Cricket Captain 2021 4+
Cricket Management Game
Childish Things Ltd
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Cricket Captain 2021 takes to the field for a new season. An exciting year includes the final of the inaugural Test Match Championship, and the new ODI World Championship, which gives teams the chance to qualify for the 2023 World Cup. The 100 Ball competition will run for the first time, introducing a new short format game. Cricket Captain 2021 gives you the change to play in these, and many more, competitions and formats.
20 Over match simulation has been improved for Cricket Captain 2021, with a rebalanced match engine and updated batting aggression bar, providing greater control of scoring rate. We have also increased outfield catches when batsmen are attacking. The target RPO (T.RPO) indicator has been replaced with estimated RPO (E.RPO) when batting, taking changing bowler tactics into account, to give greater scoring rate accuracy. Dot ball percentage has replaced maidens in 20 Over matches to provide further information about the bowling strengths and performance of your bowlers.
The exciting atmosphere of the Super Over makes its debut in Cricket Captain. The English domestic system has been updated with the latest rules for competitions and overseas players. We have also updated the South African domestic system, with 15 new teams.
Cricket Captain 2021 features a full database update, including new stats for fastest 50s and 100s for team, ground and versus records.
Cricket Captain takes cricket management simulation another step forward, giving you more options than ever to manage your team to glory.
Key features for 2021 include:
• ODI and Test World Championships: compete in the new ODI World Championship.
• Super Over: exciting one over shootouts for tied matches.
• 20 Over Simulation: improved engine, with new controls and stats.
• English Domestic System: with the latest competitions and overseas player rules.
• English 100 Ball Competition: updated squads as the competition starts this summer.
• Change International Team: receive job offers from around the world.
• South Africa Domestic System: updated to match the new formats.
• Fastest 50s and 100s: thousands of new records to break.
• Improved Batting Controls: new batting aggression bar allows greater control.
• Improved Bowling Controls: greater control in limited over matches.
• New Kits: updates for English domestic and international teams.
• Match Engine: rebalanced runs and wickets engine, improved outfield catches for aggressive batsman, E.RPO taking in to account bowler tactics, reduced caught and bowled chance.
• Internet Game: improved reliability and cheat detection.
• ATGs Online: All-Time Great teams can now be played in online friendlies.
• Historical Scenarios: play in classic England test series vs India or New Zealand.
• Tournament Modes: play in stand-alone One Day or 20 Over World Cups. Create your own World XIs, All-Time Greats and Custom Match Series.
Complete Stats Update:
• Updated player database with over 7,000 players.
• Updated versus, ground and team records.
• Updated domestic squads for all 150 playable domestic teams.
• Updated recent series stats for all players.
• New dot ball percentage replaces maidens for 20 over stats.
What’s New
Version 1.7
Fixed Dropbox removal of authentication token
Ratings and Reviews
Central contracts
Would be nice as England international captain could select which players get a central contract.
For example if I were to develop a young player at county level and then use him in the primary international team. I could be paying (wasting) £70k a season for a player that may play 2 county games all season. No new central contracts are issued after the existing players (even though some in my game retired). Would be nice at the start of each season I could select which ones a centrally contracted
Going backwards
I’ve bought this game in one form or another every year since 2000, but I don’t think I will again. The database is still great, but the match engine seems to get worse every year.
The results of most games appear to be predetermined, regardless of what personnel you choose, or what tactics you use. For example, I’ve tried playing the same opening match of a County Championship season 10 times, and the end result is the same each time. The details vary (although not always that much), but the pattern of each game, and its result, doesn’t vary.
That makes for really tedious gameplay. Even if you do briefly get into a good position, you know that the AI team will come up with a miraculous recovery, regardless of conditions.
There’s also the same problem that the game has had from the start - some players, under AI control, perform like all-time greats, but under player control, they’re realistically average. In that trial game I mentioned, for example, G Munsey (in real life someone who has played a handful of county games over several years) twice made run-a-ball double centuries.
Frankly, this year’s game is a waste of time and money.
Seems like it’s been rushed out
Quite a few bugs in game and not much has changed. Super overs (if ever you get one), updated kits, updated leagues, updated database (again) and ability to now move countries via new job offers. Supposed game engine rebalance? T20 scoring improvements?
Controls are fiddly, gameplay gimmicky, scores very often unrealistic, ie, bowlers in Test matches going for 5 and 6 runs an over! still no umpire DRS or any major addition. Not the finished article I was hoping for. If you’ve got 2020 edition then stick with that, 2020 beats it hands down.
Save your money, at least until the last iteration when all the bugs have gone.
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Information
- Provider
- Childish Things Limited
- Size
- 541.9 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Childish Things Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Unlock the game £3.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.