I think MasterBlaster76 is onto something here... ever since i played MLB The Show 09, it's a baseball sim by Sony for the PS3, my expectations for cricket will never be the same. It's worth Transmission investing $100 to have a look what they've done here and how realistic hitting is... particularly when it comes to having to watch the ball from the pitchers hand...
on what MasterBlaster76 has suggested, rather than batting from behind the batsman or above.... why not take the view from stump cam or the top of the stumps/make the batsman transparent... that way you can see short deliveries & full deliveries and watch the ball right out of the bowlers hand...
this needs to be improved somewhat before i even consider picking this game up again...
the variations of the medium pacers speed and your ability to pick these up quick enough out of the hand to adjust a shot is IMPOSSIBLE...
it seems batting is more based of where the ball is when you press the button, than the speed of the ball, the swing, the shot you're playing etc....
ie. To block a ball from a fast bowler, i need to press block the second the ball is released... in real life, the batsman wouldn't even have selected his shot... i shouldn't need to press until just before the bounce... a block has no backswing and thus the timing should be different to a timed or thrashing cover drive which, if you were attempting to play would be on a ball that you've seen is coming on a fuller length and is outside off stump... timed cover drive = little backswing, thrashing cover drive = big swing...
you should need to know your batsmen's intricacies and shot timings, in comparison with the ball timings to be able to play successfully... i should need to watch the ball from the hand to pick up the speed, length, line... chose a shot accordingly and play it with the correct timing to hit it...
a cover drive for instance, i should need to pick the length & line, ensure i get the batsman close enough to the line to play the ball, late timing might cause me to miss altogether or to catch an inside edge onto pad or stumps, whereas early timing or not getting close enough to the line of a ball swinging/cutting away might catch an outside edge...
yes, it should be hard... yes it will be a challenge, but cricket enthusiasts looking for a 'sim' will finally be happy... give them options to slow things down, increase hit %'s etc... to you can tailor it to suit you... so if you are a part timer and want to whack it around, or an avid cricket gamer that wants a hard sim, then you've got the ability to tune it to your desire....