# New Star™ Cricket

> Be the star of the show as New Star™ Games enters a whole new sporting arena

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket](https://chrome-stats.com/d/uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket)

## Overview

- **ID:** `uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** New Star Publishing Ltd.
- **Category:** GAME\_SPORTS
- **Downloads:** 670,967
- **Rating:** 3.69 / 5 (4,837 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.25
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-07
- **First published:** 2016-11-23
- **Publisher country:** GB
- **Size:** 60 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket)
- **Website:** [http://www.newstargames.com](http://www.newstargames.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.newstargames.com/content/text/privacy/Privacy](http://www.newstargames.com/content/text/privacy/Privacy)

## Description

New Star Cricket by New Star Games offers a captivating cricket career simulation. Starting as a young academy player, you develop your skills, manage relationships, and compete in leagues worldwide. Featuring authentic gameplay and partnerships with legendary Gunn & Moore®, this free-to-play mobile cricket game blends sports action with life decisions and fun extras like casino and race-horses. Whether a quick play or an immersive experience, New Star Cricket keeps you entertained and hungry for more.

## Rankings

- #85,470 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`

## Review summary

Fans praise New Star Cricket for its fun, depth, and breadth of content, including a robust career mode and many teams/leagues. However, across reviews there are recurring concerns: intrusive ads, energy-based monetization, unbalanced difficulty, and buggy/poor controls. Some players also lament the lack of longer formats like Test/First-class cricket. Despite these issues, several reviewers praise its potential and accessibility, suggesting improvements could make it one of the best cricket sims.

### Pros

- Fun, engaging cricket gameplay with broad appeal
- Deep career mode with off-field management and lifestyle elements
- Large breadth of content including many teams and leagues
- Accessible and easy to pick up for new players

### Cons

- Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay and require reloading
- Energy-based monetization and related pay-to-win concerns (energy drinks, coins)
- Unbalanced or overly difficult gameplay with a steep margin for error
- Controls and in-game bugs (poor fielding logic, invisible text, progress issues)
- Lack of longer formats like Test/First-class cricket and other mode limitations

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/uk.fiveaces.newstarcricket)