Codemaster’s latest cricket simulation game, Ashes Cricket 2009, once again ranks at the top of the UK Software Sales Chart this week, able to comfortably make its way to No. 1.

Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit are also able to retain their spots from last week, sitting at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. Meanwhile, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood takes a walk up to No. 4 from No. 7 last week, as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 makes way, moving from No. 4 to No. 5 this week.

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Unsurprisingly for a nation of cricket fans, a new game dealing with the sport, Ashes Cricket 2009, has managed to run straight to No. 1 on the UK Software Sales Chart in its debut week on sale, pushing former champion Wii Sports Resort (sales down 49%) to No. 2.

This is the first time a publisher in the UK, in this case Codemasters, has managed to reach the No. 1 spot in their own territory since Eidos released Battlestations: Midway in 2007 – Codemasters’ last No. 1 placing was over four years ago with another cricket title, Brian Lara International Cricket 2005.

Ashes Cricket 2009 has outsold that title by 3 to 1 in their respective debut weeks, though, making it the biggest launch for a cricket game ever, almost matching the sales performance of EA’s Fight Night Round 4 earlier this year.

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Codemasters has announced that Ashes Cricket 2009 will be available on the 7th of August for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC.

The publisher also released the first gameplay video which features Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, James Anderson and Monty Panesar from England and Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarker and Mitchell Johnson.

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