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We much prefer the former, finding the latter somewhat fiddly. You can choose from two control systems: an arcade-style one which derives its timed inputs from button-presses or a professional one which more or less confines itself to joysticks and triggers. Cricket 22 reflects that: it's not a pretty or polished game but it does at least get the basics right, to a greater extent than any of its predecessors which, it seems, is all that cricket fans can ask for these days. Beyond the feverish crucible of the Indian Premier League, the sport is far from awash with money, which nowadays seems to be the main factor that dictates a sport's visibility. In a way, that reflects cricket's general status in the sporting world. Its players, for example, do just about resemble their human counterparts, but not in a particularly convincing manner. However, as far as those production values go, it never lets you forget its tiny budget in comparison with megabucks sports games from the likes of EA Sports and 2K. Overall, Cricket 22 is by far the most modern-feeling cricket game ever made, both in terms of the way in contains all the different varieties of modern competitive cricket and of its production values, with players modelled on their real-life counterparts and so on. But will it bowl you over, or is it more bowled out? Our quick take Happily for cricket fans, Big Ant's 2021 effort, Cricket 22, is now available – just in time for the start of the sport's most epic Test competition, the Ashes.

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