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PRECAUTIONS

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Getting Started 6
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Introduction

In April 1994, Brian Lara joined the

ranks of cricketing greats like Bradman,
Gooch and Mohammed by scoring an
incredible 375 runs in a test innings.

This is the highest ever recorded Series

score and was a prelude to the
unbelievable 501 not out he scored
for Warwickshire in County cricket.

In 1998 Brian Lara secured the

captaincy of club and country. In his
first outing as West Indies captain,
Lara lead his team to victory in both
test and one day series, personally
averaging over fifty. Upon his return
to English cricket, Lara rejoined
former club Warwickshire, and
was instantly elected club captain.

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Control Summary After Hitting Ball Leg Spin / Slow Left Chinaman Bowler Fielding
Without Ball
In Brian Lara Cricket there are a FB1 start run FB1 leg-spinner
wealth of gameplay options. FB2 turn around mid-run FB2 googly Directional
The following is a detailed FB3 flipper buttons direct fielder
breakdown of every move you can Defensive FB1 dive
Hook /
perform out in the middle. Square Cut Sweep Off-Spin / Slow Left Arm Bowler FB2 slide
For menu navigation controls, see Square Leg
FB4 select next fielder
Main Menu. Drive Glance
FB1 off-spinner
FB2 arm ball
Batsman FB3 off-spinner With Ball
Before Bowler Bowls Cover Drive On-Drive

Straight Drive Bowler during run-up FB1 throw to wicket keeper

Left & Right position batsman Fast / Medium-Fast FB2 throw to bowler
Directional Bowler
buttons Fast / Medium-Fast Tap FB4 bowl faster Setup 1
(Fire Buttons) Return =
Right
Shift =
FB1 FB3
As Bowler Bowls FB1 normal delivery Swing Bowler
0
FB2 slower ball Right
Ctrl Control = 0 (Ins) =
FB2 FB4
Directional FB3 normal delivery Tap FB4 bowl faster
Space =
buttons plus Pause
Menu

FB1 normal shot Swing Bowler Leg Spin / Slow Left Chinaman Bowler
Directional
buttons plus FB1 in-swing Tap FB4 vary speed / flight Setup 2 TAB Ctrl
FB2 six-hit FB2 out-swing (Fire Buttons) Tab =
FB1
Left
Control =
FB3 defensive shot shortcut FB3 straight ball Off-Spin / Slow Left Arm Bowler FB3

Alt
FB4 leave ball / duck
Left Alt =
Tap FB4 vary speed / flight Shift =
FB2
FB4

¬ ¬ = Pause Menu

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Getting Started Navigating the Menus Archives Slog Mode

Place the Brian Lara Cricket disc into
your CD drive. If auto-run is enabled
you will be given the option to run
the game, uninstall or quit. Select
'Run Game'.
If not, you can run Brian Lara Cricket
from your Windows Start menu.
Main Menu
The first screen that you will be
presented with when you leave the
title screen will be the Main Menu.
From here you can select every
aspect of the game.
Takes you to the archives area where This option changes the computer
You can either use the mouse to navi- you can view the game records and set batting style from its presets to an all
gate or the following keyboard keys. up, or view the Player Performance action, high risk strategy whereby the
Tracking. computer batsmen never play defen-
Arrow cycle through
(Cursor) Keys menus sive shots. Ideal for a quick match.
Teams
FB1 select option
(RETURN) highlighted View the squads and statistics for each
international team.
ESC back a screen / quit
Restore
Match Select this to restore any games that
Friendly, World Cup, World Series, you had previously saved.
Knockout, Test Series, Test Season,
Classic Match. Settings Music
Turns the music on or off.
Quick Start This allows you to customise the game
Starts a Match with the minimum of in the following ways: Sound
fuss. Turns the sound effects on or off.
Skill Level
Practice There are 3 degrees of difficulty: Commentary
Takes you to the practice area where Village, County or Test. The Village Turns the in-game commentary
you can practise batting or bowling. level is for beginners, whilst Test is for on or off.
the real experts. County is for your
Settings average player.
Set your desired options for the game.

