Cricket 22

Cricket 22
The Australian cover art featuring Meg Lanning and Pat Cummins
Developer(s)Big Ant Studios
Publisher(s)Nacon
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
ReleaseWindows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • WW: 2 December 2021
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: 28 April 2022
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Cricket 22 is a 2021 cricket video game developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon.[1] It is the official video game of the 2021–22 Ashes series of cricket matches, and the sequel to the 2019 game Cricket 19. It released on the 2 December 2021 as a curtain-raiser prior to the start of the 2021–22 Ashes series which were held in Australia in December 2021. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was expected to be released in January 2022 and was later confirmed for 28 April 2022.[2][3][4] This is the second Big Ant Studios game to be released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the first being Tennis World Tour 2.

  1. ^ "Villani and Vlaeminck level up in new cricket video game". cricket.com.au. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Announcing Cricket 22: A New Era Of Cricket Games Has Arrived! | Great Games". www.bigant.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Cricket 22: 'The Official Game of The Ashes' confirmed for November". realsport101.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ Symons, Ross (17 March 2022). "Nintendo Switch #Cricket22 Update - there will be a revised date of 28 April 2022. The good news is the game has been manufactured, the bad news is that we are facing very long delays in shipping due to Covid, and units must be at retailers two weeks in advance of sale". Twitter. Retrieved 17 April 2022.