Cricket Coach 2007 - first opinions and thoughts

[Freddie2007]

Franks and Swann are both capable batsmen.

Yeah I know but when you're 8 wickets down needing to bat out 2 sessions to save the game it's entirely unrealistic for 2 lower/tail-order batsmen to save the match, it's like Plunkett and Harmison batting 2 sessions to save an Ashes test, it wouldn't happen.

 

[Allrounder18]

My created Medium pacer can bowl 30+ overs in one day ,must be due to some high attributes

 

[treva]

Just had a fun game with Hampshire and very realistic

http://treva.freewebhostingpro.com/SOM v HAM 200707011211.html

 

[Gilly Fan]

About to play trial version. How long is it for?

 

[Mr. Kurns]

till Midnight the day after u get the trial i think.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Ha ha! It's wicked! I was chasing over 300 and I was going at about 11 an over after 7 overs. I was like, this is really un-realistic. But it's good. It went down to 6.7 and then my laptop hibernated because of low battery. When I turned it back on, it had screwed up and gotten out of it.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Here is my first completed match.

Western Australia vs Victoria 
State Cup 
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, Australia 
15 October 2007 
Toss: Western Australia won the toss and chose to bat 
MoM: BJ Hodge 
Result: Victoria won by 2 wickets 

Western Australia  Runs Balls Mins 4's 6's 
JL Langer c Moss b Denton 48 30 28 8 1 
WS Gillies not out  72 137 166 3 0 
SE Marsh not out  90 133 138 9 1 
Extras (w 12 nb 2) 14     
Total (for 1 wicket, 50 overs) 224     

Fall of wickets 
1-56 (Langer, 8.0 ov) 

Victoria Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls 
ML Lewis 9 0 55 0 1 1 
GJ Denton 10 0 60 1 3 0 
SM Harwood 10 3 31 0 2 0 
CL White 10 0 38 0 0 0 
J Moss 10 0 38 0 6 1 
BJ Hodge 1 0 2 0 0 0 

Victoria Target: 225 Runs Balls Mins 4's 6's 
JL Arnberger c Voges b Dorey 36 28 32 7 0 
LR Mash c Edmondson b Inness 22 29 35 1 1 
M Klinger c Inness b Mangan 37 51 54 3 1 
N Jewell c Inness b Mangan 12 23 21 2 0 
BJ Hodge not out  71 76 80 6 3 
CL White c Inness b Voges 6 3 1 0 1 
J Moss c Inness b Voges 12 11 11 2 0 
AJ Crosthwaite c Mangan b Edmondson 4 9 9 1 0 
SM Harwood c Inness b Voges 0 3 1 0 0 
ML Lewis not out  15 27 25 0 0 
Extras (w 6 nb 4) 10     
Total (for 8 wickets, 43.2 overs) 225     

Fall of wickets 
1-61 (Arnberger, 8.5 ov), 2-61 (Mash, 9.4 ov), 3-91 (Jewell, 16.3 ov), 4-153 (Klinger, 26.5 ov), 5-160 (White, 27.3 ov), 6-184 (Moss, 31.5 ov), 7-191 (Crosthwaite, 34.5 ov), 8-192 (Harwood, 35.3 ov) 

Western Australia Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls 
BR Dorey 7 0 43 1 0 2 
MWH Inness 6.2 2 33 1 1 0 
JP Mangan 10 0 63 2 1 0 
BM Edmondson 10 1 35 1 3 1 
AC Voges 10 0 51 3 1 1 

Statistical Notes 
Western Australia innings 
 
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (Langer 44, Gillies 7, Extras 1) 
 
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (Marsh 25, Gillies 22, Extras 4) 
 
Gillies 50: 105 balls, 113 minutes (2 x 4's, 0 x 6's) 
 
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 167 balls (Marsh 48, Gillies 44, Extras 9) 
 
Marsh 50: 83 balls, 93 minutes (5 x 4's, 1 x 6's) 
 
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 225 balls (Marsh 79, Gillies 58, Extras 13) 
 
Victoria innings 
 
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (Arnberger 28, Mash 21, Extras 3) 
 
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (Klinger 19, Hodge 26, Extras 5) 
 
Hodge 50: 46 balls, 41 minutes (4 x 4's, 3 x 6's) 
 
  

Generated by Cricket Coach 2007 
Copyright (c) 2007 Rockingham Software Ltd. 
All data is fictional and generated by a computer simulation.

 

[Chris2K]

Gotta say I'm impressed with the game, even if batting is a bit easy at times. Made 719/6 as Somerset against Derbyshire, 3 centuries and a 200 from James Hildreth. Maybe it was just the Taunton pitch mind you...

Hopefully the patch will address some of the more irritating problems already mentioned in the thread, but I can live with them for now.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I am missing Anwar Ali & some other domestic players from Pakistan...
Anwar Ali that guy from U-19 WC Final

 

[anakwalajinn]

Are there any run-outs in the game?

 

[Timewell]

Yup - run outs occur in this version (unlike in the last version, if my memory serves me correctly).

 

[Sureshot]

Having played it for a little longer, I am reasonably impressed, still needs some work but we know that the makers want to improve it, unlike some companies.

Batting is just a little too free scoring, I was slightly disappointed that field placings where in set places, as opposed to anywhere (like on ICC06). Too many catches are dropped also. It's good and an improvement, I might buy it (it's not exactly expensive), just need to work out which way as it doesn't accept Solo.

 

[Freddie2007]

One thing that would be really good for a patch would be a feature where the counties play one home game a year at another ground, so for example Somerset play a game at Bath and Surrey play a game at Guildford etc.

 

[whiteninness]

Hey. Is there any chance of a limited features but unlimited time demo? Perhaps you could only play as a certain club for 6 months or so like last year? It's just that 1 day isn't much time to assess how good a game is and I was stupid and installed it the morning of a day that I then was out the whole day for...

Will the patched version maybe come with another 1 day trial like you did last year?

Also, on another minor note, it was a good idea to go with eLicense. Their payment methods may be a bit limited but it's much better than the pissweak softwrap which can be bypassed by a toddler with a plastic toy computer. As far as I'm aware, eLicense is stronger than that so you should be rewarded for your hard work

 

[Freddie2007]

One thing I would say is could you change the highlights box so it doesn't go into slow motion when a wicket falls, because you know exactly what is going to happen in the game before it happens, it would be better to change it so you don't know when there will be a wicket.