According to the PCGamingWiki, Cricket 19 has a key remap value of "false," explicitly noting that playing with a keyboard and mouse is unsupported. The Steam store page reinforces this, stating that a controller is required. This means that if you launch the game without a controller attached, it will simply sit there, waiting for input that never comes.
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