Some suggestions
I know I am thinking too far away but will codemasters release commentary, tv graphics, updated teams, player averages patches like what some of the members have been doing here? These patches keep the game current and fresh.
I know this is a place to ask questions but I have some suggestions to make the gameplay real and exciting.
1. Improved AI. So many things can be listed here. (good field placements, effective bowling changes, CPU chases the target realistically)
2. 30 yard circle in grounds
3. player motion should be seamless. (No stuttering moonwalks)
4. keeper/fielder bends to collect the ball at stumps only when the ball gets to him and not all the while.
5. more player reactions. (when a wicket falls, or batsmen is beaten, batsmen hits a ton etc...)
6. Drinks interval
7. on field injuries, fielder substitutions, runner for injured batsman
8. captains from both sides for toss before the match
9. presentation ceremony after match (Man of match, series presentation)
10. as in real cricket, when the ball is hit slowly towards mod-off and mid-on, the batsmen should be able to take a run.
11. LBW's should be sensible, no lbw's for balls piching outside the line of the stump (exception only if batsman pads up)
12. hawk-eye view for LBWS
13. Improved spectators (no card board cut-outs please)
14. Pitch detoriating, foot marks... (it would be really great if the ball spins more when bowler pitches on foot marks on 4th day of test match)
15. Allow users to make custom tournaments with variable number of teams (it would be nice if user is allowed to create tours...)
16. Better graphics (PLEASE)
17. Periodic summary of stats in middle of matches. (stats, wagon wheels, manhattan).
18. Ability to save replays.
19. pitch reports should have commentator near the pitch (possibly with a key in his hand to test the hardness of the pitch)
20. Projected scores during ODI's... stats displaying the number of balls taken to score each 50 runs.
21. More bowling actions. (Recommended: Shoaib Akhtar, Murali, Warne, Paul Adams, Pollock, Malinga, Harbhajan) Ability to choose the bowling action type in team management would be good (similar to face type, body type).
22. Commentaries from various commentators and not just two. Ability to choose the commentators before the match. Commentators change after every 10 overs or so. (Of course this will increase the install size but everybody has a 40GB+ HDD anyway... it would be still better if it would be a optional install)
23. variable batsmen running speed. So, if jonty is on one end and Inzi on other then Inzi would take more time to complete the run than Jonty (no offense to Inzi or his fans...)
I know I am asking for too much... but its just that I (and i am sure many more) need a complete cricket game.
