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Contents INSTALLATION . 2

OVERVIEW ...... 3

CHAPTER 1: MAIN MENU . . . . . 4 Player Profiles ...... 4 Coach and Physio ...... 4 Player Records...... 5 Fixtures and Results ...... 5 World Ratings ...... 5

CHAPTER 2: CONTRACTS ...... 6

CHAPTER 3: TEAM SELECTION...... 8 International Selection and One-Day Internationals ...... 9

CHAPTER 4: THE MATCH ...... 9 Players Form ...... 9 Coin Toss...... 10 Groundsman ...... 10 Playing Conditions...... 10 The Match Screens ...... 11 Highlights Level...... 11 Save Game ...... 11 Conditions Icons ...... 12 ...... 12 ...... 14

CHAPTER 5 TIPS ...... 16

CHAPTER 6 NETWORK ...... 20

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Scenarios: Installation INTERFACE Overview Choose from the historical scenarios. The game is entirely controlled by the 1) Insert the disk into your CD ROM Mouse. Making a selection involves International Captain 2006 drive. Load Game: making a left mouse-click. Within the Ashes Edition, is a game in which you 2) If Autorun is enabled on your PC, Play a previously saved game. Main Menu screens you can use the right have the chance to both captain and then an International Cricket button to select an option at the top of manage a team. The various ways to Captain 2006 Ashes Edition the screen. Options: installation window will be displayed play the game are as follows: FULL SCREEN / WINDOWS Choose windowed or full screen on your desktop. If Autorun is To toggle between playing in Full Screen display modes. This will also display disabled, or the installation window Single Player: does not appear automatically, open or Windows mode, use the F2 key. the current version of the 1) Full Game: captain a county and up My Computer on your desktop, WARNING: If you are using a TNT game. access your CD (often labelled D:) based graphics card and are running the earn the right to lead England. drive, and double click on the game in a Window, please refrain from The quickest way to learn the game is 2) County and England: Captain setup.exe file. using the Window’s minimise option as to embark on a voyage of exploration, a county side and lead England 3) You must install the game on your this may cause the game to malfunction. clicking on all the icons and tabs immediately. hard drive. To do this you should RUNNING ANIMATED en-route to discover their functions. have at least 150 Mb of free hard HIGHLIGHTS 3) International Only: Captain any But for those of you who require disk space. If you have a P200 or greater with at of the Test-playing nations. 4) Follow the on-screen instructions. least 32 Mb RAM, then you will be able further information, please read on. RUNNING INTERNATIONAL to view animated highlights when you CRICKET CAPTAIN 2006 are playing a match. If these highlights 2-Player: ASHES EDITION appear jerky or slow, then choose None. 1) Choose to play a series between To start International Cricket Captain SPECIAL NOTES any of the Test-playing nations or 2006 Ashes Edition: Installation Progress Bar Flickering. play a team from a saved game. Select International Cricket Captain During installation, the progress bar 2006 Ashes Edition from the Xplosiv occasionally displays as a black program group on your start button, flickering rectangle instead of a normal located on the Windows taskbar. progress bar. Don’t worry, it’s still You may also run the game by double installing the files. clicking the Ashes Cricket Captain 2006 UPDATES AND INFORMATION icon on the desktop. ABOUT INTERNATIONAL UNINSTALLING CRICKET CAPTAIN 2006 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET ASHES EDITION CAPTAIN 2006 ASHES EDITION Further information about International To uninstall International Cricket Cricket Captain is available via our Captain: Go to the Control Panel in website at Windows and then select Add/Remove www.xplosiv.net Programs. Select International Cricket www.childishthings.co.uk Captain 2006 Ashes Edition from the menu and then choose Remove and then OK.

