A long christmas list here.......
My ideas(wishes rather):
*Better player models with more recoganizable faces, body structure, gear, etc.- atleast a wider variety with known brands, etc. GM and Slazenger bats, branded glasses, proper kits for players and keepers. Should be about 50 bats, with right bats assigned to the right players(Tendulkar-MRF, Ganguly-Hero Honda, Sehwag-Brittania) with bat sizes for shorter or taller players, more options for bodies and wider kit varieties for players.
*Good distrabution of kits- e.g. fielders wearing sun-glasses and wide brimmed hats in Sharjah and Batsmen wearing hats to slower bowlers and helmets to quicker ones, opp. for keeprs, with penalty runs if ball hits helmet.
*Occasional bad decsions by umpires and benifit of doubt for batsmen with the Third Umpire.
*Better physics- Pacers knocking of or shattering stumps with spinners and slower ones knocking of the bails. Also more edges for tailenders and batsmen in general and by better bowlers and a few difficult opportunities to be dropped by fielders. Less run outs and no 'invisable walls' for stumpings and catches. Also right handed fielders field better right handed than left handed and vice versa.
*More bowling styles, namely:
Fast(Akhtar, Brett Lee)
Fast-Medium(Gillespie, Srinath, Z.Khan)
Medium-Fast(A lot of pacers- Mcgrath, Irfan Pathan, Kasprowicz, Kallis, Razzaq)
Medium Pace(Ganguly, Mahmud, Ealham)
Quickish Off Spin/Leg Spin(You may be suprised, but many bowlers have this style- almost all part-timers- Afridi, Kumble[yes him], G.Smith, Symonds)
Off Spin/Leg Spin-(You know what i am talkin bout)
*Now, the biggest wish- Personal Run-ups. Might take up too much space but probably like two styles of run ups for each bowler- one short, one long, with exceptions for bowlers who have been called for chuckin- Murali, Akhtar, Malik, Harbhajan and a few others.
*More teams-10 test nations and these teams
Hong Kong
U.S.A.
U.A.E.
Kenya
Namibia
Holland
Netherlands
Canada
Israel
Scotland
Malaysia
Ireland
Ranji Trophy, County Cricket, Austrailian State, N.Z. and RSA Domestic teams
*Better Gameplay- Five buttons could be used: W A S D X, one each for defending, f. foot, b. foot, down the track and one for running(one touch jog, double toch run, triple for mad sprint) with any other one doubling for returning back to crease and hotkey, bowling as follow:
>Pacers-A: Inswing/Outswing, W: Cutters, S: Straight ball, D: Reverse Swing, X: Slower one
>Medium Pacers-Similar, except no slower ball but instead tossed up delivery
>Off Spin(Both quickish and normal)-S: Orthodox Delivery, W: Armball, A: Quicker one, D: Special Ball(Topspinner, Doosra, Drifter, etc.) with no use for X
>Leggies- S: Orthodox Delivery, W: Flipper, A: Quicker one, D:Googly, X: Special Ball(Topspinner, Drifter)]
*Finally: BETTER GRAPHICS DAMMIT