There are many sports fans out there that are under the firm belief that they can manage their favourite team better than the current regime. That’s where the growing list of sport management simulators comes into play to help players get a glimpse of this lifestyle. Popularised by the number of Football Managers around over the years several other sports have felt that they too need managerial franchises such as Pro Cycling, OOTP Baseball, World Basketball and of course cricket. Originally developed by Chris Childs as a final year university project the game was released back in 1998, Cricket Captain 2015 is the latest version now coming from developer Childish Things.
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The country has been in a cricket frenzy recently with the Ashes not long having been on and England retaining them in some fashion (credit to the Australian women’s side though who managed to beat England’s women). With that win for the men’s team, interest has spiked in the sport and there are people all over the UK getting more involved with cricket, whether it be by partaking in the sport physically or electronically (or both).
CricketGaming: The 2015 installment for Cricket Captain Series is now out for PC and available for Steam users.
I'm sure the mechanics are there and the detail is incredible, but graphically it just looks so...stodgy.