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strengths and weaknesses. For fast The coaching and physio sessions are - Fixtures and Results Chapter 1: access to this information during a Net Practice: improves the Use this screen to view the fixtures match, simply double click on a short term form of the player. and results of every team in all player's name. Use the < > competitions. Clicking on the tabs will Technique: improves Main Menu tabs to scroll though your team, allow you to find the precise performance the long or through other counties if you have information you require. term, and so is generally selected the Team Details screen. more effective with younger World Ratings players. COACH Shows the rankings of international AND PHYSIO Physio: helps players stay fit. teams. The Coach and Physio screen will appear once a month. The number of Only one session may be allocated per coaching/physio sessions available is player. These sessions are available for determined by your budget allocation both batting & bowling. at the start of the season (see Budget Allocation chapter). Player Records When you have selected a team you To allocate a session to a player, first Click on the Player Records button to will be taken to the In game Main select him and then assign the training view batting and bowling averages in Menu - the hub of the game. From this session you require from the pop-up all competitions. The default screen is: point, you will be able to access most menu. An icon representing the type Batting, First Class and Career, sorted of the information you need. Probably of training he is undergoing will in order of merit. the first thing you will want to look at appear opposite his name. You can sort these into any order you is your current squad. To view this, wish by clicking on the various click Team Details and then select the buttons. Squad tab. To return to the Main The filter button enables you to only Menu click on the < button at the view players who have played more bottom left of the screen. than 5 (batsmen) or taken PLAYER PROFILES more than 15 (bowlers). Select this in order to obtain more When you start the game the statistics detailed information about your will be accurate to the end of September players and click on the self- 2006. As the game progresses the explanatory tabs. computer will update these with the results from the games played in your To view Salaries and Contracts click ‘cricket world’. on the Personal tab. This tab will also allow you to examine a player's

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player will then accept or decline, or the first opportunity to sign them. If At the end of the first round, you will Chapter 2: invite you to make a new offer. you wish to offer them a contract then be advised of the outcome of your If the player accepts your offer, the use the method previously described own bids. This procedure will money you have agreed to pay him in re-signing out-of-contract players. continue for nine more rounds, though Contracts you may curtail this by clicking on will be deducted from your budget. If When you have finished signing or you decline to renew a player’s re-signing players and terminating Finish With Contracts. This is Renewals contract he will automatically leave contracts, click on the Continue advisable when you have insufficient At the end of each season the the club. button. funds to make further feasible bids. contracts of some of your players will Tip: you may prefer to wait and see Tip have expired. If you wish you may re- which other out-of-contract players Signing New Players The salary will always reflect the negotiate their contracts immediately. After you have finished negotiating are available before re-signing any of optimum amount sought, so you may To do so, click on the name of the with your own players you will have a your own players. This is because if wish to bid less, but then again, if you player whose contract you wish to chance to sign out-of-contract players you do not sign them in this phase, want to be really sure of getting the re-negotiate. This will bring up his from other clubs. Choose whether you you will have another opportunity in player, then you should meet his details including the salary and length want to view Domestic, New, or the next phase of the game when they demands. of contract he is seeking. Overseas Player. Use the method will appear on the Out-of-Contract The salary will always reflect the described above for renewing contracts list. Of course, another club could optimum amount sought, so you may in order to make an offer to the players outbid you and sign them at this stage. wish to bid less, but then again if you you are interested in adding to your want to be really sure of getting the Terminating contracts team. See bidding below. player you may wish to bid more. If you wish to terminate a player’s INCREASE OR DECREASE OFFER contract, click on the Terminate Bidding Bidding is conducted in a series of button and then click on the name of rounds, of which there are 10. You the player’s whose contract you wish may not have more than three bids in to terminate. In the panel of the right progress at any one time. Your total of of the screen you will be advised what bids may exceed your available budget the settlement figure will be. This in which case the bids will be resolved figure is calculated at 50% of his in the order of 1-2-3. So if your first BUDGET ALLOCATION current salary, but because you are bid succeeds but uses up most of your At the start of each season you will saving 50% of his salary this figure budget, then bids 2 and 3 will need to allocate your funds for the will be added to your budget, not probably fail because of lack of cash. forthcoming campaign. You can subtracted. choose to spend funds on the Use the scroll bars to adjust the For this reason it is important to following areas: amount to your satisfaction. When you Youth Team Graduates prioritise your bids. When you have are satisfied with the salary and length Each year graduates from your youth decided upon your three bids, click Physiotherapy – helps to keep players of contract, click on Make Offer. The team will emerge, providing you with on Continue. fit by increasing the number of

