About Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes

Cricket 26 positions itself as the ultimate showdown for fans of the sport, layering in a brand-new Management Career, an expanded Pro Team mode, a deeper Ashes experience, and greater control over what happens both on and off the field. The Management Career hands you command of a squad with the goal of taking a team to the top and the tougher challenge of keeping it there, tasking you with scouting, recruiting, and developing players while shaping the lineup and crafting match strategies.

Cricket's fiercest rivalry returns in an enlarged Ashes Mode, where players take full control of Australia or England through team net sessions, press conferences, and other touches that build a richer sense of the tour. Pro Team makes its comeback with more cards, more modes, and added challenge, letting collectors grow their rosters through weekly pack drops or lock down key players via the Auction House.

As a sports simulation on PC, the game also puts creativity front and center through its Academy, where players can build and share stadiums, athletes, bats, and entire teams, or download creations from the wider community. Refined gameplay mechanics round things out, giving players sharper control over every ball so they can pierce gaps for quick singles and balance attacking play against solid defence.