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[Dhruv]

I second that. There should also be better skills for Ishan Porel, Shivam Dube...

Ya and u should see Hardik pandya's performance in recent ipl and when we play the game we are so disappointed.

[ruby23]

This should be definitely taken into consideration

I second that. There should also be better skills for Ishan Porel, Shivam Dube...

Both these players are highly rated.

[Dhruv]

Have played an International save with India till the Test Championship of 2021 and have found below points-
H Pandya needs a batting and bowling boost. Certainly a batting boost as in game across the last two seasons he averages in the range of 15-20 for domestic OD/T20 matches.
K Pandya could do with a little upskill in his bowling skills for OD/T20 matches.
KL Rahul should be termed as an aggressive player in batting.
K Gowtham needs a slight batting boost. Averages in 10s across the three formats.
Harvik Desai is a wicketkeeper batsman. In game has been made only a batsman.
Hanuma Vihari is a handy part time bowler. Needs a slight boost in his bowling as in game he does not bowl at all.
Manjot Kalra needs a batting boost as in game he has not played a game for 3 yrs.
Nitish Rana needs a batting boost as in all three formats in game he averages less than 30 for two consecutive seasons. Also bowls part time spin regularly in domestic cricket in real life but in game has not bowled for the past two seasons.
Navdeep Saini needs a boost in his bowling skills as he has featured in only 9 FC games across two seasons in game and has not been selected for any OD/T20 game.
Sanju Samson needs a considerable batting upskill in T20 cricket as across last two seasons in game has played 25 T20 matches and has averaged around 14 with only 1 50+ score.
Riyan Parag needs a batting and bowling boost. Has been averaging in 20s in batting in game. Also has bowled a combined 7 overs across three formats in the last two years in game whereas in real life is considered slightly better than a part time spinner going by his career stats.
Harshal Patel needs to be made a bowler and not an all rounder in game going by his career stats.
Kamlesh Nagarkoti has been rated poorly in game as he has not been selected to play a single game in the last two seasons. Needs a bowling upskill so that gets selected in game.
Rahul Chahar needs a bowling upgrade in OD/T20 matches as his current domestic record suggests.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar could do with a slight bowling boost as in game averages above 30 in FC/OD games in the last two seasons.
Sarfaraz Khan will be playing for Mumbai in FC cricket from this season.

This should be definitely taken into consideration

[biggy09]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is anything being done for the way the AI select bowlers, specifically in limited overs? FC is generally okay, besides the random batsman coming on first change, but limited overs is generally poor imo. A lot of times in both 50 over and t20 games the AI rarely uses a 6th bowler, and the opening bowlers will also a lot of the time bowl out 7+ overs each to start the innings, even if they are being smacked around.

Was the same in the previous edition, but thought it may have been worked on for the new release. Loving it regardless. Thanks.

Any word on this? Or is it more of a bug, should I go to that thread?

[Sureshot]

Thanks so much for this. I've been trying to nail down this batting order bug for ages, and have fixed all sorts of things with players defined batting types in the database. Finally found the issue because you said it was always no. 4. It's supposed to put the best batsmen at no.4 but the sort wasn't working properly, so it was grabbing the wrong player. Didn't quite make it into the Steam build that's just been released, but we'll do another quick update to fix it.

This update is now live on Steam.

[DanSH119]

Albeit with my Kent-tinted glasses on, Zac Crawley and Ollie Robinson seem a bit underrated with the bat. Crawley especially.

[Chris Child]

There is some type of bug where the AI randomly picks allrounders, and bowlers who can bat, to bat at #4. This would have been the same reason that Weighell was batting at #4 and the user "muzzy" had Jhye Richardson batting there. This issue was present in the last version and never fixed. Don't ask me why but it is always #4 for some reason. Sureshot implied he has done something about this issue in a previous post.

Oh and S.Shahidullah (Afghanistan) should be an allrounder - he has bowled a decent amount of overs in all of his most recent matches, across all three formats.

Thanks so much for this. I've been trying to nail down this batting order bug for ages, and have fixed all sorts of things with players defined batting types in the database. Finally found the issue because you said it was always no. 4. It's supposed to put the best batsmen at no.4 but the sort wasn't working properly, so it was grabbing the wrong player. Didn't quite make it into the Steam build that's just been released, but we'll do another quick update to fix it.

[MarksNotts]

The latest patch is an improvement for batting position selections, Chris is investigating this all-rounder at #4 issue that sometimes crops up.

Not so sure it is just an All-Rounder issue, it seems to be Bowling All-rounders as there are plenty of batting allrounders of bat in the top order.

Bowling and Batting all-rounders have been accounted for.

[Sureshot]

There is some type of bug where the AI randomly picks allrounders, and bowlers who can bat, to bat at #4. This would have been the same reason that Weighell was batting at #4 and the user "muzzy" had Jhye Richardson batting there. This issue was present in the last version and never fixed. Don't ask me why but it is always #4 for some reason. Sureshot implied he has done something about this issue in a previous post.
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The latest patch is an improvement for batting position selections, Chris is investigating this all-rounder at #4 issue that sometimes crops up.

