Play Allan Borders Cricket Online

Allan Border's Cricket came out in 1993, part of the wave of sports titles for MS-DOS. It was developed by Audiogenic and published by Beam Software, a name familiar to PC gamers of the era. This was a time when cricket games were still finding their feet, trying to translate the sport's nuances to keyboard controls and limited graphics.

You control either a batsman or a bowler, depending on whether you're batting or fielding. The main objective is straightforward: score runs or take wickets. Batting involves timing your shot with arrow keys to direct the ball, while bowling requires you to set delivery type, speed, and direction before releasing. Fielding is mostly automatic, with players chasing down the ball on their own. The game moves at a deliberate pace, especially during longer innings, and the difficulty can spike with faster bowlers. It feels like a patient, sometimes clumsy, but earnest attempt to capture cricket on a home computer.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".