Cricket Management 26
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2+1 vs. yesterday
29%of peak
All-time peak
710 Sep 2026
Playing now
2+1 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
710 Sep 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game update | EA Release Update #36 Bugs, QoL and a couple of new features! New Features: - 12 new International teams added to the game, taking us up to a total of 32! - You will now see some images that have been implemented onto player profiles & in-game match engine. This is a long way from complete, but more will be added in Sunday's update! QoL/Bugs - This is just a few of the many done! - Ensured that RSA, Pakistan & WI jo… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update 35.1 - Mini bug fixes - Player screen error message appearing when searching for a player fixed - Being able to sort the staff market by wage & overall rating - 4-day bonus point display improvement - Rain reduced T20 simulation deadlock | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #35 NEW FEATURE: LEAGUE EXPANSION! -Ply your trade in 3 exciting new countries! - Pakistan, South Africa & West Indies are 3 brand new leagues, which marks the start of many more expansions to come in the coming months - Choose which format you control! This can be changed in career by clicking on the settings cog! Fixes - Improved field coordinates – still a WIP – will need finetuning further - Re… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #34 Steam Deck - Fixed one of the advances for one user had high waiting time General Fixes - Sim to wicket - when bowling, shows a pop up rather than skipping - Long format matches showing 5 innings in stats, when only 4 have been played - All domestic 2nd XI fixtures are bunched into one month - Pre-match press conference asking about users own player as though they played for opposition - AI 4 d… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #33 Steam Deck Stability - Keyboard appears when typing is required e.g. typing in name on create head coach - Staff/Inbox performance - No mouse progression fix General Update - Franchise rules critical fix - Australia auction deadlock & India franchise overseas classification | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #32 - Advance blocker on 31/12/26 fixed - Improved filters in game - Ability to click on players names during in game of an innings to see stats etc. - Back to home button not working in match hub - In-game editor not saving changes - Main HUD not showing how many runs are needed - HUD not showing bowler names - Weather report pre-line up - Sim to end of match button stopping at innings - Calendar… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #31.1 - Launch bug - Attempt #2 to fix launch bug | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #31 - .exe bug on start-up | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #30 Features Added: - Living Cricket World/Immersion system: Storyline memory, dressing room dynamics, relationships, match week narrative, club culture - Match Engine Upgrade - Tactical causality, batter v bowler battles, evolving conditions, smarter AI, connected highlights Bug Fixes: - In-game editor not allowing user to change batting hand and age - Multi-day games getting stuck at the end of i… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch Update #29 After a few days we're back with more updates! Here. We. Go. - Fix RHB/LHB batter-disc positioning in graphical replays. - Upgrade the T20 innings-break screen into a cleaner two-card presentation - Improve the displayed field setup while the USER IS BATTING so AI fields resemble realistic field presets rather than strange/random clusters. - Restyle the Wagon Wheel button/icon so it fits the pr… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #28 - BowlEntry defined fix - Repair England wage budgets - Fix phantom scorecards - only opening batsmen scores being counted when 9 wickets down | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #27 - BIG FEATURE: In-Game Editor comes to Cricket Management 26! Heavily requested! - Can be switched on or off on the settings screen when starting a new save - Another big feature is the Staff Hub v2 - contracts, departments, development, poaching and career progression update Other big fixes today: - Incompatible bowling profiles and specialisms - spinner listed as a swing specialist - Contract… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #26 - Fixed international player statistics not updating after completed matches - Match Engine RRR - Critical Advance failure - "did not move current date forward" - Repeatable 'Sim to Wicket' - Confidence separation - Contract offer workflow - Missing competition stats - Records not changing when broken - International fixture skipping - Match UI Scaling - Bowling labels - Wicket highlights - LBW… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #25 - Finance System Overhaul - Sponsorships, matchday revenue, stadium investment, tex and much more - Stable but will need refining - Expanded Random Events Features - Player discipline, more variety, meaningful punishments and inbox decisions - Team Building random events, such as team camps, celebration and away days - England domestic transfer market and contract release feature - Improve AI b… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #24 - Change bowler button was not working - Improved Change Bowler UI too - Custom database BATR/BOWR mapping - Compact bowling approach labels e.g. Defensive to DEF - Pre-set bowlers are replicated in the match engine - Standardised one day and longer format scores - Add realistic bowler energy recovery - Fixed premature playing XI prompt day before matches | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #23 - Huge upgrade to the 'sim to next match' - Speed of advancing days has increased - Repaired international squad selection column - Sim options in the game engine are functioning and the scorecard is visible - Stop sim button functions - Fix Australia franchise retention/draft lifecycle - Incomplete match day squads in Australia franchise - Disappearing change bowler options - Fix slow advance… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #22 - Launch fix Hopefully fixed - if not please do let me know! | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #20 - Fix India state t20 AI fixtures - Add play offs to India state T20 - Ensuring recording of full competition statistics is working - Restore Pakistan flag - fix simulation UX - Bowler selection data - Session display incorrect - Analyst report needs to be more varied - Injury message corruption - Fix career team auto-selection - News counts and deletion - Fresh save stats - Contract data - Fre… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #19 - Fix India franchise top four playoff structure - Global t20 - p is not defined crash - investigated and fixed load career getting stuck - Fixed uncloseable season review restoring dark UI - Prevent dual-career progression lock | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #18 - Standardised the sidebar menu as hover-expand overlay - Replaced sim to end innings with sim to end of session - Added the option to stop simming during a game - Fixed multi-day new ball timing using actual ball age - Fix India state AI fixtures - Advance pipeline freeze - Global T20 group qualification issue - Rating and attributes impact - Duplicate active batters were appearing when simmin… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch - returned to patch 16 - Boot still not having it through Steam. | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #17 - Boot fix - Game was failing to boot up - arghhh! Fixed now! | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #17 - Simulation stopped message lock freezing in match engine controls | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #16 - Added auto play toggle to match engine - Finish save/overwrite performance fix and repair - Repaired international squad table column widths - Fix automatic bowler pop-up - Rebuilt match simulation controls (sim to wicket, sim to end of innings etc.) | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #15 - Improved save modal responsiveness - when starting a game, save screen was quite slow - National Pool Sorting - can now sort by ratings and form columns - Start of innings/game was generating choose bowler pop up, even though this had been selected in the line up screen previously - Bowling Plan UI - upgrade still WIP - Recruitment > Staff Market - navigation improved so you can return direct… | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #14 - Verified change bowler bug - Stop Global T20 auto playing user knockouts - Fixed duplicate bowling scorecard entries - Enforced two innings 4-day matches - Match Report quality upgrade - Preserve bowler by end memory | — | |
| Game update | EA Release Patch #13 - Change bowler button not working - Saved match batter recovery just appeared as 'awaiting batter...' - Scorecard batter corruption - all runs were being added to the opening batsmen, when they were both already out - Report Bug was still a bit faulty as not receiving all emails - Refine inbox advance blocking - can advance with unread emails as long as they are actionable messages - Added Sim… | — |
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