They need to scrap the confidence meter for batting

[Bluebagger]

It's useless and completely unrealistic and it should be replaced with two different metres that are more relevant - aggression and "eye."

My reasoning for saying it is unrealistic is when I played a test against India, having been bowled out for 331 after 72 overs Sehwag and Gambhir came out to bat and Sehwag was "hesistant." I don't think there has ever been a time in Cricket where Sehwag has been hesitant and at the end of the day he finishes with about 7 off 42 balls.

Firstly, they should throw back to the SWC/BLC '99 game and have every batsman classed as either "defensive," "moderate," or "aggressive." That would fairly represent the majority of batsman on the game and would be a step closer to a little bit more realism. Sehwag would start the innings fairly intent and his partner would start a little bit more cautious but this should also change depending on the scenario ie chasing 150 in the final 30 overs of a test to win the game or batting in the third innings on day 4 of a test to try and set up a sizable lead quickly would be scenarios where aggression would be higher and trying to save a match on day 5 would be one where it would be lower.

Secondly, the most important aspect would become "the eye" which would dictate precision and placement of the shots. An aggressive player like Sehwag would start with a higher "eye" than say Gambhir but would be more prone to getting out early as it comes with the risk of playing aggressive shots but once in he is hard to stop. Likewise, tailenders who come in as : defensive" have a relatively low eye which would not rise to the full bar as a top order batsman.

I haven't explained it very well but I'm sure most of you can grasp the basic concept of where I'm going with this as it is far too annoying seeing players like Shahid Afridi and Sehwag come out to bat and have them prodding along with a SR of about 30 but then getting belted for 6 off the first ball of a test by Tim McIntosh.

 

[Eon]

Yea i like the idea... I think it works... having tailenders for somereason being confident when they come to the crease makes no sense lol..

But could be a different kind of bar or maybe even the shape of an eye... and as it gets coloured more the batsman is seeing the ball better. It is hard to explain though lol

 

[pcfan123]

I like the current system.

 

[mountdew]

He was probably 'hesitant' because he bowled crap in the previous innings.

You'll find that players who have bowled and fielded well will come out to bat with higher confidence.

 

[Bluebagger]

He didn't bowl at all - Zaheer, Sharma, Mishra, Harbhajan & Yuvjrav.

 

[cooks1st100]

I like the confidence meter but like many things in this game it needs tweaking, a batsman shouldnt be fearless until he has hit a century and in some cases shouldnt be fearless even when he has hit a century, depending on other factors such as skill, how attacking the batman is, the wicket, previous form etc. It does annoy me that someone like Freddy Flintoff comes out hesitant due to his performance with the ball in the previous innings, when the two should be treated as separate entities, although in real life it would have a slight influence depending on the individual

 

[gunner_3sp_glow]

I think that the current system works just fine. Although I agree that only a few bats men should start on confident. Same with the bowlers.

There are things that are fundamentaly wrong with the gameplay. These are what we, the paying consumer should have patched, who cares about the confidence meter?