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physiotherapy sessions available and To enable viewing of player types at a brings players back from injury more Chapter 3: glance the following symbols are quickly. displayed: Coaching – increases the number of Team Bat – Batsman. coaching sessions available for your players. Ball – Bowler. Youth Coach – increases the chance of Selection Bat & Ball – All Rounder. good players emerging from your A default team will be provided for youth team. you in the upper panel. The lower Gloves – Keeper.

panel will contain the remaining O – Opener. members of the squad. If you wish to If a player has a red + symbol by his remove a player from the team, click Chapter 4: name this means he is injured and not on the player's name to display a eligible for selection. pop-up menu, click on swap and then The Match go to the lower panel and click on the replacement player. The two players If a player has a globe symbol by his PLAYERS FORM will then swap places. name this indicates that he is on A player’s form is based on his last six international duty and not eligible for On the pop-up menu, you will also be performances. A good way to increase selection. You will be notified in the able to nominate a wicket-keeper, a a player’s form is to give him some net news box when these players become captain, opening bowlers and adjust the practice, or even a run in the 2nd XI. . To perform the latter, available again. On the Team Selection screen you select Move and then click on the slot can also adjust the statistics display. you wish to move the batsman to. International Selection and One-Day Internationals Use the scroll arrows, or just click on the button to launch a pop-up menu. When you are captaining the national To get more information about a side you will first be required to select player, click on his name and select a squad. In England’s case, the default player profile. squad will be the centrally contracted players. Click the Test Squad tab to Before you finish your team selection view these. In the main database, the it might be a good idea to select the name of these players will be Conditions tab to get an idea of the highlighted in view. You may replace weather. You may wish to consider these players by clicking on their picking a team to take advantage of names and then selecting Add/Remove. the predicted climatic conditions. When you are satisfied with your team, click on the forward arrow (>)

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on the lower right of the screen and Bounce Light then Play Match to take you to the Perfect: Favours batsmen. When four lights are lit on the coin toss. Even: Slight advantage for meter then the batsmen will Note: if you choose Skip Match, the batsmen. probably be offered the light, computer will play the match for you. Average: No advantage for though this chance is reduced if Unfortunately, your ‘tactical nous’ will batsmen or bowlers. slower bowlers are operative at be missed so the team is unlikely to Uneven: Favours fast bowlers. the time. perform to their maximum ability. Erratic: Mainly favours fast bowlers, but all bowlers THE MATCH COIN TOSS will gain some SCREENS The Coin Toss screen displays the advantage. After you have decided whether competing teams and pitch and to bat or bowl, you will be taken weather conditions for the match. Wear to the match screen. SAVE GAME Very Good: Favours batsmen. Choose heads or tails by clicking on The game is designed to AutoSave, but Good: Slight advantage for the appropriate button, and then select HIGHLIGHTS LEVEL you can also save during a match by batsmen. whether you want to bat or bowl. You One of the first things to decide is clicking on the “Save & Exit” button at Average: No advantage for either may want to check the pitch and what level of Highlights you wish to the bottom left of the screen. weather before making this decision, batsmen or bowlers. see. To do this click on the “highlights You save and exit between matches as the conditions may affect the course Turning: Advantage for spin level” button at the bottom of the from the Main Menu. Click on the blue of the match. bowlers. screen to display a pop-menu, and then 'Save & Exit' button at the lower left. Sharp Turn: Big advantage for spin select the highlights level you would GROUNDSMAN bowlers. like to see. As you will see, the EXPLANATION OF Click on the Groundsman button prior parameters range from None to Ball-by- SYMBOLS to the start of a match and instruct Weather ball (although the latter could result in a The commentary text uses the him to prepare a pitch tailored to suit Sunny: Adversely effect stamina rather long game). If you select Wickets of fast bowlers. Seamers following symbols: your bowling strengths. You may and Chances, this will display every will take less wickets. choose to ignore this, in which case edged or uppish shot; all LBW appeals, ! = Near miss Unsettled: Neutral. the pitch will be randomly generated. drops, catches and, of course, wickets b = Byes Cloudy: Slight advantage for falling. Selecting None will mean the • = dot ball PLAYING CONDITIONS seam bowlers. match proceeds in text only mode. The following are various Very Cloudy: Increased advantage for = wide, or no ball, the latter If you choose no highlights then you x permutations of playing and weather seam bowlers. with number of runs scored have choice of playing the match with conditions, together with their effects. from it. a text commentary, or displaying the Pitch bounce and wear will deteriorate Batting or Bowling card. Make your as the match progresses. selection by clicking on the appropriate tab.

