Codemasters has released a demo of its approaching cricket sequel, Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007. Despite its "Brian Lara" international branding, the demo eschews the West Indies in favour of a short (three over per side) match between England and Australia.

Ricky Ponting IC's major selling points are its multiplayer capabilities (which are not available in the demo, however) and the official ICC World Cup licence, just in time for the real World Cup which begins next week.

The 420 MB demo is available at Worthplaying, 3D Downloads, FileFront and Internode Games Network.