I also experienced the game crashing when I put the 2 .big files into the /EA Cricket 2005 folder.
So, I decided to use bigGUI to export the original 2 big files and put them into the /EA Cricket 2005 folder and then manually imported into these 2 files all of the shots and other .txt files that Eddie uploaded. I just left the 2 .big files in the folder and now it works fine.
Haven't had a chance to give it a proper try to see what effect the changes have, but I have scored quite a few 2's, probably because the outfields are slower now.
Good work Eddie and co. I just wish you could find the AI bowling data to stop them bowling so many yorkers and try some more realistic lines....even the bloody spinners bowl a shed load of yorkers....
btw, Eddie, can I make a suggestion?
How about when you upload new files, you edit the very first post in this thread and add all the links to that post so that it is easy for people to immediately see what are the latest files you've uploaded and what they do. At the moment, this thread has useful stuff spread all over the place and it's difficult to see what's what.
Cheers.