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CONDITIONS ICONS an animated representation of the over, STAMINA BAR CHANGE BOWLER In the lower right of the screen you showing the highlight levels which you will see a set of icons reflecting match previously selected. If you chose to AGGRESSION BAR conditions. From left to right these view no highlights, then the results of are: weather, light, bounce, wear, the over will appear instantly. SET outfield and age of ball (this is If you wish to play the over ball-by- LENGTH replaced to show overs remaining of ball, then click on the Ball Tab. EDIT field restrictions in one day games). FIELD The red dots indicate degrees of Bowling - Attacking adversity, so when there are, say, four and Defensive Levels SET LINE red dots on the outfield icon, this will You adjust the attacking/defensive

indicate that the outfield is slow. Or level of your bowlers by selecting CHOOSE FIELD MATCH OPTIONS SETTING CHOOSE TO GO OVER when there are, say, no red dots on the notches on the bar below the bowler’s AND SAVE GAME OR AROUND THE WICKET bounce icon, then this will indicate name. The more attacking a bowler is the bounce is true. the more likely he is to take a wicket, by the weather and the whether or not Bowling - Editing a Field but he will also be more prone to he has been bowling very aggressively. and User Defined Fields BOWLING conceding runs. Bowlers set to a very Tired bowlers will have a marginally The field setting will adjust If you bowl first then the bowling aggressive attacking level will lose less chance of taking a wicket, just as a automatically once you have selected dialogue will appear to the right of the stamina more quickly. These levels are settled bowler will have a slightly line, length and attacking levels for screen. presets which effect your line and greater chance of taking a wicket. your bowler. However, you can The name of the opening bowler you length and field settings to reflect your manually override these settings chose during Team Selection should aggression. User defined combinations Bowling - Setting should you so desire. To do this, select appear at the top of the bowling may be created by setting the bowling a Line and Length the correct field setting and then dialogue. controls independently as described in To set a line and length for a bowler, choose the new field setting from the If you wish to change the bowler at the following paragraphs. locate the stumps on the bowling panel pop-up array. this or any other point in the game, and then click on the area where you click on the "change" button just under Bowling - Stamina wish to pitch the ball. To set a line, the name to bring up your team, and and Settled move the ball to the line you wish to then select a new bowler. Click on the A bowler’s stamina rating is adopt: outside the off stump is name of the bowler you wish to select. represented by the yellow bar on he considered defensive, middle and leg is The new bowler will now appear at bowling panel. The yellow dots will the most attacking setting. To go over the top of the bowling dialogue. decrease as the bowler loses stamina. or around the wicket, move the arrow The green scale on the rim of the to the left or to the right. Note: in one- Click on Next Over or press the Space stamina bar is an indicator of how day games restrictions apply. Bar to continue the game. settled a bowler is. The green dots If you have selected any form of increase as the bowler settles into a highlights, the screen will change to MOVE FIELDERS groove. A bowlers stamina is affected

