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Stick Cricket is a Macromedia flash cricket game website. The game, was developed by Cann Creative, a company from Sydney, Australia. It runs from any web browser which has the Macromedia flash player plug-in and Internet access. Stick Cricket is a popular game, being one of the most visited cricket websites with over 85,000 visits a day. The average size of the game is around 500 kilobytes. The website also publishes news and other articles about cricket.

History

The current version of Stick Cricket is version 3.3 .

Current versions of Stick Cricket have human batsmen. However, the batsmen were really sticks before the Stick Cricket game was moved from the servers of Cann Creative to its own website. Other websites have a modified (usually outdated) versions of Stick Cricket, though some are now offline, for those feeling nostalgic.

Version 1

This version, which built the foundation for version 2 and was the first appearance of Stick Cricket ever, is extremely hard to find on the internet.

Version 2

Version 2 appeared in 2 guises. There was the official version, which was on , featuring 7 levels which you could play through as the England team. Another version, featuring a fictional Australian team, was also playable online. This was the basis of the stick cricket world.

Version 3

Version 3 moved Stick Cricket to its , where it has its own site. It also featured the ability to play with 12 teams, though the USA were replaced with a fictional team. There have been minor updates since then, such as the inclusion of 3 different modes: the Knockout Tournament, based on the ICC Champions Trophy format; the all-star slog where you try to get as many runs as you can in 10 Overs; and the Practice Mode, where you could practice 10 overs against a certain type of bowling.

Version 3.1

Version 3.1 added the world domination version, where you play the world's 8 best teams, and receive a password for each of the teams a player beats. You play as a Stick All-Star Team, which contains some of the best players in cricket's history. Also updated were the teams, so they had the most recent players in, and the rankings in accordance with the official ICC One-Day International ratings.

Version 3.2

The current version of the game, 3.2 was released on 21st July, and added new graphics in the main, and a new Head2Head Ashes game for the duration of the Ashes, which features a different stadium - Lord's, a different ball (red with seam) and different bowling actions to version 3.1. In general Version 3.2 added new graphics, including new balls where you can see the seam, and a new stadium. It also added new features around the site, such as office leagues, where there are some general leagues, and you can set up your own as well.

Version 3.3

By popular demand, two players can now play on the one keyboard and an online tournament mode has been added.

Similar to the Head2Head mode, a "Triseries" format has been introduced to Stick Cricket recently.

Objective

Stick Cricket is viewed from the facing batsman's end. Although it is always viewed from this angle it is possible to bowl, but this feature is currently only included in the 2 player version of the game.

The basic objective is to scores as many runs as possible, by the following:

Tournament - Score runs to beat the a national teams total to progress to the next time and beat the World Champions, within 10 overs (60 deliveries). The tournament mode is currently based on the ICC Champions Trophy.
Slog - Score as many runs as possible within 10 overs against a selected team (an XI)or an World Domination made by one of the players.
World Domination - Score runs to beat a national teams total within 20 overs to gain passwords and, eventually go in to the draw to make your own team up if won.
Practice - Choose from a type of bowler and practice, as the name suggests. Scores cannot be saved in practice mode.

Starting

When Stick Cricket loads, a welcome screenshot comes up. It allows a user to select a national cricket team or a specialized team selected by the winner of the entire World Domination mode. You can also choose what type of game you want to play.

Shots

Up, W - Forward drive and defend: Not effective against leg spiners and off spinners.
Down, S - Duck: (especially from bouncers). Risk of being out LBW, if the delivery is not a bouncer.
Left, A - Pull and hook, if full an on-drive, but often gets caught: Particularly effective against all bowlers.
Right, D - Cut & Cover Drive: Effective against fast, outswing bowlers but you can be risked of getting caught out at cover.

Bowlers

There are different types of bowlers:

Fast - Shaun Pollock and so forth
Inswing bowlers - Brett Lee, Makhaya Ntini and so forth
Outswing bowlers - Shoaib Akhtar, Chaminda Vaas and so forth
Medium pace - Scott Styris and so forth
Slow Orthordox/Off spin - Muttiah Muralitharan and so forth
Leg spin - Shane Warne, Abdul Qadir, Anil Kumble and so forth

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