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Picked it up yesterday and it has a few flaws at the minute - lagging fielders, slow cutscenes, no easy way to download best versions of all community created squads, but the core gameplay is a big improvement on the last Big Ant cricket title and is very fun to play. If those issues are...

Had my first really exciting match the other day, in a T20 against Notts. We put on a decent total, think around 150. In the chase, I bowled a couple of early overs, picking up a 1/12. Then, the game simulates to the last 3 overs, Notts needing 16 to win. I manage to bowl the first over for just...

I play like a 2005 Ian Bell. Look pretty, score pretty quickly, but ultimately throw my wicket away in the 30's. What's really frustrating is when you press the wrong button. Quite a few times I've pressed the wrong trigger, and ended up lobbing an easy chance to mid on or mid off. Nothing more...

Probably. Need to get in the nets and have a decent practice against spin I think, and work on some scoring options.

Any tips for facing spin? I've tried a few things, but I'm out to a spinner so often. If I try and block I edge it, or miss it. I've had some luck with sweeping, especially reverse, and had a little bit of success advancing down the track and pushing singles. Any tips? What gameplan do you go...

Got bored of constantly batting with Burns and Harinath, so started my career again with an edited Surrey line-up. Davies is no longer keeping, but opening up with Smith, I've got KP in at 3, with Gary Wilson coming in at 7 to take the gloves. I've then started as a batting all-rounder, batting...

Big fan of playing at the Bradman Oval personally

I've looked. They do happen randomly at times. I've played and missed two balls in a row with a straight bat, and got a straight bat skill point both times. Some of the points might be on a 6 ball cycle, but the play and miss one definitely isn't.

This. I'm pretty sure they don't come every 6 balls. I seem to get them when I play good shots, but then whenever I play and miss with a straight bat, I get a skill point, and it's not just a co-incidence that I play and miss every 6th ball.

Had a bit of a shocker last night. Played a FC and then an OD game against Somerset, and got out cheaply in both games. I just couldn't get Dockrell away, and it's as if the AI knew it, because as soon as I came in to bat, on he came. They had a very strong leg-side field, with the only scoring...

Yep, obviously. Who else could it be?

The similarities between my career player and a certain South African born former England batsman are becoming more and more obvious. I always try and get off the mark first ball, even if it ends up costing my batting partner his wicket, I never play off the back foot, turns out you can play...

Does anyone else find that sometimes when playing and missing you gain skill points? I've had it quite a few times where I've played straight to a ball that swung away, and gained straight bat skill points. Seems a bit strange to me!

Haha, wow. Okay, you win. That would be frustrating as hell. Fat Gray is one hell of a player. Won so many games on his own, must have scored 7 or 8 centuries already, if not more, including a massive triple. Don't like him, but glad he's a part of the Surrey side on the game, we'd suck so...

First 50 at last :D Got it against Middlesex in the T20 stuff. Takes my average to a very respectable 20.86 in that format, with a strike rate of 189.61. Glenn Maxwell step aside. One thing that's really frustrating, is being dismissed going to take a run, cancelling it, and the batsman just...

I keep getting myself in, and then chucking my wicket away. Just got to 42 again, was smashing Wainwright and then tried to clip him on the leg-side for a single, and lobbed it straight to deep square leg. So frustrating. I will get my maiden 50 soon!

After a run of low scores, a couple of ducks, and getting worked over by Gurney in my last FC game, I've finally put in a performance that's meant something. Led us to victory over Scotland. Smith and Burns did the hard work, but I got us over the line with 28* off 25 to win by 5 wickets. Nice...

Yeah, to be fair, defending has got me out a few times. Once edging behind, and I just got out to Sidearse trying to defend, hit my pad and rolled onto the stumps. Pretty annoying.

I'm not finding the batting that difficult. Playing on Pro, and find that just posting on the front foot and watching the ball closely does the trick. I get the large majority of my runs on the leg-side, especially with the leg-glance. I also try and get right across my stumps. I'm pretty...

My career has begun. I'm a number 4 batsman wearing #24 for Surrey that bowls part-time off-spin. Can you see the inspiration? Won our first FC game, mainly thanks to Graeme Smith scoring 2 tons. I managed 4 in both innings, both pretty soft dismissals. Then played an OD game and decided to...