Cricket 2004 News

Welcome to the special Cricket 2004 News Page!

Here, you'll get all the latest Cricket 2004 news, screenshots, updates, and more as it is released from Electronic Arts (EA Sports)!

Fresh from the Market:

December 15th, 2003

Teams that will be in Cricket 2004 (56 in total):

International:

Australia Bangladesh Canada England Holland India Kenya Namibia
New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe

Domestic:

            Border    Canterbury    Derbyshire    Durham    Essex    Gauteng    Glamorgan    Gloucestershire    Hampshire
        Kent    Lancashire    Leicestershire    Middlesex    Minor Counties XI     NSW Blues     Northamptonshire    N.Districts
            Nottinghamshire     Queensland Bulls    Somerset    SA Redbacks    Surrey    Sussex    TAS Tigers    Trinidad
                              VICC    Bushrangers    Warwickshire    WA Warriors    Worcestershire    Yorkshire

Intentional 'A' Sides:

Australia A India A Pakistan A South Africa A West Indies A

Other Teams:

Chairmans XI PM's XI Dukes XI Governors XI B.Presidents XI

The stadiums in Cricket 2004 (61 in total):

England		India	Pakistan	Others
Lords Old Trafford Northampton Trent Bridge Southampton Taunton The Oval Worcester Edgebaston	Bristol Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Chester Le Street Derby Hove Headingley Leicester	Bangalore Pune Chennai New Delhi Kolkata Mumbai	Faisalabad Gujranwala Karachi Lahore Peshawar Rawalpindi	Dhaka (Bangladesh) Nairobi (Kenya) Sharjah (UAE) Harare (Zimbabwe)

New Zealand	South Africa	Sri Lanka	West Indies
Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Wellington North Wellington	Newlands Centurion East London Wanderers) Port Elizabeth	Kandy Colombo Galle	Saint Johns , Antigua Bridgetown , Barbados Georgetown , Guyana Kingston , Jamaica Port Of Spain , Trinidad

New screenshots have been released, click on the pictures below to get a better look:

November 19th, 2003

Electronic Arts Australia have released a wallpaper for Cricket 2004.
Instructions: click on the picture to the left; once the window opens,
right click and "set as background" or "set as wallpaper".

November 6th, 2003:

More Screenshots have been added for Cricket 2004 (click to see a larger picture)

Observations:

It has been noticed that all screen shots either include Fila, Nike, or Adidas's ads in Cricket 2004. Interesting, consider all are rival companies, yet Reebok, one of cricket's top gear manufacturing, is nowhere to be seen.

Interview:

Ziff Davis Australia's Alex Kidman recently had an interview with Electronic Arts Australia Developer Andrew Wilson. To read more about the interview, click here

Screenshots (click for a larger picture):

Official Cricket 2004 Covers:

Australian Cover New Zealand Cover

Features:

	All the international teams and players including astonishingly high detail in the players’ faces and bodies, including varied player sizes.
	Full licenses from the ACB, ECB, NZ Cricket and the South African Cricket team.
	75 accurately modeled stadia, including various pitch types and conditions, detailed real time weather effects, and night modes for Day/Night matches.
	All new Motion Capture allowing improved player animations including form and injuries
	Flexible play allows the player to be fully involved in the selection of batsmen and bowlers, the placing of fielders. Chose manual fielding, or simply let the intelligent AI position your fielders for you.

Link: EA Sports Cricket 2004

Rumors:

Some people are speculating that Cricket 2004 will be released in Australia/New Zealand this November, but it is said that EA Sports will be releasing the game in Europe/South Africa in March. I don't know exactly why this is so, but from history, the Asian countries should get Cricket 2004 in March 2004. When ever it comes out, it will be well worth the wait!