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Controller Setup Alternatively, you can setup a joystick. Teams

There are two controller setups for the keyboard in Brian Lara Cricket. This Brian Lara Cricket will only detect con-
enables 2 players to take part using the same keyboard. trollers already configured to your PC Selecting this option allows you to
Windows' game controllers menu. It is view the statistics and kit colours
Setup 1 Setup 2 recommended that you setup your for each of the 9 test playing nations.
controllers in Windows before launch- Scroll up and down the player
Defensive Defensive ing the game. If you have a controller list and press FB1 on the player you
Hook / Hook /
Square Cut Sweep Square Cut Sweep connected but Brian Lara Cricket is wish to view the statistics for.
not showing this, then exit the game,
Square Leg Square Leg go to Control Panel and run the
Drive Glance Drive Glance
Windows 'game controllers' set up
screen. Go to the 'general' menu.
Click on 'Add'. Select your controller
type from the list. It should be added
Cover Drive On-Drive Cover Drive On-Drive to your 'game controllers' list.
Straight Drive Straight Drive
Graphics Detail
Select one of the high, medium or
low options dependent on how fast Player Statistics
TAB Ctrl
your machine is. If you are experienc- This displays the characteristics and
Right Tab = Left
Return = Shift = FB1 Control = ing frame rate loss then you should career statistics for each player.
FB1 FB3 FB3
try the low or medium detail settings. Use Left or Right Directional buttons
0 to cycle through all the players in the
Alt
Right squad.
Ctrl Control = 0 (Ins) = Left Alt =
FB2 FB4 Shift = FB4
FB2
Space =
Pause
Menu
¬ ¬ = Pause Menu

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Practice
When you select this option you are
presented with a screen asking you
to select whether you wish to practise
your Batting or Bowling. You can also
swap between them once at the nets,
from the pause menu.
Bowling
Choose from the options the type of
bowler to practise with, which side of
the wicket to bowl, left handed or
right handed batsman, and with
which camera angle.
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Batting
Offers the choice of bowler type you
want to face, type of batsman to
control and with which camera angle.
Archives
Entering this area enables the player
to access the Records screen and
Performance Tracking.
Records
This screen displays the highest scores
achieved within the game. The
records held are highest individual
score, highest team score and best
bowling.
Performance Tracking
This option allows you to keep a track
of a player's performance. You can
track both the batting and bowling
performances for all the players from
the 9 test playing nations.
To select the players whose
performance you wish to view, high-
light a slot in the player list and press
FB1. You can also reset all the tracking
stats.
The Records and Performance Match
Tracking is automatically saved to
your hard drive. They will return to This allows you to take part in
the original settings if you choose various Tournaments or match types.
RESET within the Tracking options.
Quick Start
Selecting this option takes you
straight to the action, bypassing the
setup screens.
The match will be a 10 over-a-side one
day match played at a randomly
selected location in sunny weather. Friendly
All that you have to do is choose your Set-up your own custom match
controller set-up. between any of the 9 test playing
nations.
Controller Set-up
It is possible to adjust the match type,
Use the Cursor keys to slide the con- kit type, pitch type, weather, number
trollers to the right or left depending of overs, number of innings, number
on which team you wish to control. of days, and choose your location
Once you have selected a team, use from any of the stadiums in the game.
the SPACE BAR to select either
MANUAL or AUTO FIELDING.
NB: In any tournament you can only
select to control those teams original-
ly selected as user controlled teams.
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World Cup
Starts a World Cup tournament involv-
ing the 9 test playing nations plus 3
teams from the less established
nations pool. Up to 12 teams can be
under player control. It is possible to
adjust the number of overs that
the matches will be played over and
the location of the tournament.
The tournament involves 2 stages. The
first has 2 groups of 6 teams with
each team playing each other once.
The top 4 in each group go through
to the knockout stage.
World Series
Selecting this option begins a World
Series tournament in Australia.
Between 2 and 5 teams can take part
but 1 of those teams is always the
host nation, Australia. The player will
be asked to select the other 1
to 4 teams. Between 0 and 5 teams
can be under player control. It is
possible to adjust the number of overs
that the matches will be played
over and the location of the
tournament.
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The World Series involves the teams
playing each other twice on a league
basis. The top 2 teams then progress
to the finals where the winner is
decided over the best of 3 matches.
If only 2 teams are selected for the
World Series, the league stage is
bypassed and just the finals played.
Codemasters Knockout Tournament
The player can take part in a straight
knockout tournament involving 8
teams. It is possible to adjust the num-
ber of overs for the matches and the
location of the tournament.
Test Series
This option allows you to take part in
a Test Series between 2 of the test
playing nations. A Test Series is a
series of Test matches that are each
played over 5 days and 2 innings with
unlimited overs. The weather is a
major factor in these matches. The
actual number of matches played in
the series is determined by the player
and can be between 1 and 6.
Test Season
The modern Test arena involves a
gruelling year long journey around
the world playing highly competitive
Test Series against several countries.
The Test Season allows you to take
control of a team for between 1 and 7
of these years. A Rankings table keeps
track of each Team’s performance
during this time.
Classic Match
This option allows you to play in a
pre-defined match that has been cho-
sen as a classic match. Only one is
available when you first play the
game and it must be completed suc-
cessfully to receive a password that
opens up the next match. As you
progress the difficulty will increase.
Selecting a match from the list takes
you to the match details screen. Here,
you are presented with a brief
description of each scenario plus the
difficulty level for achieving the goal.
Press FB1 to select this match or use
Left or Right Directional buttons to
cycle through the other matches.
Best XI
Choose this team selection option to
use one of the pre-defined line-ups.
Stats Screens
Whenever a match during one of the
above competitions is played, be it a
computer generated result or played
by you, the statistics for the match
are available from the competition's
main screen by clicking on the
STATS button. Here you can view the
scorecard, batting stats and bowling
figures for each team in each innings.
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Map Screens Match Conditions Screen Effects of Pitch Conditions

