After some more play-time I've come to the conclusion that this game is, unfortunately, rubbish. : /
-Batting is completely linear
-You can hardly beat the field unless you hit over them
-Every shot is automatically aimed straight at a fielder or is a complete miss-hit
-The 'placement' dial is useless as it's dependent upon batsman positioning and the bowler locks the pitch of the ball in too late and thus you have too little time to adjust it
-Even if you do manage to make any [seemingly] meaningful adjustment to the placement dial, it does nada
-The command inputs clash - drives become blocks etc
-No fielding whatsoever
-The bowling cursor, although probably better that the Ashes scheme, sways too much making you take too much time between balls trying to time the lock... it's not all that skill intensive either
-Way too few delivery types
-No replays
-Poor presentation
-No decent player/squad edit mode
-No classic teams/matches...
As much as CR looks okay for the first hour or so, once you get to grips with the gameplay system its myriad flaws become game-breaking-ly apparent very quickly.
An okay effort for a first try, but aside from maybe the bowling scheme and the fluid look of strokes, this game is fail sadly.