Ea Sports Cricket 2007 - Only By The Rain May 2026

How a flawed, unfinished game became a cult legend—thanks to one freakish weather glitch

Speedrunners now compete in the “Rain%” category: starting a match and triggering the infinite rain loop as fast as possible. The world record is 4 minutes, 12 seconds (achieved by bowling 16 wides to accelerate the over rate, then deliberately bowling no-balls to manipulate the innings length). EA Sports CRICKET 2007 - Only By THE RAIN

In the dusty archives of sports gaming history, some titles are remembered for their greatness ( FIFA 98 , NFL 2K5 ). Others are remembered for their catastrophic failure ( Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 ). And then there’s EA Sports Cricket 2007 —a game that wasn’t great, wasn’t truly broken, but was… haunted. How a flawed, unfinished game became a cult

And EA Sports? They moved on to Madden and FIFA . Others are remembered for their catastrophic failure (