Stick Cricket

Link to forum. The 1983 song Walking on Sunshine by the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 winners, New Wavers Katrina and the Waves, has been used by Telefónica to announce the takeover of BellSouth's Latin America division. It has many different topics mainly focussing on cricket and Stick Cricket. The movistar name became effective on April 5, 2005. There is also a Stick Cricket Forum. Many movistar networks were acquired from BellSouth. Source: Stick Cricket: About. It operates in Spain and many Latin American countries.

Email the OBO and you might get the chance to have your word in the commentary! (SCM). movistar is a major mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. Now, in most games you can sit and watch the game on Stick Cricket, while reading some funny over by over commentary by some Cricket-o-Holics out there. Venezuela (formerly Telcel). Go to The Stickcricket website for more details. Uruguay (formerly Movicom). Stick Cricket has teamed up with Ian Botham, a cricketing legend to indroduce Ian Botham's Stick Mobile on mobile phones. Spain (formerly Telefónica MoviStar).

These are the Head2Head standings seen here as of 9 January 2006. Puerto Rico. Also, to play as any country in world domination, you simply do as follows:. Peru (formerly Telefónica Móviles and BellSouth). There are certain hidden features in the game, namely "Easter Eggs". Panama (formerly BellSouth). This is because of impatient and inexperienced players trying to make a shot too early, forcing the batsman to mistime a shot, often resulting in the fall of a wicket. Nicaragua (formerly BellSouth).

Each has their own weaknesses and strengths, however, many people have found fast bowling to be the easiest to face while spin considered to be the hardest, especially the leg spinners. Mexico (formerly Telefónica MoviStar). There are different types of bowlers:. Guatemala (formerly Telefónica MoviStar and BellSouth). Risk of being out LBW, if the delivery is not a bouncer.
Left, A - Pull and hook, if full an on-drive, but often gets caught: Particularly effective against all bowlers.
Right, D - Cut & Cover Drive: Effective against fast, outswing bowlers but you can be risked of getting caught out at cover. El Salvador. Up, W - Forward drive and defend: Not effective against leg spiners and off spinners.
Down, S - Duck: (especially from bouncers). Ecuador (formerly BellSouth).

You can also choose what type of game you want to play. Colombia (formerly BellSouth). It allows a user to select a national cricket team or a specialized team selected by the winner of the entire World Domination mode. Chile (formerly Telefónica Móvil and BellSouth). When Stick Cricket loads, a welcome screenshot comes up. Argentina (formerly Telefónica Unifón and Movicom BellSouth). The basic objective is to scores as many runs as possible, by the following:.

Although it is always viewed from this angle it is possible to bowl, but this feature is currently only included in the 2 player version of the game. Stick Cricket is viewed from the facing batsman's end. By popular demand, two players can now play on the one keyboard, and Tournament mode has been added. It also added new features around the site, such as Office Leagues, where there are some general leagues, and you can set up your own as well.

In general Version 3.2 added new graphics, including new balls where you can see the seam, and a new stadium. The current version of the game, 3.2 was released on 21st July, and added new graphics in the main, and a new Head2Head Ashes game for the duration of the Ashes, which features a different stadium - Lord's, a different ball (red with seam) and different bowling actions to version 3.1. Also updated were the teams, so they had the most recent players in, and the rankings in accordance with the official ICC One-Day International ratings. You play as a Stick All-Star Team, which contains some of the best players in cricket's history.

Version 3.1 added the world domination version, where you play the world's 8 best teams, and receive a password for each of the teams a player beats. There have been minor updates since then, such as the inclusion of 3 different modes: the Knockout Tournament, based on the ICC Champions Trophy format; the all-star slog where you try to get as many runs as you can in 10 Overs; and the Practice Mode, where you could practice 10 overs against a certain type of bowling. It also featured the ability to play with 12 teams, though the USA were replaced with a fictional team. Version 3 moved Stick Cricket to its current home, where it has its own site.

This was the basis of the stick cricket world. Another version, featuring a fictional Australian team, was also playable online. There was the official version, which was on Mousebreaker, featuring 7 levels which you could play through as the England team. Version 2 appeared in 2 guises.

This version, which built the foundation for version 2 and was the first appearance of Stick Cricket ever, is extremely hard to find on the internet. Other websites have a modified (usually outdated) version of Stick Cricket, though some are now offline, for those feeling nostalgic. However, the batsmen were really sticks before the Stick Cricket game was moved from the servers of Cann Creative to its own website. Current versions of Stick Cricket have human batsmen.

The current version of Stick Cricket is version 3.3 [1]. . The average size of the game is around 500 kilobytes. Stick Cricket is a popular game, being one of the most visited cricket websites with over 35,000 visits a day.

It runs from any web browser which has the Macromedia flash player plug-in and Internet access. The game, was developed by Cann Creative, a company from Sydney, Australia. Stick Cricket is a Macromedia flash cricket game website. Stick Cricket.com [2] Accessed 19/02/2005.

77695 - articles in the online forum. 17.6 minutes - is how long, on average, a visit to the site lasts. The MCG at full capacity would only just fit in the number of players Stick Cricket has in 1 day. Friday - is the most popular day to play.

513 - players who have won the World Domination. ½ million - registered Stick Cricketers . 2½ million - visitors to the site every month. Click play.

Click on "How To Play" and then back. Click on to the team you want. Click on practice mode. BOUNCERS - To play 10 overs with every ball being bowled a bouncer type 'bouncers' into the world domination password box.

RANDOM - To play against bowlers that can bowl all kinds of deliveries in the same over for 10 overs similar to the All-Star Slog, type "random" in the World Domination box. SWING - To play against bowlers that can bowl both kinds of swing in the same over for 10 overs similar to the All-Star Slog, type "swing" in the World Domination box. SPIN - To play against bowlers that can bowl both kinds of spin in the same over for 10 overs similar to the All-Star Slog, type "spin" in the World Domination box. This can be activated by clicking on the commentator's nose (Richie Benaud).

Domestic teams - Play against some of the best domestic teams in the world, such as New South Wales, Mumbai and so forth. If you choose to play the Stick Cricket Tournament in 1987 mode, the USA team is comprised of characters from the Police Academy movies!. 1987 teams - Play against the 1987 team, this can be activated by clicking on the duck that appears on screen when you are out for a duck. Leg spin - Shane Warne, Abdul Qadir, Anil Kumble and so forth.

Slow Orthordox/Off spin - Muttiah Muralitharan and so forth. Medium pace - Scott Styris and so forth. Outswing bowlers - Shoaib Akhtar, Chaminda Vaas and so forth. Inswing bowlers - Brett Lee, Makhaya Ntini and so forth.

Fast - Shaun Pollock and so forth. Scores cannot be saved in practice mode. Practice - Choose from a type of bowler and practice, as the name suggests. World Domination - Score runs to beat a national teams total within 20 overs to gain passwords and, eventually go in to the draw to make your own team up if won.

Slog - Score as many runs as possible within 10 overs against a selected team (an XI)or an World Domination made by one of the players. The tournament mode is currently based on the ICC Champions Trophy. Tournament - Score runs to beat the a national teams total to progress to the next time and beat the World Champions, within 10 overs (60 deliveries).