WI 2nd Inn 143/8 in 19.5
WI won by 2 Wickets. Match over in a day and a half.
I can understand why people say Tests are the best mode in IC10 offline. However, for me, due to the following issues, this mode is as broken as any other in this game. Due to the harder level of batting, it will produce some close results but there are still some fairly stupid things going on that are a major turn off for me personally.
- Its lesser than in ODIs and T20s, but even in this match whenever the AI was in a hole and needed to attack, its go to shot was the back foot slog to full pitched deliveries. What's worse, about 50% of the time it would play my bouncers off the front foot. Not only is half of AI's batting unrealistic, it is downright ugly.
This also affects Human batting. Sometimes when trying to play the on drive slightly square towards mid wicket, off the front foot, the game will take out this ugly Kapil Dev style Natraja pull shot.
- The AI would have won this match but for its over-cautious running. Don't understand what in the code tells the batsmen to turn back from more than halfway down the pitch.
- Of the AI's 18 fours in the first innings, only ONE was played along the ground; the rest were aerial strokes. A very high % for this format of the game. If a ball is over pitched and off-line, the AI is likely to loft it over the vacant cover region, rather than play it along the gound. Why?
The answer may lie in the fact that its easier, and more rewarding to take the riskier, aerial route rather than play sensible, normal cricket. I struggled in my first innings trying to play all along the ground till I found myself in a hole at some 80 odd for 7. My tailenders then found it easier to survive and score by slogging, compared to my top order batsmen trying to play proper cricketing strokes. Funny.
- I use broadcast cam when bowling, and action cam when batting. Broadcast cam, in comparison to Ashes 2009, seems to have some stuttering issues (even offline). Not sure if its just me or if anyone else has noticed this. For instance, there were a couple of times that Gayle beat the bat and the animations were anything but smooth.
If the Codies are planning on a patch, I hope they don't rush to fix the online disconection problem alone. There are some other issues that need their attention as well.
I still have to play South Africa and Australia in my group.....might not be going through this time!
