If I were to make a guess I would say your laptop doesn't leave enough resources for AI batsman to play a shot in given time.
Don't think so, AI isn't a make or break in any game dependent on CPU horsepower. If the cpu wasn't good enough the game would ctd or hang and freeze. The AI don't stop doing things in GTA 5 if the cpu isn't good enough. The game just won't load.
This varies with games, like Total War for example, if you exceed a certain amount of units on screen, the game turns into a slide show for animations while still being smooth in terms of fps.
As a few others have stated, hardest difficulties in this game act weird. I have a feeling if he turns down the bowling difficulty things might look better.
@Opiam If the game is still borking itself after trying a few difficulties might be worth sending a support ticket to BA, as I have a feeling no-one here can help you as we've never seen this before.
I'll tag
@MattW as he might be able to help out a bit more as well.