Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes

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  • Summary: Featuring the all-new Management Career, a bigger and better Pro Team, in-depth Ashes mode, and expanded control on and off the field from enhanced gameplay and in-depth strategies - Cricket 26 is The Ultimate Showdown.

    Every Decision Matters! The all-new Management Career has you take    Featuring the all-new Management Career, a bigger and better Pro Team, in-depth Ashes mode, and expanded control on and off the field from enhanced gameplay and in-depth strategies - Cricket 26 is The Ultimate Showdown.

    Every Decision Matters!
    The all-new Management Career has you take command – take a team to the top or the even harder job keep them there! Scout, recruit and develop players, build the best lineup and develop match strategies. Play cricket your way and lead your squad to glory, at home or on the world stage.

    Step into the Ashes. Experience every moment!
    Cricket’s biggest rivalry is back, bigger than ever, with an expanded Ashes Mode. Take full control of Australia or England – with team net sessions, press conferences and more bring you a deeper than ever Ashes experience.

    Collect. Assemble. Dominate!
    Pro Team is back. More cards, more modes, more challenge. Build your ultimate Pro Team squad and take on the new Centurion multiplayer mode. Build your collection with weekly pack drops, or Auction House to lock down the key players to your success.

    Create. Share. Play!
    Unleash your creativity in the Academy. Create and share stadiums, players, bats and full teams, or play and download content from the Cricket 26 community.

    Control every ball. Master every match!
    Step up to a whole new level of control with enhanced Gameplay Mechanics, pierce the gaps for quick singles, balance your offence and defence - set strategies to limit run rates or take wickets, score runs quicky or conserve energy in a demanding test match.    … Expand

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
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  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Nov 25, 2025
    100
    Cricket 26 is iterative, rather than a bold new vision for how cricket games should play, but Big Ant’s earned the privilege to approach its cricket games like this now because they’ve spent the past ten years building up to a cricket series that already offers a quality simulation of the sport. It might not have the investment of the big blockbuster properties, but nonetheless, this year’s Cricket offers an earnest, enthusiastic, and high-quality take on the sport for fans. I’ve always been an admirer of the vision and clear passion for the sport that Big Ant has, and I fully expect that this new title will occupy yet more hundreds of hours of my time.
  2. IGN
    Nov 26, 2025
    60
    During the moments it manages to keep everything together, Cricket 26 is genuinely capable of providing an entertaining and challenging form of bat-on-ball action that elevates it above the last couple of entries in the series like a lofted drive over the infield. However, the countless glitches and bugs still present even after a few post-release patches means it’s prone to break down as often as Ben Stokes’ body, and its small handful of new modes are either seriously undercooked or inaccessible at this stage, making it far from being a must-have upgrade for fans of Cricket 24 in its current form. Cricket 26 is a bit like fledgeling Aussie opener Sam Konstas – undoubtedly capable of genuine brilliance in bursts, but still clearly a work in progress not quite ready for the top of the order.

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