Timing is important at this point to achieve the optimum speed without bowling an illegal delivery. Stopping it later will increase the ball's speed but increases the risk of a No Ball. Stopping it early will eliminate the risk of a No Ball, but will result in a slower delivery. Finally, a No Ball meter will appear which the player must stop. This can be manipulated by the player using directional buttons or the analog stick. Simultaneously, a target appears on the pitch showing the area the ball will pitch in. Different types of delivery are assigned to different buttons, and once a delivery is selected the bowler begins his run-up. The game features several different types of bowling, and while each type of bowling requires a different approach to be effective, the control system for bowling is universal. This serves to balance the game, ensuring that a tailend batsman will not perform as well as an opening batsman.īowling Bowling in BLIC2005 is fundamentally rather similar to batting, insofar as both are intuitive and rely heavily on direction and timing to be successful. Beyond the Confidence meter, each player also has a set of predetermined statistics related to his batting ability. Confidence can be improved by playing well-timed shots and scoring runs, while it can be reduced by missing the ball or being hit. It is therefore important to build the confidence of batsmen in order to facilitate the scoring of runs. In contrast, low Confidence will limit a batsman's ability to score runs by restricting his power and timing. High Confidence will open up new shots to a batsman, boost his shot power and improve his timing. When a batsman first reaches the crease his Confidence will be fairly low and it is up to the player to improve it. The player is also in control of running after playing a shotīLIC2005 implements a Confidence meter for batsmen which has a significant impact on gameplay. Before selecting a shot, the player can move the batsman within his crease to better set him up for a certain shot. A badly timed shot could result in the ball coming off the edge of the bat, or missing it altogether. The other important factor to take into account is timing, which is just as crucial as shot selection when batting. Shot selection is an important aspect of batting depending on where the bowler is pitching the ball, different shot types and directions are needed in order to break through the fielders and score runs. This system of control makes a fairly sizeable array of shots available to players. Different shot types are assigned to different buttons, with shot direction chosen using the directional buttons or analog stick. The game can be played by up to four players, however it does not feature online play.īatting The batting aspect of BLIC2005 has been designed with the aim of being intuitive and borrows a lot from BLC99. It also incorporates some user-controlled fielding elements. Gameplay Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 provides a similar experience to most cricket games, giving players the chance to both bat and bowl. In Australia and New Zealand, the game is known as Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2005 and features Ponting on the box art in place of Lara. Its release marked the series' first game in seven years, and continues in the direction established by 1998's Brian Lara Cricket '99.
As with its predecessors, the game is endorsed by veteran West Indian batsman and world record holder Brian Lara. It is the fifth game in the Brian Lara Cricket series, and was released on July 21st 2005 (the first day of that year's Ashes series) for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (often abbreviated as BLIC2005) is a cricket simulation developed by Swordfish Studios and published by Codemasters.
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