Cricket
Coach 2014
The most detailed cricket simulation ever created. Available
for both Windows and Apple Mac, Cricket Coach 2014 features an extremely
realistic match engine developed over 15 years, a huge player database, and
detailed strategy options.
The most detailed cricket game ever!
Key new features appearing in Cricket Coach 2014
- 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
new 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
new distinct bowling skills for one day and T20 matches
- Variable
sized grounds, some short boundaries, some huge fields
- All
new 2D ground graphics, from village green to huge stadium
- All
new Day/Night matches with 2D view graphics
- New
'Preferred batting position' for T20 matches
- New
'Reserve batting position' for all formats
- New
'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
- New
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
- Modernised
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.
- All
new Minor counties simulated for the first time ever with real squads and
3-day/one day competition
- New
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
Plus...
- CC
Almanack - have the game produce a 5000+ page HTML cricketers almanac
based on your saved game. [example]
- U19
cricket - Run a youth team and select the best players each year for a
full contract.
- 2nd
XIs - Keep your reserves in form with a full schedule of fixtures.
- Assistant
Coach Delegation - delegate various parts of your job (such as managing
the youth/2nd XIs) to your assistant.
- Friendly
matches - need a warm-up before a big game? Schedule a friendly in any
format to get your players back into form.
- Day-by-day
Calendar View - View your season in the format of a calendar.
- Enhanced
World Challenge Mode - Play a one-off World T20 or Champs Trophy in
addition to a one-off World Cup.
- Quick
Search - search directly from any screen for easier access to data.
- Revamped
Search Screen - search teams, competitions, series and matches in addition
to players.
- Live
games widget - A side bar widget giving you a shortcut to games currently
in progress.
- Enhanced
Home Screen - an easier to use layout.
- Australian
T20 franchise league - complete with player auction.
- Staged
retirements - players now often retire from one format of the game before
another.
- Enhanced
match engine - fixing issue with spin bowlers and adding extra depth to
weather simulation.
- Vastly
enhanced HTML output options
Key Features
- Statistics
for over 4900 players correct to the 2012 season
- Updated
international tours for the 2012 season
- Future
Tours Program - hand made future tours schedule that sees everyone play
everyone in a four year window
- Database
selection: Choose what 'cricket world' database to play with, the game
ships with 2012, but using the editors you can create your own.
- All
new tour negotiator feature. Manipulate the tours program to suit your
country, need extra practice games before facing Australia? Not a problem!
- Arrange
extra tours on top of the FTP.
- All
new captaincy role. Appoint a player to be your captain and rely on him to
lead by example. Appoint separate captains for each format if you like.
- T20
tours - now separate from ODIs - also appoint a specialist T20 captain
- Competition
editor. Adjust domestic competitions to suit your liking.
- Enhanced
news system, with more in depth news articles on your world of cricket
Additional Features
- The
most detailed database of world cricketers available in any computer game.
Far larger and more in depth than any of the console games, more detailed
than that other cricket management game for the PC.
- Unlike
any other major cricket title our live player database is accessible 24/7
through our website. Update your game at any time.
- Unlike
that other cricket title we have a player editor that ships with the game.
Add yourself to the game, improve your favourite player, weaken those
players who you don't rate in real life. The possibilities are endless.
- Great
new game engine that is lightening quick compared to all previous games in
the series. Runs far more comfortably alongside other programs on a
Windows system.
- Detailed
batting and bowling tactics allow you to control your team on the field.
Use your cricketing knowledge to guide your team to victory.
- Opt to
play ball by ball, or over by over. Or even let the game play
automatically and sit back in your seat and enjoy the action.
- Realistic
domestic schedule for each season. Lead your team in their division of the
County Championship, have a blast in the T20 cup, show off your one day
skills in the 40 over league. Or perhaps you fancy a challenge from somewhere
outside England and Wales. Choose to lead a state side in Australia, or a
franchise in South Africa. Or perhaps you love the new Indian T20 league
with its huge array of foreign talent. It's all there and unique to
Cricket Coach 2012.
- Control
minor nations such as Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Kenya
and Namibia. Lead them through a full World Cricket League campaign with
promotion and relegation. Play the Intercontinental Cup and
Intercontinental Shield. Attempt to earn full Test Match status. Do well
in the World Cricket League and qualify for the World Cup and World T20
Cup.
- Easy
to use field editor allowing customised fields. Also tell your bowlers
what line and length to bowl, plus type of delivery (e.g. Yorker/Short
Ball/In swinger etc)
- Exciting
new full screen highlights view with animated umpire. Easy to customise
graphics allow you to tailor your own experience.
- As
always more domestic competitions than any other cricket game in history.
Full domestic schedule from Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New
Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Over
120 domestic teams to manage gives years of varied gameplay.
- Brand
new Champions League competition. Lead your team to victory in the local
T20 competition and find yourself in India playing the Champions League.
Never before seen in a cricket game.
- Improved
match engine provides realistic cricket action all the way from long five
day test matches to rain reduced T20 slogs. Includes DL rain rule.
- From
day one of the game all players have career statistics saved. Look back at
any time at any players performance each format of the game.
- Updated
team selection AI. Smart computer managers pick different sides depending
on the format of the game. They are likely to choose aggressive cricketers
for T20, leaving out those slow paced batsmen. Whereas in the longer form
of the game they will look for players more suitable for the game.
- Fully
simulated Indian T20 franchise league. Also includes exciting player
auction reflecting real life.
- Each
to use interface allows you to view detailed of any match played during
the season. Look through scorecards, manhatten graphs, worm charts. Also
click on any player and view their recent form.
- World
rankings for batsmen and bowlers. Generated for each format of the game.
- Team
editor lets you to edit the names of teams. Perhaps add in full names for
those T20 franchises.
- Ground
editor lets you to adjust the default conditions at each grounds. Perhaps
you know more about local
- conditions
than us?
Download Game
The game is free to download and play for 26
hours, afterwards you will need to purchase a licence to continue
playing. Your contribution ensures that the developer can continue to work on
the game and release future versions.
If you have any problems with the game, please visit the
forum, it is likely that there is a solution for your problem. If not, tell us
about the issue and it will be fixed promptly and a new version released.
Existing Users: If you have previously purchased
Cricket Coach 2014 and wish to update your game, then simply download the game
from the link, and install 'over the top' of your existing installation. It
will automatically unlock.
Latest version released: v6.03 - 11th December 2013
