges in total. For other uses, see The Ashes (disambiguation). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bill Woodfull evades a Bodyline ball. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... The 2003 Cricket World Cup (Official name: ICC Cricket World Cup 2003â„¢) was played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from February 9 to March 24. ...

Reaction and criticism

Reaction from the public and critics was very good with ratings averaging around 7.5 out of 10 ^[2]. Most criticism is of the player designs not resembling the actual people, which is a licensing issue. There is also a problem with the wicket keeper who doesn't wear a helmet like in many other cricket games. ^[3].Some other shortcomings include no overthrows and running on overthrow, batsman cannot come down the track to hit or defend, the ball is always thrown to the wicketkeeper rather than at the stumps or to the bowler leaving balls driven to midoff easier to run on, and leaving the ball without playing a shot reduces the batsman's confidence. Batting and bowling averages of players do not evolve with play, unless the player has created a career player.

See also

• Brian Lara Cricket series
• Brian Lara
• Codemasters
• Brian Lara International Cricket 2007

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Notes

External links

• Official Codemasters website
• Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 at MobyGames
• Planetcricket.net