In its transition from PSone to PS2, the detail in EA's Cricket series' stadiums, players, player faces, ball physics, team AI, pitch details, pitch physics and player options have all seen major improvements. Ten international teams are featured, complete with national stadia and completely up-to-date players. You can choose how much control you want over your team (i.e., you can position each of your individual fielders as you please or leave it up to the intelligent AI) and participate in team management (changing players to appear as your local team, for example), as well as experience great control when batting, bowling or fielding. Dynamic pitch and weather conditions will change during the course of a game, thereby affecting the physics of ball speed and bounce and general bias towards the fielding or batting side--choosing to bat or not is now of the utmost importance. TV replays, commentary by Richie Benaud and extensive gameplay options (practice nets now feature alongside traditional exhibition matches and tournaments) all ensure that this is the most complete cricket simulation yet.