Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis)

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Game info

  • Sports featured: Cricket
  • No. of teams: 9 + 1

Teams list

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis) - Squads

  • Flag-ENG.svg England
  • Flag-AUS.svg Australia
  • Flag-WI-Pre99.svg West Indies
  • Flag-PAK.svg Pakistan
  • Flag-IND.svg India
  • Flag-SRI.svg Sri Lanka
  • Flag-NZL.svg New Zealand
  • Flag-RSA.svg South Africa
  • Flag-ZIM.svg Zimbabwe
  • All Time XI

Series Structure

There would be 3 tournaments and a Legend Series.

Genesis T20 League

This tournament is for T20 cricket and consists of 2 stages.

  1. League stage
    Each national team will play each other once. Top 4 advance to Finals Series.
  2. Finals Series
    4-team tournament using Page playoff system.

Genesis Double20 League

This tournament is played under a custom form named Double20, where each team get 2 innings of 20 overs each, and consists of 3 stages.

  1. Division 2
    Bottom 5 of T20 League play each other once. Top 2 advance to Division 1.
  2. Division 1
    Top 4 of T20 League plus top 2 of Division 2 play each other once. Match result between the two Div. 2 teams carries over. Top 3 advance to Finals.
  3. Finals
    Single-elimination tournament for 3 teams.

Note: This is a replacement for the List A standard of 1 innings 50 overs, put in place due to the game's fast wicket rate.

Genesis Test League

This tournament is for Test cricket and consists of 2 stages.

  1. Division 2
    Bottom 3 of List A League Division 2 and bottom 3 of List A League Division 1 are divided into 2 round-robin groups. Champion of each groups advance to Division 1.
  2. Division 1
    Div. 2 champions and List A League Finals participants play each other once. Winner is declared the League champion.

The points system used will be the following:

  • Win: 14 points
  • Tie: 7 points
  • Draw:
    • Before both teams' first innings are completed: 7 points
    • After both teams' first innings are completed: 3 points
  • First Innings lead (independent of final results): 6 points (3 points each for first innings tie)

Tiebreaker is points gained in head-to-head matches. If it remains unbroken and it involves group winner or league championship, there would be replay play-off(s) between teams concerned.

Genesis Legend Series

A series by All Time XI team against winners of each tournaments in each respective match format.

Game settings

Settings T20 Double20 Test
Level National
Period 2 Days 3 Days 5 Days
Innings 1 Innings Per Match 2 Innings Per Match
Overs 20 Overs Unlimited
LBW Enabled
Kits Coloured White

The series

Genesis T20 League

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis) - World T20 League

Genesis Double20 League

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis) - World Double20 League

Genesis Test League

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis) - World Test League

Genesis Legend Series

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket (Genesis) - Legend Series