EA Sports launched their last cricket game, Cricket 07, back in 2006 and it was a huge hit among cricket fans. The game enjoys a vast user base and is still played, albeit with mods and patches to keep up with the current cricket scenario.
The game has 18 international teams for you can play with but only England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have the official player names and kits. Blame it on EA for losing the licensing bids. Other generic teams do have player names and statistics are quite similar to real players. Or, you can always add your own players and make your own team, thanks to Cricket 07’s ‘Create a Player’ feature.
Here, we look at the five best Batsmen from Cricket 07 and their special batting attributes
#1 S. Tendehar (Sachin Tendulkar) – 98
Since EA Sports lost the licensing bid of the Indian cricket team, they have given aliases to real players in the game. S. Tendehar or Sachin Tendulkar is the most skilled batsman in the game with a skill rating of 98.
All his other batting attributes are above 95 and the ‘God of Cricket’ doesn’t fail to impress cricket fans playing the game. As expected S. Tendehar has no batting weaknesses while his batting strengths include- square drive, cover drive, straight drive, on drive, square cut, leg glance, sweep, back foot cover drive, back foot straight drive, back foot on drive, glance off hips, pull and hook. To sum it up, S Tendehar qualifies for all the batting strengths provided in Cricket 07.
The right-handed batsman has special batting skills of ‘Driver’, ‘Demon Hooker’, ‘Slogger’ and ‘Spin Expert’. S Tendehar’s career statistics in Cricket 07 are similar to the real life Sachin Tendulkar with forty seven 100’s and eighty-six 50’s in 424 matches.
#2 Ricky Ponting – 96
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is second in this list with overall batting skill of 96. The right-handed batsman boasts a rating above 90 in all batting attributes.
The best part about having the Australian skipper in your team is that he has no batting weaknesses. His batting strengths in the game include cover drive, straight drive, on drive, square cut, back foot cover drive, pull and hook.
Ricky Ponting’s special batting skill in Cricket 07 is the ‘demon hook’. His career statistics in Cricket 07 are outstanding with twenty-three 100’s and sixty-seven 50’s at a batting average of 41.99 in 318 matches.
#3 R Dravia (Rahul Dravid) – 94
R Dravia is another generic player based on the real life cricketer Rahul Dravid with an overall skill rating of 94 in Cricket 07. All his batting attributes are above 92 and this player has no batting weaknesses too.
The right-handed batsman has batting strength of- on drive, sweep, back foot cover drive, back foot straight drive, back foot on drive and glance off hips.
The real life Dravid is known as ‘The wall’ for his defensive style of playing and his Cricket 07 counterpart’s special batting skills include ‘Defensive Wall’ and ‘Spin Expert’.
R Dravia career statistics in Cricket 07 are commendable with eighteen 100’s and eighty-four 50’s at an average of 43.85 in 345 matches.
#4 Michael Vaughan – 94
Former England captain Michael Vaughan also makes it to the list with a skill rating of 94. All his other batting attributes are above 94 and the captain doesn’t disappoint in the game.
Vaughan has no batting weaknesses in Cricket 07, while his batting strengths include- square drive, cover drive, straight drive, on drive, leg glance, sweep, square cut, glance off hips and pull. His special batting skills include ‘Defensive wall’ and ‘Driver’.
The right-handed batsman has comparatively lower career statistics compared to other players in our list with three 100’s and forty-one 50’s at an average of 29.14 in 258 matches.
#5 B Lawrence (Brian Lara) – 94
B Lawrence is the in-game counterpart of real life West Indian cricketer Brian Lara. In a career spanning almost two decades, Lara scored over 22,000 international runs.
B Lawrence has a skill rating of 94 and all his other batting attributes too are above 90. His batting strengths include- square drive, cover drive, straight drive, on drive, leg glance, square cut, back foot cover drive, back foot straight drive and pull. The left-handed batsman has no batting weaknesses.
Lara has his own cricket game named ‘Brian Lara Cricket 2007’ which sold over a million copies. He still holds the record for the most runs in a single test innings of 400, ahead of Matthew Hayden who registered 380.
