10 Most Mourned Sports Video Games Franchises

10. Brian Lara Cricket

Brian Lara Cricket was a staple of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, with releases spanning from the Sega Mega Drive to the PSP. Endorsed by the titular Caribbean cricketer, who played as leading batsman in a formidable West Indies side, the Codemasters games were praised for their relative graphical sophistication, slick presentation and engaging gameplay. Some versions’ cover stars were localised, with the game also being released as Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting and Yuvraj Singh licenses in some countries.

There is now very little representation of cricket in games, with only four consoles releases from Australia’s Big Ant Studios across the last decade. With the cricket-mad nation of India set to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation in the next decade, and increasingly coming online as well as starting to buy games consoles in bigger numbers, it does seem there could be a lot of money to be made, should a studio be willing to take a gamble on the world’s second most popular sport.