Finally got round to starting a bowling career for the first time this year and I’m equally as disappointed as I was last year
As a medium pacer the issues that were there last year haven’t been sorted. The keeper is only standing 10 yards back and the ball doesn’t carry to him (I keep to 70mph at club level, it definitely carries further than that) They only step up once the ball bounces on the way through to them, and then the next over they’re straight back to where the ball wont carry. I catch the edge at least 5/6 times an innings and I’ll be lucky if one carries. The only time they carry is if the batsman plays an attacking shot. I’ve literally never had a defensive edge carry to the keeper in this game. Completely unrealistic to the point that it ruins bowling. Before anyone asks, yes I do bring the keeper and slips up as far as possible.
So I tried a fast bowling career mode and beggars belief, the exact same issue. On a standard track with 4 slips a gully stood about 10 yards away from the bat, defensive edges don’t carry from 90mph bowling, what the hell is going on here?
The only wickets I can get are caught at short leg, or scooped up to the leg side.
I really love batting on this game but bowling (literally half the reason I bought this game) is unplayable unless you start as a spinner.
This is, what, the fourth iteration of this game and the issue of the ball not carrying constantly and edges falling constantly short are still here. Do they not know how to fix it, or do they just not care?