Hi everyone, i had trouble running BLC on XP, but have got i working now after lots of fiddling.
But in fact the solution is quite simple. XP doesnt allow the cd to be read properly. Therefore:
copy the whole cd to c:codemastersbrian lara cricket (edit select all..). Make sure the game is not installed yet. After copying this, go to the hard drive and run the setup file (not the cd). Install the game in the same directory (standard install is alright).
Now what you do is first is copy all directories in c:codemastersbrian lara cricketblc into c:codemastersbrian lara cricketprogram
Then right click the savegame directory and uncheck read only
Also if still problem make a new directory in c:codemastersbrian lara cricketprogramsavegame
Now to run the game go to c:codemastersbrian lara cricketprogram and you either click d3dhigh if your machine is upto date, software etc.. depending on your machine. No compatibility setting is needed!
The icons in c:codemastersbrian lara cricket wil not work only the ones in c:codemastersbrian lara cricketprogram.
right click the icon you use to run and send to desktop or create shortcut and you can use this to put on your desktop.
Also if sound doesnt play at menu then the game WILL hang at the coin toss. When you load game, and BLC title screen comes up, press right arrow key (you will hear a noise) and enter. By the way you still need the CD unfortunately but the extra hd space used is worth it to play the game. If you want to use less space, try and delete directX directories and all others you think are not used in c:codemastersbrian lara cricket etc.. if you want.
Its now working fine, hope it does on yours too!
Good Luck
baz