We surely will know by end of year. I am not hyping up BigAnt cricket, but the only reason why I am upbeat is I mentioned somewhere that I have played RLL2 and I am still enjoying thoroughly.
As per ashes, you can only get what developers wants to give, I don't see any scope as there is no longevity in that game. Only ashes does not justify the game, and without a career mode and specially missing basic elements has put me off with that game. I will only purchase ashes after reading positive stuff after 2 months or so.
Well having ties with both aus and eng i love the ashes but for other people i do understand about the longevity for ashes is a real problem and even after the rest of the features are released i don't think any of them will help much in that area of the game, i hope i'm wrong.
You got to think if bigant get there cricket game near right the first time and support the game after release with patches, DLC then ashes 2013 is in a lot of trouble. Still gameplay is king and means way more if the features are the only good thing about bigant cricket.
p.s I have seen There rugby game on youtube looks killer, i will have to look again at a later date.