In terms of gameplay, like swing, spin and shots Cricket 97 Ashes Edition was the best. Its only problem that
they keys were not easy to use.
BLC in that respect changed cricket gameplay by using a simple keyboard configuration.
However bowling in BLC was a pain always.
Cricket 2002 improved keyconfiguration overall and added a few more tournaments, stadiums. But Cricket 2002 looks to be one project whose time estimates wenty awry and as such was a half baked product. However using the patches Cricket 2002 should turn out to be the best.
Without patches, BLC takes a thin edge over Cricket 97 ashes edition.
SO in fact we all must wait for a good relaistic cricket game [though programatically it must be a @##$$ task] and Cricket 2004 must do that. I havent yet got hold fo the game as of now.