The world’s most popular online cricket game has launched a new World Cup cricket game to coincide with the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup at StickCricket.com.
The Stick Cricket Super 8 game allows players to compete as any of the sixteen teams in the Cricket World Cup.
Players enter the competition at the World Cup’s Super 8 stage and must chase down a score in each match in order to progress. Matches have been kept short – just five overs in length- ensuring that players can taste World Cup glory in their coffee break at work.
The world’s best cricket game just got better
StickCricket.com offers a series of addictive and free-to-play batting games. Fans and devotees of StickCricket.com will drool at the introduction of a host of game improvements including new graphics, game functions, player security and statistics.
Players can build, name and customise their own cricket team for the very first time. Registered users can create and name a team of mates or cricketing heroes, alter the batting order before the match begins, select a team kit and play against a team of cricketing all stars.
New in-game features include the introduction of left-handed batsmen and bowlers. A bigger, brighter flaming vapour trail appears when Stick Cricketers hit a six.
The fans’ favourite All Star Slog game has been revamped. Stick Cricketers can bat with any team from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, from Bangladesh to Bermuda. Players can choose to play in 5, 10, 20 or 50 over matches. Registered users can save their progress in the 50 over version of the game.
StickCricket.com has enhanced its security and player statistics. Using a career run rate graph, users can analyse their Stick Cricketing career. The watercooler is set to become the newest office battleground as players brag over their record of total runs scored, balls faced, matches played, and boundaries hit. StickCricket.com also records when users hit a ‘perfect over’ of 36 runs, emulating the batting heroics of South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs. The biggest hitters in StickCricket.com are also celebrated in the Hi Scores section, with the fastest century, the most sixes hit and the highest score in a 50 over match all listed.
The launch of Stick Cricket Super 8 and other game improvements has caused a surge of activity on StickCricket.com – nearly doubling the number of visits received by the game.
Director of Stick Sports, Chris Berry said, “StickCricket.com continues to be the bane of the boardroom. Office workers can now take a break from the daily grind of work as they Hit out or get out for World Cup glory at StickCricket.com.”