Updates

What has changed in Nukkad to Nation, newest first.

Version 1.1, 29 October 2026

The game now opens on a main menu built for playing: you are one tap from a 3D match.

A new main menu over a live 3D stadium, with Play now, Set up a match and a Match of the day.
Quick matches between any of 20 national sides, the state and county teams and the franchise sides, from 2 overs to a Test, with your choice of ground, pitch and time of day.
Online matches against anyone who is free, with rooms to play a friend. When nobody is free, a bot steps in and is named as a bot.
Star XI, the card game: packs earned by playing, a squad with chemistry, Squad Battles, Rivals, objectives and ten divisions.
Tournaments: a World Twenty, a World Fifty, a Champions Eight, the franchise leagues, bilateral series and custom tournaments, saved as you go.

Graphics levels from Low to Ultra, with real shadows, floodlight glow, a broadcast outfield and a worn, cracked pitch, plus automatic resolution on slower devices.
More lifelike cricketers: faces, hair and kit that react to the light, smoother movement, idles between balls, and celebrations and huddles after wickets.
A TV-style build-up with the toss in the middle, cameras between balls, slow motion on edges and near misses, and new graphics for fours, sixes, wickets and the chase.
Crowd chants that build in a chase, a stump mic and a stadium DJ for T20 nights.

Run outs: the batter is out only when the bails come off, after the keeper or bowler takes the ball, and the stumps now break one at a time.
Batters' arms no longer pass behind the body during shots, and drives are played standing tall.
On phones, the game waits while a tip is on screen and while the phone is upright, and the button you need is always on screen.

The first full release of the game.

Manager and player careers starting at a city club, across 20 nations.
Club tiers with a board target shown before you sign: big club, mid-table or underdog.
Pre-season signings from a scouts’ shortlist, youth academies with three levels, team and personal training.
A reputation ladder from local name to global name, with approaches from bigger teams when you beat your target.
Player mode with XP training, a selection race, trials, a T20 draft base price, sponsors, nicknames and celebrations.

Live ball-by-ball matches with a pavilion scoreboard, a floodlit ground and the over in scorer’s notation.
Sixteen real shots when you bat, offered to suit each ball, with the field drawn on every card and a signature shot of your own.
Your call between the wickets, and a team running setting: safe, normal or aggressive.
Field placings that change with the bowling plan, and a pitch map when you bowl, with keyboard shortcuts.
Decision reviews with ball-tracking and edge detection.
A worm, a Manhattan and a wagon wheel with scoring areas.
Match sound: the bat, the crowd and a dhol after the big moments.

A 3D match view with the camera behind the bowler: bat, bowl and field yourself.
Classic PC cricket controls: S, W and D for front foot, back foot and down the track, arrows for direction, Shift to loft.
Ball physics with swing, seam, spin, bounce and late movement, deliveries for every bowling style, a pitch marker and a run-up meter.
Fielders who chase, dive, catch and throw, running between the wickets with a safety light, and ball-tracking reviews for LBW.
Every cricketer has a height, build and running speed, with their own face, hair, kit and shirt number.
Bowling actions for pace and spin, real batting strokes, diving fielders, a keeper who stands up to the spinners and umpires who signal.
A full stadium with a crowd that stands for the big moments, LED boards, a big screen and floodlights.
Two commentators: one calls each ball, the other explains it. Captions are on to start with, and a spoken voice can be switched on.
Slow-motion replays from two or three angles, ball tracking on LBW reviews and TV graphics for new batters, spells and partnerships.
Set your own field by dragging fielders, or pick from 28 named fields, with the fielding restrictions shown as you go.
Xbox and PlayStation controllers, and swipe batting on phones.
The nets, for batting and bowling practice that never touches your career, and a coach who teaches the controls in your first 3D match.

Press conferences, player interviews, the toss and the player of the match presentation.
Rules that the governing bodies change each season.
Automatic saves, three save slots, save files and offline play.

Questions about an update? See the FAQ or the manual.

Play the latest versionIt updates itself the next time you open it.