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To customise a field setting, select edit BATTING Lock Batsman you will be invited to enforce the and then use the mouse to drag the Click on a notch on the Defensive/ By default your batsmen's aggression is follow on. fielders (represented by numbers) on Attacking bar (located beside fielder the same against both current bowlers. Tip: As there are clear advantages to the oval to their new positions. You layout) to determine how quickly you In certain cases you might want to set the team issuing the invitation, it is can "save" this setting by selecting the want to score. Generally a high this independently, to take advantage recommended you answer Yes when Save button. aggression will result in a higher of a weaker bowler, for example. prompted. To load a user defined field setting, scoring rate but the more aggressive Click on the gold chain to open the select the current field setting and you are the greater the risk of links. Now you can change the Declaration then choose User Defined to bring up conceding your wicket. Batsmen who aggression independently for the Click on the declaration button when all your saved field settings. Select the are overly aggressive before they are current bowler. When required, click you think you have scored enough field which you wish to use. settled are especially prone to losing again to close the links and apply runs (in a First Class match) and you their wicket. aggression to both bowlers. wish to declare the innings closed. The panel to the left of the Edit Field screen can be customised to display Settled Match/Player Analysis New Ball where a batsman is scoring his runs The bar next to the fielder layout To get an analysis of a player's The new ball will be available to the against a particular bowler. has two functions: the green light performance simply click on the bowling side after 90 overs in a first Action Replays indicates how settled a batsman is, and player's name in the batting or class match or 80 overs in the orange lights running vertically bowling card. Alternatively use the test matches. To replay any ball from the over, select indicate how tired a batsman is. “Match Analysis” button at the lower the Commentary Card tab and then Tip: Don’t forget to ensure that you edge of the screen, and click on the select the ball you wish to see replayed. have a fully fit fast bowler ready to use Keep Strike player name in the batting or bowling You can also replay a fallen wicket by the new ball as this gives a greater To protect lower end batsmen from card. Here you may also choose the selecting the bowling card and clicking chance of taking a wicket. the strike, click on the bat icon on the Match Analysis screens. on the wicket in the FoW section. right of the panel. This will also result Breaks in fewer singles being taken. Edit Batting Order The game will pause for lunch, tea- SETTLED When a new batsman is due to come breaks and bad weather, close of play in, you may select a different batsman and whenever there is a change of than the one currently selected. To do innings. At this point you will see the KEEP STRIKE this, scroll through the remaining match summary screen. This will also batsman using the arrow provided until enable you to view the scores in other LOCK BATSMAN you find the batsman you want. matches if they are being played. Click through the fixtures at the top of Following on the screen. If your opponents have a first innings To see the scorecard for any innings in deficit of 200 runs or more in a test a match simply highlight that innings match (150 runs in a four day match), and click.

