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[Slug1793]

1st Ashes Test, The Gabba
Having bowled Australia out for 345 the England openers needed to ensure a good solid start, but at 11 for 1 and then 3 down for 88, you could certainly argue that they hadn’t managed that.

In at 5 was Paul Collingwood, who had been in good form the past 12 months. He joined Pietersen at the crease and the pair began to build a steady, but good partnership.




KP eventually fell to the short ball, but at 285 for 4 and just 60 runs behind with 6 wickets remaining, England were in the driving seat.

Ian Bell wasn’t at his fluent best, but battled hard on a wicket that had good bounce and carry, eventually falling for 72. England were in the lead though, and looking to drive home the advantage.




Wicketkeeper batsman Matt Prior was in at 7 late on day 3, but he survived the last 20 minutes or so and then got to work on the morning of day 4.

He lost wickets around him, but managed to keep the strike long enough to do more damage to the Aussie bowling attack. Prior was the last wicket to fall, with England amassing a lead of 137.




With the best part of 2 days to play, it was England’s turn with the ball again and if there was to be any chance of winning this first test, early wickets was the key…

 

[Slug1793]

My understanding from all these comments is that the academy is still bugged as heck. It seems the issue of players missing from downloaded teams is yet to be fixed. Alas, here I was thinking about getting back into the game...

I think it depends where you get your enjoyment from. I think you can get a decent match out of it, but leading up to that match you might be frustrated when trying to put your teams together, i.e downloading from the academy.

 

[Wealey]

My understanding from all these comments is that the academy is still bugged as heck. It seems the issue of players missing from downloaded teams is yet to be fixed. Alas, here I was thinking about getting back into the game...

1st Ashes Test, The Gabba
Having bowled Australia out for 345 the England openers needed to ensure a good solid start, but at 11 for 1 and then 3 down for 88, you could certainly argue that they hadn’t managed that.

In at 5 was Paul Collingwood, who had been in good form the past 12 months. He joined Pietersen at the crease and the pair began to build a steady, but good partnership.

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KP eventually fell to the short ball, but at 285 for 4 and just 60 runs behind with 6 wickets remaining, England were in the driving seat.

Ian Bell wasn’t at his fluent best, but battled hard on a wicket that had good bounce and carry, eventually falling for 72. England were in the lead though, and looking to drive home the advantage.

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Wicketkeeper batsman Matt Prior was in at 7 late on day 3, but he survived the last 20 minutes or so and then got to work on the morning of day 4.

He lost wickets around him, but managed to keep the strike long enough to do more damage to the Aussie bowling attack. Prior was the last wicket to fall, with England amassing a lead of 137.

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With the best part of 2 days to play, it was England’s turn with the ball again and if there was to be any chance of winning this first test, early wickets was the key…

Out of interest mate who are you playing as and what settings you using?

 

[Slug1793]

Out of interest mate who are you playing as and what settings you using?

I’m England mate and I don’t have the exact settings, I’m out at the moment but will post later. I have made a point of tinkering with them depending on location though. For England swing up at around 70 to start with, then decrease it as the ball gets older. For this test (Brisbane) and the rest of the series, Ive had it at 40 and then dropped it 10 every 30 overs. I also increase wicket chance for the first 10 overs, new ball and all that. Again wicket chance varies depending on location/bowling or batting friendly conditions.

 

[Bluebagger]

Australia won the toss and elected to bat on a grassy wicket scoring 55 for the first wicket before losing both openers in quick succession which slowed the run rate down and will please the South Africans, a pretty even session that might slightly favour South Africa

Australia almost went through the middle session without losing a wicket but Ricky Ponting was bowled by Nicky Boje shortly before the tea break. Runs were hard to come by for most of the session but the Aussies were rarely threatened with Alan Donald losing his line the longer he bowled. The Waugh twins are at the crease with Mark looking set and Steve hitting a few boundaries before the break.

 

[Slug1793]

Out of interest mate who are you playing as and what settings you using?

Difficulty Hard for each.
This test I increased the bounce quite a bit, normally it’s around 45/50
These were taken after 30 overs as well so I had dropped swing from 40 to 30

 

[Wealey]

Difficulty Hard for each.
This test I increased the bounce quite a bit, normally it’s around 45/50
These were taken after 30 overs as well so I had dropped swing from 40 to 30
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Similar.. interesting u gone high striker timing.. I get a lot more play and misses and moments with it lower.

Have you had a nick to keeper while bowling?

 

[Slug1793]

Similar.. interesting u gone high striker timing.. I get a lot more play and misses and moments with it lower.

Have you had a nick to keeper while bowling?

Yeah I thought it would make the AI bat better, jury’s out though I guess. I do get plenty of nicks in general, more to slip though than the keeper. This match just gone though, nothing through to the keeper and on 2 through to the slips

 

[Slug1793]

1st Ashes Test, The Gabba
With just under 2 days to play and both teams still seemingly needing to bat again, this match had draw written all over it. Or at least it should have…

Australia collapsed to 187 all out with only Michael Hussey passing 50 and just 3 other batsman making it to double figures. Things started horribly when the first wicket fell to a a run out and then Ponting fell for a duck (2nd Test at Adelaide in the real life series springs to mind). A few potential partnerships were put together after that, but the England bowlers and in particular Graeme Swann ensured that the Aussies never got away from them.

When Anderson bowled Siddle to end the innings it left England needing 51 to secure victory and although it went into a fifth day, the match was over before lunch.

England go 1 up in the series and it’s on to Adelaide for the 2nd Test.

 

[Wealey]

3rd Test at the Adelaide Oval and a must win game for the Aussies who find themselves 2-0 down.

Good deck and a good toss to win for Australia who have got off to a needed solid start…