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If, like me, you think cricket was invented to reinforce the fact that Sunday in the local park is the most boring day of the week, it will be no surprise to you that Zeppelin's game captures this suicidal atmosphere almost exactly with World Cricket.

This is without doubt the most accurate simulation of this mind numbingly boring event you could imagine. If you're expecting fast paced on hands cricketing action look elsewhere as the most you can expect to see here it a couple of seconds of preset-set animation from a library of three scenes.

The game takes the form of a series of tables. You hand pick your team from a list of fast bowlers, opening batsmen and the like and enter into your selected tour. Separate icons such as medic, which reports on player injuries and fitness and tour report will keep you informed on the progress of your team. All 'action' takes place on the score board where the numbers rotate according to play, giving you the option to change the bowler after each over. When a player is out the appropriate piece of animation shows roughly what happened find is the only thing that breaks the monotony until this too becomes boring.

If only there had been some action coupled with the animation it could have been a different story. How much fun you can get from watching numbers change on a score board is your own opinion but if you were one of those people that played cricket at school with a pen, paper and those odd shaped metal dice, you'll love it.

Label: Zeppelin Memory: 48K/128K Price: £3.99 Tape, N/A Disk Reviewer: Steve Keen

Nicely presented management game that's even more boring than the actual sport. Those into dice rolling games that require cross referencing of endless table might like it, but the rest of you should stay well away.