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• If you can tie a batting team down aggression unless you have lots of notches. It is important to bear this Chapter 5: in one-day games they will get wickets to play with. Take note of in mind when selecting one-day more aggressive and get themselves bad or expensive bowlers and use sides, because an aggressive batsman out. Bowl outside off stump and extra aggression against them. will find it easier to score at the Tips use defensive fields. If you don’t required run rate even if they are a • Look at the weather forecast. If Unlike many games, your computer take wickets it’s often worth taking conditions are very cloudy but will generally poorer player. It’s also opponent does not cheat, though the risk to be more aggressive to improve later, bat defensively until useful to have an attacking batsman International Cricket Captain 2006 slow down your opponents scoring they change. If it will be very in at number 7 in county matches presents a tough challenge to most rate. The opposition is more cloudy or raining for the first day, because they can score their runs captains - especially if you’re aggressive the more wickets they put the opposition in to bat. In all before running out of partners. captaining England! But persevere and have left. other situations it is a good idea to • You may notice that there are some take heed of the some of the tips that • If you are in a very strong position, bat first. players who do just as well in one- follow, and success could be yours. declare an hour before the close of • If the other team scores 600 in day games (or even better) as they play in order to give your main their first innings you are unlikely do in county matches. These Bowling Tactics: strike bowlers an extra spell. to win. Give it a go until you lose players will probably benefit from • Fast bowlers get an advantage with a couple of wickets and then shut batting at 4 notches (or five the new ball. Batting Tactics up shop completely (play notches against bad bowlers) in • In county and test matches you • Spin bowlers will generally not defensively) to get the draw. county matches. Other players do should have your batsmen on two take wickets until the ball is about Try to get the maximum batting far worse in one-day games and aggression bars until they are 30% 15 overs old. points as well. should bat at 2 notches in county settled and then move up to three. games. No player will do well • Take note of the effect of • Generally all batsmen perform at If a bad bowler comes on move up batting at six notches in a county conditions on bowlers. An ordinary their best on 3 aggression bars, but to 4. If a good bowler is taking lots game. This aggression should medium pacer can become should bat more defensively while of wickets be more defensive. really just be used when batting dangerous on a very cloudy day. getting settled, and with greater • In one day matches try to score at against very bad bowlers, • Bowlers in county matches will aggression against bad bowlers. about 4.5 to 5 per over for the first 15 attempting a desperate run chase perform at their best on medium The batsman’s own aggression overs (or faster if you’re chasing a big or if making runs before the 120 aggression and balanced field setting. rating refers to the scoring rate of target), while the fields are restricted. overs is up in county games. the batsman if they are on three • Use the defensive field settings if a However, the computer will use its aggression bars. • If a bowler is using an aggressive batsman has a big score or you are best bowlers, so sometimes it is a field against you, it is sometimes going for a draw. Use the attacking A naturally aggressive batsman will good idea to put lesser batsmen in so worth taking the risk to score some field settings if you’ve got plenty score at a strike rate of 50% or that you don’t lose important wickets quick runs to get your batsman of wickets to play with but not above in county matches, while early in the innings. settled. The bowler will then adopt much time. naturally defensive batsmen will • When batting second in one day a more defensive approach, score someway below this if they • Attack new batsmen before they matches, try to keep up with the possibly allowing your batsman to are both on 3 aggression bar are settled by setting bowlers run rate all the way through the score more freely. aggression close to the max. innings. Don’t use maximum batting