[Greenlightning003]

Is it still possible to change player ability like Preed suggested? Some of the issues he stated were in this game for the last version too.

[bryce87]

Not sure whether the DB has been locked for the next patch, but noticed that the AI has Ed Barnard at Worcs batting at No.4, I know he is a promising allrounder but he bats at 8 or 9 in real life.

There is some type of bug where the AI randomly picks allrounders, and bowlers who can bat, to bat at #4. This would have been the same reason that Weighell was batting at #4 and the user "muzzy" had Jhye Richardson batting there. This issue was present in the last version and never fixed. Don't ask me why but it is always #4 for some reason. Sureshot implied he has done something about this issue in a previous post.

Oh and S.Shahidullah (Afghanistan) should be an allrounder - he has bowled a decent amount of overs in all of his most recent matches, across all three formats.

[MarksNotts]

Not sure whether the DB has been locked for the next patch, but noticed that the AI has Ed Barnard at Worcs batting at No.4, I know he is a promising allrounder but he bats at 8 or 9 in real life. This bug has been fixed.
Another curious one is Matt Taylor at Gloucs took 51 wickets at 23 last season and is ever present this season, yet the AI selects Stuart Whittingham who hasn't played this season ahead of him. Improved Taylor.

[Preed]

Have played an International save with India till the Test Championship of 2021 and have found below points-
H Pandya needs a batting and bowling boost. Certainly a batting boost as in game across the last two seasons he averages in the range of 15-20 for domestic OD/T20 matches. His ratings are spot on in both formats, certainly his batting is some way off those sorts of averages.
K Pandya could do with a little upskill in his bowling skills for OD/T20 matches.Don't agree
KL Rahul should be termed as an aggressive player in batting. He's border line, for now I'm going to leave him as average aggression.
K Gowtham needs a slight batting boost. Averages in 10s across the three formats.His batting ability reflects real life, averages in the 10s is about right. He can bat aggressively, just not for very long.
Harvik Desai is a wicketkeeper batsman. In game has been made only a batsman.Changed
Hanuma Vihari is a handy part time bowler. Needs a slight boost in his bowling as in game he does not bowl at all. Agreed, improved.
Manjot Kalra needs a batting boost as in game he has not played a game for 3 yrs.
Nitish Rana needs a batting boost as in all three formats in game he averages less than 30 for two consecutive seasons. Also bowls part time spin regularly in domestic cricket in real life but in game has not bowled for the past two seasons. Improved his bowling, nothing wrong with his batting ability.
Navdeep Saini needs a boost in his bowling skills as he has featured in only 9 FC games across two seasons in game and has not been selected for any OD/T20 game. Tweaked the AI for him.
Sanju Samson needs a considerable batting upskill in T20 cricket as across last two seasons in game has played 25 T20 matches and has averaged around 14 with only 1 50+ score.Again, not seeing much wrong with his batting ability, certainly not for that sort of average.
Riyan Parag needs a batting and bowling boost. Has been averaging in 20s in batting in game. Also has bowled a combined 7 overs across three formats in the last two years in game whereas in real life is considered slightly better than a part time spinner going by his career stats. Bowling improved. Batting looks okay.
Harshal Patel needs to be made a bowler and not an all rounder in game going by his career stats. He's an opener all-rounder, he's just not that good with the bat. Looks like he gets used as a pinch hitter in OD games.
Kamlesh Nagarkoti has been rated poorly in game as he has not been selected to play a single game in the last two seasons. Needs a bowling upskill so that gets selected in game. Significantly improved.
Rahul Chahar needs a bowling upgrade in OD/T20 matches as his current domestic record suggests. Really is nothing wrong his current or potential abitlity.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar could do with a slight bowling boost as in game averages above 30 in FC/OD games in the last two seasons. Nothing wrong with his rating.
Sarfaraz Khan will be playing for Mumbai in FC cricket from this season. Thanks, changed.

[muzzy]

Is it possible the added domestic records in the player profile could be removed or maybe make it into an option at the bottom on the drop down menu so you can select to see them if you like, it’s making the player profile unbearable for me!
On a positive note, i’m really enjoying the match engine and player abilities seem pretty much spot on to me.

[Alrounder80]

Bangladesh:

Mehidy Hossain should be picked in the starting XI for Bangladesh. Looking at the World Cup XI the AI picks for Bangladesh, Liton Das seems to be playing as an extra batsmen at number 8, when it should be Mehidy playing instead of him in the same batting position.

Tweaked.

Mohammad Saifuddin probably be getting picked ahead of Rubel Hossain for ODI cricket. This has been the case in recent times and I expect Bangladesh to pick Saifuddin in the starting XI in tomorrow’s WC game. In-game he plays no WC games.

Tweaked.

Somerset:

Tom Banton needs to be significantly improved. He currently does not get picked by the AI for Somerset when he should be picked as a starter for both ODs and T20s (and in the very near future he will be a starter in FC cricket irl having performed so well in the OD stuff). In his last 4 OD games irl, he scored 53, 112, 59 and 69, the last two being in a semi-final and final.

