


Too often, you find yourself dropping catches you'd expect a five-year-old with no fingers to make, because you couldn't predict when you should be readying your 'catch' button. First, it feels like the controls were designed with the console versions in mind, then shoehorned into a mouse/keyboard mode - the keys are all over the place. It's also one of the prettier cricket titles out there, at least when it comes to animations - when Freddie Flintoff rubs his arm after receiving a 'wayward' Brett Lee thunderbolt, you find yourself wincing along with the bestubbled porker.īut once you start playing, things start to look rather less dazzling.

Practice in the nets is also accessible, with the player being able to alternate bowlers and batsmen during practice.The gaming world's second most popular Lara returns to the crease, and BLIC07 certainly makes a good opening impression by flaunting its real-world tournaments (the ICC Champion's Trophy and World Cup), accurate player likenesses and commentary from the likes of Gower and Greig.As the series of matches go on, difficulty increases. Classic match a series of classic matches throughout history, where the player must complete one to compete in the next match.The leaders are recorded on a leader’s board.

