The standard shots - front foot or back foot lack power and punch to beat the infield and no matter what you do, there's no way you can score at a decent pace using these shots (except the leg glance). Thus people go for the other extreme - that is advance down the wicket shots. Using this approach, once you get the hang of timing, you can hammer any bowler (Warne, Mcgrath, Shoaib, Murali, Harmison...) for a 6 or 4 every time even with a tailender with no confidence.
This makes batting in cricket 2005 a game of extremes and lacks realism. I can score a 100 on Hard level in 20 odd balls using advance down the wicket shots. I only have to block the odd yorker (even this can be scored off without the 6 hit option) and hammer rest of the balls for a 6 or 4. And I don't have to worry about pitch (green, wet, hard, dusty etc.), weather conditions (sunny, warm, hot, overcast, humid etc.) or strength of the batsmen. Request EA to address this imbalance for a more realistic gaming experience. Maybe the standard shots should have more power and should get batsmen runs and advance down the wicket should be toned down a bit - with successful hits only being executed in case batsmen have enough confidence or they are extremely good like Lara, Tendulkar, Gilchrist etc.
This makes batting in cricket 2005 a game of extremes and lacks realism. I can score a 100 on Hard level in 20 odd balls using advance down the wicket shots. I only have to block the odd yorker (even this can be scored off without the 6 hit option) and hammer rest of the balls for a 6 or 4. And I don't have to worry about pitch (green, wet, hard, dusty etc.), weather conditions (sunny, warm, hot, overcast, humid etc.) or strength of the batsmen. Request EA to address this imbalance for a more realistic gaming experience. Maybe the standard shots should have more power and should get batsmen runs and advance down the wicket should be toned down a bit - with successful hits only being executed in case batsmen have enough confidence or they are extremely good like Lara, Tendulkar, Gilchrist etc.