<s>
International	B-Application
Cricket	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cricket	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aussie	B-Application
Rules	I-Application
Footy	I-Application
shares	O
the	O
same	O
presentation	O
style	O
as	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Aussie	B-Application
Rules	I-Application
Footy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
distributed	O
exclusively	O
by	O
Mattel	O
's	O
Australian	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
no	O
attempts	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
cricket	B-Application
video	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
or	O
European	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
is	O
that	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
dominated	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
Japanese	O
markets	O
,	O
while	O
soccer	O
dominated	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
during	O
that	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
buttons	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
action	O
;	O
one	O
for	O
hitting	O
the	O
cricket	B-Application
ball	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
slog	O
around	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
shortcomings	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
simple	O
AI	B-Application
;	O
the	O
average	O
player	O
can	O
bowl	O
the	O
computer	O
out	O
for	O
totals	O
not	O
exceeding	O
20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
featured	O
all	O
the	O
major	O
Test	O
cricket	B-Application
–	O
playing	O
nations	O
but	O
no	O
official	O
team	O
and	O
player	O
licensing	O
in	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
player	O
names	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
the	O
Australian	O
team	O
,	O
were	O
parodies	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
names	O
of	O
cricket	B-Application
players	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
International	B-Application
Cricket	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
updated	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
International	I-Application
Cricket	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beam	O
Software	O
would	O
also	O
develop	O
Cricket	B-Application
96	I-Application
and	O
Cricket	B-Application
97	I-Application
for	O
EA	O
Sports	O
.	O
</s>
