I have the same problem but when I play as India. When I play against New Zealand in an ODI Tournament, if I take the first wicket or after the first over, the game stalls. Sometimes the game hangs even when the stadium crowd is being shown after the toss. I think it's probably due to corrupt player data somewhere in the NZ team's file.
EDIT: Forgot to add. This has happened only against NZ. Other teams seem to work fine. And thank goodness someone else posted the same thing. I thought my game was corrupted forever. >.<