What cricket game are you playing? I have seen some cricket video games from Electronic Arts that are pretty cool. 
But when I play a sports video game, I usually like basketball and soccer games- but I also enjoy some football and baseball and tennis and golf and skateboarding and ice hockey games too, for that matter.
Here are a few classics I like from different systems, including some from the 1980s and others from later years-
Arcade/Odyssey
Does Pong count for table tennis? 
NES
Blades of Steel (all time favorite ice hockey game)
Double Dribble (classic basketball game)
California Games (sort of an extreme sports game with skateboarding, etc.)
Duckhunt (the only hunting game I would ever list- lol 
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Excitebike (Probably one of the few racing games I would list- I don't get big into many racing games, but this is a really cool dirtbike racing game that lets you build your own courses!)
Jordan vs. Bird (classic basketball matchup, though I'm kinda surprised there wasn't a Magic vs. Bird, as that would seem a more appropriate rivalry)
Sega Game Gear
Joe Montana's Football
Sports Illustrated Baseball & Football (two sports in one!)
World Series Baseball
NBA Jam (fun basketball game with 2 on 2 classic NBA team matchups)
NBA Action starring David Robinson (for more of a true 5 on 5 basketball experience with classic NBA teams)
Fred Couples' Golf
Wimbledon Tennis
Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92 (Summer Olympics)
Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94 (Winter Olympics)
FIFA Soccer '96
NHL All Star Hockey
PC
NBA Live 2003 (This may be available with other versions too, but I particularly like this one because it offers the chance to play not only as current NBA teams as of 2003, but also as a classic team, drawing players from the '50s through today- including legends like Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale and my all time favorite- Larry Bird. I love that I can pretty much build a classic Boston Celtics team with this game. And of course I love other classic players like "Dr. J" Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, James Worthy and so many others.)
FIFA: Road to World Cup '98
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series
Cricket '97 (I remember playing this a while back- very fun to even find a cricket video game and as always, Electronic Arts does a great job with it. There are some more recent ones in this series too.)
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