Tutsi, I have just given your 1.2 patch a go. And what can I say? It is simply superb!
I started a random 50 over match between Pakistan(me) and New Zealand. It was on a damp pitch, so after Nz won the toss, they chose to bowl.
I had a terrible time batting, the ball wasn't bouncing properly at all. The edited strokes were brilliant, I loved the cover drive and straight drive. Due to the low bounce, I lost 3 quick wickets in the first 10 overs. I then started playing carefully and slowly, and I managed to make 164/6 in 50 overs.
I was quite happy with the total, as the pitch was a nightmare for batting.
So then it was Nz's turn for batting. I got Vincent bowled in the very first over of the innings with a beatiful out-swinger. Fleming came in, and he along with Sinclair took the score to 22.
I brought on Kaneria, in the hope that he could trouble the batsman with the low bounce of the pitch. And Sinclair was bowled that over! The ball bounced so very low. I decided to bring on Afridi as well, seeing the way the NZ batsmen were being bamboozled by the bounce.
The 2 spinners took another 3 wickets, leaving NZ crumbling at 39/5.
Cairns and Astle steadied the innings a bit. Cairns smashed 2 sixes off Afridi in one over, while Astle was playing great cover drives at the other end. They took the score to 57/6, before a Flipper by Kaneria caught Cairns off guard. He was bowled, and New Zealand were facing defeat at 57/6.
But then McCullum and Astle fought back, taking the score to 98. Shoaib Akthar then bowled a brilliant in-swinging yorker to get Astle out bowled.
I thought the match was over then, but the NZ batsmen kept fighting back. In the end, they won with 2 wickets remaining. It was a great match, and I enjoyed every bit of it.
You might be thinking that the batsman were getting bowled too easily, but this was because of the damp pitch. Overall, I absolutely loved this patch!
I'm now gonna start a test match and I'll post a review after I finish it!