These screens enable you to view the This screen appears when you leave Pitch Fast / Med-Fast
Outfield Spin Bowler Swing Bowler Speed Bounce
locations and an aerial view of each the tournament control screen to Type Bowler
stadium within the host country. start the next match. Here you will
find the pitch type, weather, tempera- Dusty Fast Lots of fast Negligible Faster w. more Fast High
Use the Directional buttons to move ture and rain forecast. spin bounce
between the cricket ball markers that All of these conditions are heavily
denote each stadium location. The influenced by the location of the Hard Fast Average, Negligible Faster w. more Fast High
aerial view for each will automatically match. Expect a dry pitch and hot, increasing bounce
appear. sunny conditions if you are playing in with time
Delhi, or a poor rain forecast if
the match is in Manchester. Normal Normal Not much spin Occasional and Occasional and Normal Normal
slight movement slight movement
Pitch Type left and right left and right
This is one of the most important after bouncing after bouncing
factors effecting the path and early on early on
outcome of any cricket match. Make
sure you take notice of this before Green Normal Average Fairly regular Fairly regular Normal Normal
leaving this screen as it should movement left movement left
influence your team selection and also and right after and right after
your decision of whether to bat or bouncing and bouncing and
bowl if you win the toss. more exaggerated more exaggerated

Damp Slow Lots of Negligible Slower and with Slow Low

slow spin lower bounce

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Weather and Temperature
This also influences the gameplay.
The more humid or overcast the
conditions are, the more the ball will
swing for the swing bowlers.
Rain Forecast
Take note of this as it is likely to
effect the amount of play possible.
Controlling the
Batsman
Press the Left or Right Directional
buttons to position the batsman.
Watch the white circle, this shows
where the bowler intends to pitch the
ball. When it turns into a small point
it will stop moving and the bowler
will commence his run-up. Start think-
ing about which stroke you intend to
play. When the ball leaves the
bowler's hand you have a fraction of
a second to select your stroke by hold-
ing the Directional buttons in the rel-
evant direction and pushing one of
the Fire Buttons to actually play the
stroke.
For example, holding the Left
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Directional button for a right-handed
batsman you will play a square drive
FB1 Normal Shot
when you push the main Fire Button
(FB1) whereas holding the Right FB2 Six Hit
Directional button will play a leg
Defensive
glance. FB3
Shortcut
FB4 Leave Ball
Remember, timing is crucial,
particularly at the Test skill level.
The batsman will play the best stroke
The full range of strokes is as follows: that he can in the circumstances.
If you choose a difficult or inappropri-
ate stroke, or if your timing is
Defensive
Hook / incorrect, he might mishit the ball or
Square Cut Sweep
miss altogether. The margin of error
Square Leg
depends on the skill setting you have
Drive Glance chosen and the batsman's average.
If you hit the ball and want to run
press FB1. The batsmen will
Cover Drive On-Drive
start running to the opposite end of
Straight Drive
the pitch. To take a second or
third run press FB1 after the batsmen
These Directional button directions have crossed or once you have
are for a right-handed batsman. For a reached the end of the pitch.
left-hander the controls are reversed.
If you change your mind mid-run
press FB2 and the batsmen will turn
around and go back, unless they have
passed each other in which case it’s
safer to continue with the run.
If the ball crosses the boundary the
umpire will signal a four or a six and
the batsmen will return to their
starting positions.
The Six-Hit Button
There will be times when you need to
take chances to score runs in a hurry
or you just fancy attempting to smash
the ball out of the stadium. Choose
your shot in the same way but instead
of pressing FB1, use FB2. The batsman
will play a much more aggressive shot
and may score a four or a six. On the
other hand, there's a higher chance
that he will be caught. Keep FB2, the
'Six-Hit' button, in reserve for those
occasions when you don't have any
choice but to hit-out.
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Controlling the Bowler
There are several types of bowler in
Brian Lara Cricket although each follows
the same basic principles as regards
control.
Before you can start your run-up you
must decide where to pitch the ball. You
only have 5 seconds to move the white
circle indicating approximately where
the ball will bounce using the
Directional buttons. When the time is
about to run-out the circle will flash.
Decide on the type of delivery and press
the relevant button. The circle will turn
into a point and the bowler will begin
his run-up.
For the fast and medium-fast bowlers
there is no need to attempt to increase
the speed they bowl at. However, you
can put that little bit of extra effort into
the delivery by tapping FB4 during the
run-up. This might just surprise the bats-
man but it also tires the bowler quickly
and could lead to a no-ball being
bowled.
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Swing bowlers can attempt to bowl a
quicker ball by tapping FB4 during the
run-up but again, this could effect the
accuracy of the delivery or lead to a no-
ball being bowled and also reduces the
amount the ball will swing.
Spin bowlers can use FB4 to vary the
speed and flight of the delivery by tap-
ping it during the run-up. This has no
detrimental effects. The faster the ball is
bowled the flatter its trajectory. Good
for defensive bowling but the ball will
spin less the flatter it is bowled.
The controls for the various bowlers are:
Fast bowler / Medium-fast Bowler
Normal
FB1 Delivery
FB2 Slower Ball
FB4 Boost
Off-Spin bowler / Left Arm Spin
FB1 Off-Spin
FB2 Arm Ball
FB4 Speed
Leg Spin Bowler / Slow Left Chinaman ball. The ideal interception point will
be marked by a white circle. If you
FB1 Leg-Spin
reach this whilst the ball is still in the
FB2 Googly air your fielder will attempt to catch
FB3 Flipper the ball. If not, he will automatically
pick it up. To dive use FB1 or FB2 to
FB4 Speed
slide along the ground.
Swing Bowler
You can change control to an alterna-
FB1 Out-Swing tive fielder if you do not like the field-
FB2 In-Swing er selected by the game. Use FB4 to
select the next fielder.
FB3 Quicker Ball
FB4 Swing Boost
Fielding
If the computer is controlling the
fielding then you have nothing to
worry about. To field manually pro-
ceed as follows.
Once the ball is hit by the batsman, Once you have collected the ball, use
the computer will select the fielder in either FB1 to throw to the keeper or
the best position to intercept it. You FB2 to throw to the bowler.
then have control of that fielder,
marked with an arrow pointing in the
direction you should run to field the
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Pausing the Game Save Game Change Field Settings

