I have played all cricket games... i agree that Ashes 2009 is better than an unpatched Cricket 07, but its no comparison to a patched Cricket 07, there are so many good patches. I am using Blackk's 2008 IPL patch with Zimrahil's Human Bowling Patch (unlimited overs, not the v2 beta version), this has made it almost a perfect game.
For Batting -
* if you play t20 matches on 5 star level, you can take any team and cpu will easily score over 140 runs (sometimes 180 -210). it will be hard to bowl out all players in t20. it adds real challenge to the game and you find it hard to beat the cpu.
* if you play ODI, cpu plays like it should in a 50 over match, scores easily over 250 runs (sometimes 290- 330), its very rare to bowl out all players in 50 overs (cpu easily plays 45-48 overs), its really hard to score a win over cpu as batting for human is tough, you cant score a six or boundary on every shot, it can only happen if your timing is perfect, but thats rare.
* if you play test match, cpu scores 2-3 runs per over and is very defensive, you'll have to use all your brain and think of ways to bowl out cpu, it easily plays 50-80 overs, you'll get tired and bored but thats what happens in a test match.
For Bowling -
* one thing i really liked about bowling is that there is atleast 1 fast bowler in every team, except for India and Bangladesh (its very hard to score runs as they are soo fast, they will rip you like a bullet),
* its very very hard to time the shots especially to fast bowlers.
Below are some of the fast bowlers (there could be more), whose bowls comes like a bullet.
Australia --> B.Lee, S.Tait
WI --> Edwards, t.best
SRI --> L.Malinga
SA --> M.Ntini
NZ --> S.Bond
ENG --> Harmison
PAK --> S.Akhtar, M.Sami
This is the best cricket game i have played so far n i dont think that Ashes 2009 is even close to it. (Thanks to Blackk and especially to Zimrahil for making AI batting tough and realistic)
I have made some changes of my own.
* added correct faces (thanks to Aditya and Ahad),
* updated new kits for International Teams.
* made few changes in the roster. (no batsmen should be defensive, they are either aggressive or moderate), updated batting skills for top batsmen of every international team and also improved batting of middle and low order.
* added Friend863's camera and replay patch (thanks to him, really appreciate his work, as it adds real fun to the game)