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Cricket 97 is a cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 game for PCs that was released in 1997. The sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
 to Cricket 96
Cricket 96

Cricket 96 is a cricket game for the MS-DOS PCs that was released in 1995. The sequel to Super International Cricket on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was developed by Melbourne House and published by EA Sports....
, it was developed by Melbourne House
Melbourne House

Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game developer studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne. They were founded in 1980 under the name Beam Software by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen....
 (as Beam Software) and published by EA Sports
EA Sports

EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports games, that tried to mimic real-life sports networks, calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John Madden , it soon grew up to become a su...
. It was the final cricket game in the series to be developed by Melbourne House.

Compared to the previous game, the improvement in graphics continued with three-dimensional stadiums (though players remained rendered as sprites). Cricketing legends Ritchie Benaud and Ian Botham
Ian Botham

Sir Ian Terence Botham, Order of the British Empire is a former English cricket team Test Match cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator....
 returned to provide commentary and also featured in full motion video
Full motion video

Full motion video based games, usually abbreviated as FMV-based games, are video games that rely upon pre-recorded television-quality film or animation rather than Sprite , vector graphics or 3D models to display action in the game....
 interludes.

The game also featured official team licensing for a number of teams but did not feature real player names as with previous games in the series.






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Cricket 97 is a cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 game for PCs that was released in 1997. The sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
 to Cricket 96
Cricket 96

Cricket 96 is a cricket game for the MS-DOS PCs that was released in 1995. The sequel to Super International Cricket on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was developed by Melbourne House and published by EA Sports....
, it was developed by Melbourne House
Melbourne House

Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game developer studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne. They were founded in 1980 under the name Beam Software by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen....
 (as Beam Software) and published by EA Sports
EA Sports

EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports games, that tried to mimic real-life sports networks, calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John Madden , it soon grew up to become a su...
. It was the final cricket game in the series to be developed by Melbourne House.

Compared to the previous game, the improvement in graphics continued with three-dimensional stadiums (though players remained rendered as sprites). Cricketing legends Ritchie Benaud and Ian Botham
Ian Botham

Sir Ian Terence Botham, Order of the British Empire is a former English cricket team Test Match cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator....
 returned to provide commentary and also featured in full motion video
Full motion video

Full motion video based games, usually abbreviated as FMV-based games, are video games that rely upon pre-recorded television-quality film or animation rather than Sprite , vector graphics or 3D models to display action in the game....
 interludes.

The game also featured official team licensing for a number of teams but did not feature real player names as with previous games in the series. However, a re-release of the game entitled the Ashes Tour Edition featured the English and Australian tour squads for the 1997
Australian cricket team in England in 1997

The Australia national cricket team toured England in the 1997 English cricket season to play a six-match Test cricket series against England national cricket team....
 Ashes series
The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England cricket team and Australia national cricket team. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated sports rivalry and dates back to 1882....
.

EA Sports followed Cricket 97 with Cricket World Cup 99. Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly

The Creative Assembly is a British video game developer established in 1987 by Tim Ansell. Although primarily based in the West Sussex town of Horsham, the Creative Assembly also operates an Australian branch in Fortitude Valley, Queensland....
 took over as developer.

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