Recent content by Rumple43

This. It's the only reason I'm keeping any kind of eye out, as yeah, nothing released so far has hit me as anything other than the views mentioned above!

If this game ends up being 90% visual and 10% substance I'm going to be furious at the waste of resources.

Blargh, Cricket 22 just doesn't help itself. Lost my mojo for this after the 2nd Test, I'll not lie. It set up pretty well across the first three innings, setting the scene for day 4 and 5 roller coaster. I made the pitch degrade a little using the sliders after the draw in the 1st test, and...

I've always done automatic fielding. Doing your own makes it too easy to pick which end to target, and the meter makes direct hits really easy to achieve.

I simmed 3 games. Identical pitch, line ups, conditions, stadiums. I also made the pitch as terrible as I could. Started the match as a knackered up dusty/grassy day 5 strip with fast wear and heavy cracks. Basically, a death trap, and wanting both teams to be skittled dirt cheap. I changed...

1st Test - Brisbane Series tied 0-0 AUS 440 all out - Keith Miller 121 & 262 all out - Arthur Morris 70 ENG 380 all out - Bill Edrich 103 & 322 all out - Peter May 110 MATCH TIED Fittingly for a match that ebbed and flowed across all five days, England and Australia opened the 1954/55 Ashes...

I've not used it save for getting a few classic 1950's teams, but I don't remember any of the loading being out of the ordinary. Hope you're doing good

It was custom sliders based on my slider spreadsheet, with a few tweaks. That is a mix of difficulties. NZ ended up absolutely pounding them, strangely. Team ratings were pretty even and I was bowling for teams.

In my general experience, and Cricket 24 "appears" little different, is that your best chance of a looper up from any kind of top edge is something that also hits the body or helmet to stop it flying over everyone. That or a glove from a pull or hook, I've had that a few times as well.

1st Test - Brisbane Series tied 0-0 AUS 440 all out - Keith Miller 121 ENG 380 all out - Bill Edrich 103 Australia set about posing England a challenging fourth innings run chase late on day three of what is developing into an enthralling opening Test of this 1954/55 Ashes series. As expected...

1st Test - Brisbane Series tied 0-0 AUS 440 all out - Keith Miller 121 England's reply to Australia's 440 effort got off to a commanding start as captain Len Hutton and fellow opener Reg Simpson set about building a solid foundation for the innings. Putting on 74 for the opening wicket, both...

Looks like a cracker! Not as close as the most recent game I had on C22 tho :grinning: I see deskilling teams has been mentioned again, made me chuckle. Sun rise, sun set....

1st Test - Brisbane Series tied 0-0 With the Brisbane pitch looking a fair one, unlike many of the era, both teams fancied their chances of getting off to a good start in the series. England approached the game with the formidable pace trio of Alec Bedser, Frank Tyson and Brian Statham, the...

So after getting back into Cricket 22 recently, I figured I'd dive into something to scratch my itch. And using @Mouseydread's classic teams from the Academy, I'm recreating the famous 1954/55 Ashes series in Australia. I'm bowling as both teams so I have no real stake in which side wins...

Interesting to see this is still the case. I think I only ever did Play Now and added my own depth and realism via external narrative on Cricket 22. Doing the same now in fact, now I'm back into it. The games can deliver good cricket. They just fall down in so many other places. Fortunately...