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• If you have a batsman keeping • There are lots of good overseas • Around the wicket can help get www.childishthings.co.uk strike make sure they are players so leave these bids batsmen out after a long innings www.xplosiv.net aggressive or you just end up until last. and is effective against left And all that remains to be said is missing singles. The other batsmen handers. However, less Lbw’s are • It’s a good idea to try to get a ‘good luck’. should be on 1 or 2 bars of decent spinner if only because they obtained against right handers. aggression so that they can score can bowl more overs before tiring, • Changing to spinners also helps Disclaimer singles and get off the strike. Only so this way you can play county against settled batsmen. An International Cricket Captain is only a do this for the first 3 balls of an matches with four bowlers instead occasional bowler can work if the game, the results in which are partly over if you are playing ball by ball of five. opposition is comfortable enough influenced by statistics. Some players in a vital match. • Players will not be at their best to slog against them. may perform better than others in the game but this may not necessarily reflect Managing Your Team until they have experience. They need to play about 15 county In General their real-life performances. The salaries • Youth team coaching can produce • Batsmen have a tired rating so matches before they are good. in the game are entirely fictitious. excellent young players, but it is fitness is important. If they have They will continue to improve always a bit of a risk. played a long innings it may be a slightly with each additional match good idea to adopt a cautious • Extra coaching points are handy although they can also lose ability approach when getting close to a but expensive. It is a better idea to due to age. Test match players day break. They will start the next use what you have already and need to get experience as well. ensure all your players benefit by day fresh. • Cricketers need luck as well as continually moving your resources • Bowlers have a settled rating so skill. A player with a bad average around the team. bowl them in spells until they have may be good but unlucky. Take about 3 bars of energy left. Try to • Coaching has little effect on note of the number of near misses do this in one day games as well. in-form players. Coaching has a they get when bowling or batting more long term effect on young (the notes section is useful for • Some players are more prone to players than older ones, so a good this), it will give an extra injury than others. If you have a policy is to direct coaching indication of ability. star player that keeps getting towards them. injured, sell him or spend lots on • Give young players a good run physiotherapy so that they return • If you get a good young player before writing them off. Second to action more quickly. give him a three year contract to team averages also help in deciding save money. if a player is any good. Please check our websites for patches and information about the game. You • Players will generally accept quite • Don’t drop your best players just can ensure you have the latest version a lot less than they are asking for, because they’ve had a couple of of the game by selecting Updates from but never on the first offer, and not bad scores - an excellent player out the first screen when you start if there are other counties offering of form is better than a poor player the game. close to your offer. in form.

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to play on-line in the current session. current position and experience. For the Match Length: Chapter 6: You may have up to four participating first 16 games, players will risk winning You can play one day or 4 day teams in the online league at any one and losing more points until their level is county matches. time. Only saved teams from Full or established. Experienced players will risk Network County and England games played on losing fewer points when playing against Time Reserve: a Normal skill level are acceptable. a newcomer. This is in order to prevent This is the time you are allowed per REQUIREMENTS Any team listed in grey is not available expert players gaining easy points. match to make your match decisions. (1 CD per player), Internet Play for play on-line. Each player is allowed a "free" 15 Requires - 56 Kbps modem or faster You may retire a team by first selecting CHAT seconds per turn. This works very much connection, TCP/IP compliant Type in messages to other players. the team you wish to retire, and like a chess clock; when your time runs network and an Internet account. clicking on the Retire Team button. out then play will continue automatically. CHALLENGING WARNING: Once you have retired a YOUR TEAM Please note that you can only team, that team will be permanently Ball by Ball limit: Before participating in the on-line challenge players who are no more retired and may never be used again This is very useful for one-day league, it is recommended that you than 800 points away, so the most on-line. matches. It enables you to specify the play the Single Player version to the convenient way to find an opponent is maximum number of overs you would Once you have selected your team you point where you feel you have built up probably to find your own position like to play ball-by-ball, though this will be asked to name your team. a good team. on-line and then challenge players does not mean that you have to play Please note that this will also serve as within 800 points. To execute the all the overs denoted in this manner. your on-line handle for that team. If PLAY challenge, click on the name of the you have more than one team then Log on to the internet in the usual player you wish to challenge and Highlights Level: you may wish to name them Ducks1 manner and then load the game as you select ladder or friendly Each player Set the highlights level as you would do Ducks2 etc. Your name must be unique normally would. Click on the Internet will be notified of the number of in a solo match. Player 1 (the and you will asked to give another Game option on the opening menu of points they risk for a win/loss/draw. challenger) sets the above parameters name if it isn’t. the game. You will be asked for a The player being challenged will now first and then clicks on the Ready password of your choosing, which may respond. If he/she accepts, then a THE LEAGUE button. If Player 2 (the challenged) is be stored if you wish. dialogue box will appear enabling happy with these then he clicks on Up to 10 players may be displayed at Before starting the game, the server players to negotiate on the type of Ready also. If he wishes to change the any one time. To see players above and will check to ensure you have the match they want. match parameters then he goes through below the currently displayed position latest version of the game, and if you changing the settings he doesn’t like. use the Next and Previous buttons. haven’t it will then update it. Please be NEGOTIATIONS When he is finished he then clicks on sure to view any README files for any The parameters for the match are as SCORING Ready. This process is repeated until late changes to the game. follows:- both players are "ready" at which point Each player will start off with 1000 CHOOSING A TEAM Player 2 clicks on the Start button and points in each of the two leagues. The Match Type: the match commences. You will be shown all the saved games scoring system is based on a chess-style Friendly (no points at risk) or Ladder. you have stored, choose one of these formula which takes into account your

