You know what bothers me...

[Hooper]

...When your batsman are set, playing well, doing great... Then its the end of the session/day and you come back out to bat and they get out straight away...

It happens far to often, ffs, when a batsmans set, hes set for more then one session! I like how they've implemented it into the engine, but as frequent as a Phil Hughes 100 (and we know how fast that it).

 

[CG123]

yeah this does actually happen quite a lot. It was something i noticed in 08, i haven't played 09 as much to really notice it though.
it happened to me more at the beginning of a new day than at a session, i would have a guy on like a 100 and he would get out 1st/2nd over.

 

[Sureshot]

A batsman have to re-build an innings after each day. It's only slightly reduced (confidence) after tea, a bit more so after lunch. It reflects real life. You should be changing the aggression of the batsman to reflect their own confidence/situation.

 

[Hooper]

I always change them back to 2 bars after a session - it don't matter, they still get out 9/10 times.

 

[evertonfan]

A Phil Hughes hundred isn't really that frequent anymore is it?

 

[Hooper]

Yes it is, they haven't reduced his ability.

 

[treva]

It's not getting out at the start of a session that bothers me, it's the amount of times players get out at the end of a session, and most of the time in the last few overs of the day. Bloody annoying!

 

[TheGreemSim]

It's not getting out at the start of a session that bothers me, it's the amount of times players get out at the end of a session, and most of the time in the last few overs of the day. Bloody annoying!

Tell me about it

 

[Shri]

I always change them back to 2 bars after a session - it don't matter, they still get out 9/10 times.

You dont have to change it back to 2 bars after every session. If you ended the session on 3 bars, resume the next session on 2 bars. If you end a session on more than 5 bars, come down to 3 bars. Experiment a bit with various settings over a set no.of games or seasons to see if the trick works. Not just this trick, any trick in the game.

 

[Hooper]

I've tried that, it doesn't do anything.

 

[hedger_14]

Same thing just happened to Cardew. Batted out the first day finishing on 113* off 306 balls and goes 4th ball of day 2.

 

[Hooper]

Now you've noticed it, it will happen all the time...

 

[Cricketdude]

Batsman should start on like 3 or 4 bars(in confidence) because they batted the last night and have a feel of the wicket.

 

[Hooper]

3-4 bars = Wicket that morning....

 

[blake]

I always move my batsmen down a bar whenever the session ends - or is in the last few overs. If it is a new day, I start my batsmen on one bar unless we are needing quick runs.