What Ashes Cricket is
Ashes Cricket is the officially licensed video game of cricket's greatest rivalry, built by Big Ant Studios. It covers the men's and women's 2017/2018 Ashes tours, with all the officially licensed stadiums from that tour included. The game runs on Big Ant's most detailed and refined cricket engine to date, which allows for true 360-degree batting, so no two players will play the same way. Star Test players have been fully motion-captured, and the Australian and English men's and women's teams have official photorealistic likenesses produced with photogrammetry technology. You can choose your own batting or bowling style to shape how you play.
Playing together
Online Co-op lets you team up with friends, while Online PvP puts you against each other. Remote Play Together is also supported, so one person can host and others join in. Online play lets you play with or against other players. Beyond matches, the Cricket Academy lets you create players, teams, and even umpires, then upload them to the online community, so a group can share and use each other's creations.
Before you start
There is a deep career mode where you can play as a star or start as a junior and work through club cricket up to international level. You can also build your own competition, including custom stadiums and logos. Worth knowing: the game is centred on the 2017/2018 Ashes tours specifically, so the licensed teams, stadiums, and content are tied to that period rather than a general cricket roster.