Banton significantly improved and tweaked for ai pick.

Lewis Gregory is currently treated as the 5^th bowler in FC cricket by the AI and very rarely bowls. Irl, he is probably Somerset’s best bowler in all formats and opens the bowling for them in every format.
Marcus Trescothick is seemingly not being picked by the AI for FC matches. He also doesn’t get picked for limited over matches, but this is correct as he has not been picked for any so far this season irl. In any case, he should be picked to play FC matches, perhaps ahead of someone like Roelof Van Der Merwe who gets picked by the AI as essentially a batsmen (when he is much more of a bowling all-rounder in reality).

Tweaked

Eddie Byrom could do with a slight improvement in his batting skill. He is very much on the fringes of being selected for Somerset, and if not for the current overseas player for Somerset (Azhar Ali), he would be selected. He was their first choice opener for all of last season for reference. Judging from his 2^nd XI performances (considering he doesn’t get picked by the AI), he is poorly rated in all formats.

As of right now, he's not done enough in his career for me to change his ability.

Dominic Bess is slightly better rated in-game than Jack Leach in FC cricket (the AI prefers to pick Bess over Leach in FC cricket). This should not be the case, as Leach is England’s current second choice spinner behind Rashid, and Dominic Bess is struggling to even be selected for Somerset’s 1st XI (had to recently make a loan move to Yorkshire to get 1st XI opportunities). Possible solution would be to reduce Bess’ skill slightly.

Tweaked AI for Leach.

Glamorgan:

Andrew Salter is a tricky one. His irl bowling averages are pretty shocking, but it remains a fact that when selected (usually a regular in the T20 format, occasional selected in OD and FC cricket), he is considered one of the main bowlers and bowls a lot of overs. In game however, he is picked as a pure batsmen and the likes of Billy Root and Marnus Labuschagne bowl ahead of Salter. So I’d suggest his bowling skill is improved so he is bowled more by the AI.

Root's bowling has been tweaked, Salter wasn't picked in List A this season. He had a couple of decent bowling figures from the 20 Over comp last season.

Graham Wagg needs significant improving in his bowling. He currently doesn’t get selected in any format by the AI, when in reality he is a regular in OD and T20 cricket and gets selected every now and then for FC cricket.

Tweaked Wagg.

Roman Walker is a very talented player that was selected in the recent U19s England World Cup squad, and also recently played in an OD game for Glamorgan where he held his own. His current in-game skill needs to be improved (or at the very least, however way you programme in the ‘potential’ for a player, this player needs to have good potential).

U-19 cricket is hardly a reliable benchmark for rating a player's ability. He's an unknown.

Charlie Hemphrey needs to be better skilled in OD cricket. He is a regular for the team in OD cricket irl but in-game is never picked and has a very low 2^nd XI OD average (implying low underlying rating).

Don't rely on 2nd XI averages in game. His rating is right for his record.

Prem Sisodiya, similarly to Roman, was selected in the recent U19s England World Cup squad and even participated in some of the games. He has even more potential than Roman and needs significant improvement in bowling skills.

Improved.

Daniel Douthwaite needs significant improvement in his bowling skills. In my current Yorkshire county season, Douthwaite averages 82 with the ball at 7.88 economy rate and does not get selected for FC games. In reality, he has now become a regular for Glamorgan in all formats. He recently played a match winning hand against Sussex in an OD game, getting 2 wickets a very quick 52*. He has also performed very well in the latest two FC games he has played (8 wickets and 140 between the 2 games).

Improved.

Gloucestershire:

Chrid Liddle could do with improvement in his bowling. He doesn’t get selected by the AI for OD games whereas irl he is a regular in OD cricket (he was this season irl in any case).

Tweaked

Hamshire:

Mason Crane is a bit underrated as he isn’t a regular for any format unlike irl where he is.

His rating is right, I've tweaked the AI for him

Sussex:

Will Beer needs to be selected in all limited over formats. Oliver Robinson seems to be getting picked in OD cricket ahead of Beer, which shouldn’t be the case.

Tweaked.

Warwickshire:

Sam Hain seems to be underrated in OD cricket. He doesn’t get picked in any OD games in the first season for his team by the AI, when irl he is their best OD batsmen, averaging 60 and eyeing an England debut in the near future.

Nothing wrong with his rating, have tweaked AI.

EDIT - Pakistan:

Imam Ul Haq should be a Defensive batsman in-game compared to the current 'Very Defensive' trait he is assigned in-game.

Would agree, changed.


As an aside, I’m noticing some odd AI decisions. Sometimes the AI seems to pick 5 bowlers in an FC game but almost exclusively use 4 bowlers. On other occasions the AI seems to pick a bowler but use part timers ahead of the bowler. I also noticed England picking James Hildreth to bat at number 8 in the upcoming Ashes series, where he proceeded to score a 40* and 19, then dully being dropped for Dawid Malan, who also is batted at number 8. Shouldn’t the AI value performances more instead of arbitrarily dropping and picking players? And shouldn’t the AI be more reasonable in where they decide to bat what are essentially top order batsmen?