The title has received media coverage for measures designed to 'annoy' players of pirated versions of the game into purchasing it legitimately. In the UK, Joe Root and Heather Knight feature on the video game cover. The video game cover featured Australian women's cricket captain Meg Lanning and men's captain Pat Cummins who replaced his predecessor Tim Paine who was initially set to appear before resigning the captaincy over a sexting scandal, which caused the game to be delayed by a week. The licensing of the game has also been extended and expanded to other geographical territories including New Zealand, West Indies and Ireland in addition to Australia and England as real names and real images of the players of respective countries can be used. In addition, the game also introduced newcomers Caribbean Premier League and The Hundred. The game features the inclusion of both men's and women's editions of the Big Bash league for the very first time. Furthermore, a new commentary team was introduced with the likes of Michael Atherton, David Gower, Mel Jones, Alison Mitchell and Ian Healy for the video game. For the first time ever in the series an all-female commentary team for all women's cricket matches was introduced with a bid to ensure gender equality. īig Ant unveiled Nets Challenge facility for the users as part of the pre-ordering plans which went into full swing from late October 2021. It also features a new tutorial system as well for newcomers. A new 'Direct-Hit' system was also implemented for fielding where adding in a cinematic angle to catches and having control over the speed of the ball when thrown to the stumps. Cricket 22 introduces a revamped bowling and fielding controls utilizing an arcade style of gameplay with the new after-touch system that allows the player to control the ball's direction after it is bowled.

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