Ea sports cricket 07 advanced shot midwicket

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#Ea sports cricket 07 advanced shot midwicket pro

If this year's game wasn't up to scratch, Atari and Ricky Ponting could waltz away with the cricketing crown for good, just as Pro Evo consistently knocks FIFA off the ball. Last year, Atari's Ricky Ponting International Cricket delivered a far more intuitive and enjoyable game, which must have set off a few alarm bells back at EA. The gloss, glitz and detail that goes into most of EA's other sports simulations has always been lacking from their Cricket games.

#Ea sports cricket 07 advanced shot midwicket series

The EA Sports Cricket series has certainly been struggling to get runs on the board for a few years now. The+ball+physics+are+more+lifelike+than+ever. With the Ashes about to commence and Australia looking for sweet revenge against the motherland, the release of Cricket 07 is looking to be as well-timed as a Matty Hayden pull-shot. After which, it was time to grab the nearest Dual Shock and see if EA Sports really did get it right this time. After donning our crisp whites (well, it was a fresh white Cricket 07 t-shirt, at least), we slogged it about for an hour or two, wolfing down some classic Aussie BBQ fare, while knocking back some coldies and watching in awe as MacGill ripped some fine spin. If only Richie Benaud was there to whisper sweet nothings into our ear as we struck a graceful cover drive back down the astroturf. We don't normally prise ourselves away from the comforting ambience of an LCD display to see that much exercise, but how often do you get a chance to rub shoulders with your cricketing heroes and then face them in the nets? When Geoff Lawson is standing at the crease and warming up his bowling arm, you're not really thinking of the new analogue batting 'Century Stick' system, let alone remembering to pick out the pubes of the journo who last used the Box (that's groin protection, for those of you not up with your cricket equipment). MacGill,+Jaques+and+Haddin+prove+they've+got+the+skills+to+bring+the+ashes+home. Or maybe they attended just to get a hold of some stitched leather and try some bodyline on the weedy games journos.

#Ea sports cricket 07 advanced shot midwicket ps2

Because the event was held down at the glorious SCG, there were even plenty of grade and junior cricket players in attendance, just itching to have a play of Cricket 07 on one of the ten PS2 demo units on display. This was an afternoon of batting, bowling, snags, beer - and even a bit of videogame playing - with Australian cricketers Phil Jacques (EA were offering a free Xbox 360 or Wii to whoever could bowl him out), Brad Haddin, legendary fast bowler Geoff Lawson, and an assortment of Blues players (that's the NSW state cricket team, not a bunch of guys on slide guitars and trumpets). MacGill wasn't the only cricketing luminary to attend this fine afternoon of googlies and beamers either. It may have only been in the practice nets out the back, bowling to a tipsy, pasty-faced games journalist at the launch of EA Sports' Cricket 07, but it's better than nothing - isn't that right, Gorilla?

With Shane Warne busy at the local Advanced Hair clinic having his head turf inspected, Australia's next best thing, spinner Stuart MacGill, was finally able to step up and bust out some wicked leggies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.