richowebbo
County Cricketer
I've certainly found it harder to get batsmen out (not that I bowl all that much - the low frame rate when you've got attacking fields is a tad off-putting), but that's good, really, because I felt it was a little easy before and if you cranked the difficulty up to compensate then batting soon becomes impossible.
I don't really get the whole "the game's messed up because I can't play it very well" argument - either drop the difficulty, or just practice and improve at the game - that's the entire point (especially of career). You can see plenty of videos on Youtube where people play the game very successfully - the key is, they're just better at it. Keep plugging away.
Its not the game that's broken. At least not in terms of gameplay!
Its just harder to get wickets because the AI Batting has been improved, more in line with how the bowling was/is for human controlled players.
Playing a Test Match is now really hard work (only on Pro, but can't bat to save my life!)