Recent content by Jon S

Looks just like before, but that's no bad thing the whole database has been updated and it sounds like their will be more first class players in the foreign countries to choose from. I am a little annoyed that they couldn't be bothered to get a new picture of Trent Bridge. In the Notts V...

This is typical ECB, making me look stupid :p

No it doesn't.....

Fair comment regarding the advance shot, but it was so poorly implemented in cricket 2004 and made it easy to hit very ball for 6, this is what essentially ruined the game for me and I have no reason to believe that it will be any different in cricket 2005.

It's easy to hit behind square- just choose it as your shot direction!

Yeah, reversing the oppositions batting order is quite fun, it's good that there is such a noticable difference in the abilities of different batsmen.

I think you'll find that in the option menu after you've clicked on tournament it says 'fielding restrictions :off' so in this case it is ok to have everyone on the boundary.

Have you actually read the review? It's obvious he doesn't like cricket when he says "Cricket is a monumentally dull sport"

What use is it getting someone to review a cricket game who thinks cricket is monumentally dull? It's the first cricket game I've played where I actually enjoy bowling

Surely you won't know if it's been over hyped until you play the full version over a period of time?

Are you saying you never finish a game? If so why not take the advice on here and just play a Twenty20 game

Why such a big deal about Autoplay? Give bowling a chance and see if it's any good, the autoplay on cricket 2004 was awful anyway, massive totals for barely any wickets with an extremely slow run rate. I think BLIC has missed a trick by not including front and back foot shots, but I'm not...