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If players are unable to agree on the proceed automatically. Time is only A team’s number of unfinished matches is type of match they want, then either deducted from your clock for the time listed on the ladder. Teams with what player may click on the Reject button you have taken, irrespective of might be considered a high number of and the challenge will be cancelled. whether you are batting or bowling. unfinished matches, in relation to the number of matches played, should be THE MATCH CHAT approached with caution. The key difference between an on-line You may send messages to your match and a solo game match are the opponent by typing in the Chat box PROXY SERVER time clocks. These appear below the Play along the bottom half of the screen. To If you want to log on through a proxy Over button. The clock to the left is extend the chat box and view previous server you will need to contact your your clock and the clock to the right messages, click on the Chat tab. system administrator and ask him to will always be your opponent’s. allow access to port 2267. ON-LINE AVERAGES Fielding: The batting and bowling averages END GAME If you are the team in the field then accumulated in your online game When you have finished the match make your changes in the way you are stored in the saved game and you will be taken back to the Ladder would in a solo game. When you will be updated after every and your score will be updated. have finished click on Play Over or completed match. Ball-By -Ball, as the case may be, to transfer the game to the batting DISCONNECTIONS team. The time you have taken to Because of the size of the saved game make these changes will be deducted files we are unable to store games on- from the time clock. line. Unfortunately this means that matches that are disconnected whilst in Batting: progress will be lost. Previously we You will be able to respond to the adopted a code of honesty and did not bowling and fielding changes before penalise disconnections. This system has each over. Once you have decided been abused, so now a disconnection will on your tactics, as you would do in a be treated as a lost game and the player solo game, click on Play Over. As who disconnected will be deducted the soon as you do this do this, the time relevant points. This will mean a genuine clock will stop and show the amount disconnection will be counted against of time you have left for the match. you. If you suffer a high number of disconnections (more than 10%) it is Notes: recommended you change ISP as not all If one minute elapses without any are best set up for on-line gaming. action being taken, the game will

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Credits Game design: Chris Child, Artwork: Jayshree Mistry, Brian Walker Andrew Philp, Nicole Smith, Programming: Chris Child, Andy Yau Lana Welch Network Programming: Dan Thomas Marketing: Rob Noble Additional Programming: Mastering & Technical Support: Mansu Patel, Charlie Skilbeck Haydon Farrar Graphics: Michel Bowes, Acknowledgements: The photo of the Colin Robinson, Andy Yau Bulawayo cricket ground was taken by Chris Turvey of Empics and is Commentary: Jonathan Agnew reproduced by permission. Producer: Chris Child and Peter Griffiths of CricketArchive.com Simon Prytherch supplied the player database and QA Manager: Dave Cleaveley statistics. Additional database editing Lead Tester: Phil Octave by Bronia Housman QA Tester: Kyle Brewer, James Davis, Thanks to Cricinfo for supplying Oliver Pareja, Paul Jackson, ground information, and also to James Knight, James Nicholas, Wisden for their help with clarifying Simon Collins some of the finer points of the sport. Special thanks to: Patrick Eagar for his Website addresses: wonderful photography. Jonathan www.childishthings.co.uk Agnew for assistance beyond the call. Adrian Stephenson and Paul McGregor. www.xplosiv.net www.cricketarchive.com Packaging Design: ACE

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