A few suggestions for the patch( some or most maybe impossible to implement or may already have been implemented.. but these are just a few suggestions.)
1. Better pacing by the CPU in the one dayers. This includes trying to be aggressive in the first 15 overs and then slowing down between 15-35 and then slogging irrespective of the number of wickets in hand. If the req run rate is up the CPU should try to force the pace- and if the CPU has lost too many wickets then it should try to hold on to wickets.This should also depend on the players attributes- Gilchrist will be aggressive despite the situation but Dravid will play anchor if things are going badly and then accelerate only towards the end.
2.Correct attributes for each player for the major teams(Rahul Dravid and Akash Chopra show up as aggressive in test matches on my team attributes!!)
3. Inappropriate attributes - Most of the australian team doesnt have any weakness , if you look at their attributes- now I agree they are fantastic but to say they have no weaknessess is carrying it a bit too far- Ponting has a definite weakness to spin)
4. Special individual attributes- Shane Warne and Murali should be able to get greater turn even in unhelpful conditions unlike some one like Anil Kumble. And Pathan gets more swing than someone like say nehra.
5.More appropriate field changes- if a tailender comes in , the CPU should be more aggressive with field placement, especially on a track helpful to bowlers. Right now the CPU changes its field for a new batsman , but it is the same field.
6. Field changes for individual batsman- If ganguly's weakness is the short ball and his strength is the offside- there should be more runs protecting runs on the off and a fielder close in on the leg side for a catch of a short ball.Also the bowler should not bowl randomly , but bowl to a specific field for each batsman- say short on or around leg stump for ganguly.
7.More bat -pad catches of spinners on helpful pitches and a few more edges of spinners in general. Although there are a few edges off spinners I have very rarely seen bat pad catches in cricket 2004(Though I have not played a test with dusty pitch yet with tutsis patch)
8. It would be fantastic if a batsmans running attributes were taken into account- say someone like bevan or kaif would run much faster than a laxman or inzamam. The CPU fielder would then try to throw it to the end where the slower batsman runs.Also this way quick singles become riskier when you have a poor runner between wickets.
9. CPU should have better field placements especially in one days- few common faults are - no slips in the first few overs-and lack of close in fielders to prevent quick singles- I usually get 40% of my runs as singles where I either just defend , or the ball touches my pads and drops near the stumps and I take a run. (Usually with fast bowlers)
10. I think the edges are fine- I feel that even on a normal or hard pitch - there should be a few edges in some situations- either early on in the batsmans innings, or when a very good bowler bowls to a tail ender.This will make the game more realistic- as I find we have tons of edges on a green pitch (see above , aus 67all out) but very few on a normal pitch.
These are just a few suggestions. I am quite sure these are impossible to implement in cricket 2004 and will probably not even find their way into the next version of the game.However Tutsis patch is revolutionary in that players really play to their attributes(The way the game should have been in the first place!) and maybe he can work his magic and implement a few of these suggestions
