However, a secret did emerge over time. Veteran players discovered that you could manipulate the rain trigger. By continually pressing the "appeal" button while the bowler ran in, or by pausing the game repeatedly during a cloud cover reduction, you could "summon" the rain.
If you time it correctly—if you take a wicket or slow down the run rate just enough for the game’s internal algorithm to decide the pitch is "saturated"—the umpires raise their fingers. The players jog off. And the screen flashes the words that turn defeat into the most ridiculous victory of your life: EA Sports CRICKET 2007 Only By THE RAIN
Then, in the 7th over, you see it. The frame rate drops slightly. The shadows disappear. The screen shimmers. The rain is coming. However, a secret did emerge over time
It was silent. It was final. It was the most disrespectful, hilarious, and rage-inducing victory screen in sports gaming history. If you time it correctly—if you take a
It did not matter that you were outplayed. It did not matter that you couldn't hit a cover drive to save your life. THE RAIN had your back. Let’s talk about the visual itself. In an era before high-definition textures, the "Only By THE RAIN" screen was brutally minimalist. A deep, oceanic blue background. Times New Roman (or something close). White letters. No sound effect. No celebration animation. No firecrackers.
But above all else, the game had a weather system. And not just any weather system—a binary, apocalyptic, match-defining switch called . The Mechanics of the Monsoon To understand the legend, you must understand the mechanic. In EA Sports Cricket 2007 , when you navigated to the match setup screen, you had a few options: pitch type (dusty, green, normal), time of day, and weather.