Cricket Coach is a detailed cricket simulation game. It features an realistic match engine, a huge player database, and detailed strategy options. You get the World Cup mode that lets you play through the 2015 tournament with any team, even those who didn't qualify.
v6.0 [Sep 10, 2013]
- Fully updated to the 2013 season
- Updated career stats for over 6000 players
- Updated tour schedule, play the series as they happen in real life
- Real life grounds for international fixtures in 2013, e.g. 4th Ashes Test at Durham
- Updated squads for domestic teams, including all the latest transfers
- Many players added to the database, including 100s from smaller nations
- Updated all records to the start of the 2013 season
- Added option to return to the main menu after playing
- All distinct bowling skills for one day and T20 matches
- Variable sized grounds, some short boundaries, some huge fields
- Added 2D ground graphics, from village green to huge stadium
- Added Day/Night matches with 2D view graphics
- 'Preferred batting position' for T20 matches
- 'Reserve batting position' for all formats
- 'additional selection hints' to enable realistic selections biases by international boards
- Option to order a batsman to try to keep the strike
- Option to order a batsman to hit and run
- Added special 'weighting' code in match engine to allow minnows' games to be realistically simulated
- Defensive skill for batsmen - to simulate those batsman who protect their wicket better than others
- Entirely re-written international rankings engine - to better allow minnow nations to fight for a decent rankings
- Enhanced assistant manager who you can now order to pick a team of 2 spinners / extra batsman / pace attack etc
- Ability to save team selections, and load them up later on, to speed up team selections
- Modernized 2D view on screen display graphics, to reflect the major broadcasters in 2013
- Live career stats shown on the match day screen, like on a popular cricket website.
- Minor counties simulated for the first time ever with real squads and 3-day/one day competition
- Added in-match graphics and outcome icons
- Redesigned GUI with easier to read text
- Enhanced editors with ability to set/disable 2nd XI & U19 domestic/international cricket by country
- Fielding and leadership skills that grow over time and have a potential value like bat/bowl skills
- Improved bowling AI to stop weaker bowlers bowling at the end
- Many bug fixes and minor tweaks to the engine to increase realism