Press the SPACE button to PAUSE.
(Player 1)
Options Available
During the Match
Various options are available after each
ball and at the end of the over. To
bring up the OPTIONS MENU press the
SPACE button. (Player 1)
Return to Action
Leaves the OPTIONS MENU and
returns to the match.
Bowl Other Side
During the Over it only allows the
bowler to bowl the other side of the
stumps.
Action Replay
During Over only. Takes you to the
Action replay section (see below).
Camera
Select which view to view the action
from.
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End of over option only. Save the
current match position to hard drive.
Scorecard
Invokes the Innings scorecard.
Batting Details
Displays the innings statistics for the
batting team.
Bowling Figures
Displays the innings bowling figures
for the bowling team.
Change Bowler
End of Over option only. Select a
different bowler to bowl the next over.
During Over only. Allows you to Alter the screen display and turn the
adjust your field settings for the sound on or off.
current bowler.
Quit Match
Ends the match and returns to the
MAIN MENU.
Action Replay
This enables you to view the last
several seconds of the action from any
of the camera angles at normal speed
or by using the slow motion option.
Weather Forecast
Displays the current weather forecast
and light readings.
Generate Innings
Instantly generates the rest of the
action and takes you to the end of
the innings.
Declare
Allows you to declare your innings at
the current score (not in the last
innings of the match).
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Technical Support If your answer is not on disc, please make sure you have the following
details before you call the Technical Support line:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7928 9655
• A detailed description of the problem
Fax: +44 (0)20 7261 0540 • If it is repeatable, under what conditions?
• Your brand of PC (Dell, Gateway, Compaq, IBM etc.)
Lines are open between • Your processor brand & type (Intel Pentium 266, Cyrix 200 etc.)
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Before you call the Technical Support line, please check that you have read the for this.
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• BIOS version and date. This is displayed soon after the power-on.
To access the help file (AMIBIOS, 1992 etc...)
• The make and model of your sound card (SoundBlaster 32 etc..)
1. Double-click on my computer on the • Your DirectX version (e.g. 5 or 6)
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2. Right-click on your CD Rom drive.
3. Left-click on Explore.
4. Double-click on BLC.HLP.

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