Cricket Captain 2021 Database Feedback

[danJ]

Have put this in here before but not sure if anything has been done. Jack Brooks is retired from T20 and One day in the game but has been playing both for Somerset this season. Also James Hildreth should be changed to an opening batsman in T20 cricket

Fixed in next update for Brooks.

Hildreht might have opened in some 20 Overs this year, but not in his last match and spent all his career at 3, 4 or 5 in 20 Overs

[DaveK93]

Interested how you edit all your posts into one?

Just type it all in one post rather than constantly posting separate posts seconds after each other. Wording was perhaps clumsy.

[Lynx54321]

I think Brook Guest at Derbyshire should be moved from agressive to average. In time he might even be defensive though I'm not certain if he's sometimes dropping anchor to hang around longer due to the rest of Derbyshire's batting being a bit brittle this season.

He's looked a very decent batter this season (good technique, sound temperament, lovely cover drive) but in game doesn't seem as useful as last year? In last year's version he usually averaged about 30 or a tad under in first class which felt about right. If he's dropped since last year could he be returned to the previous level?

Changed him to average. His ability looks about right to me, not got great results so far.

[ashhh]

have there been any database updates yet? Frustrating playing as Yorkshire when it isn't viable playing half of the team that plays in real life for how poor they are. Thompson, Brook, Duke in particular with players like Tattersall being way too good

No database update yet, I've looked at these players for the next patch.

[hallmitchell]

Hilal8844554499 You know you can edit your posts all into one?

Also worth pointing out that unless a player has explicitly said they are retired from the format, they are still eligible. Non interest is very fickle, players change their minds all the time.

Interested how you edit all your posts into one?

[hallmitchell]

These players i feel need improving:

moeen ali - batting and bowling
jordan thompson - batting
harry brook - batting
danial ibrahim - batting
Aaron finch - batting
glenn maxwell - batting
josh philippe - batting
ashton agar - bowling
riley meredith - bowling
andre russell - batting
carlos braithwaite - batting
lendl simmons - batting
mohammed rizwan - batting
Fawad alam - batting
saim ayub - batting
fakhar zaman - batting
Glenn phillips - batting

I would like to add Trent Boult and Tim Southee to this list. Both are averaging in the high 40's in Test cricket and over that for one day cricket. Nothing wrong with Southee and Boult's abilities.

[DaveK93]

Hilal8844554499 You know you can edit your posts all into one?

Also worth pointing out that unless a player has explicitly said they are retired from the format, they are still eligible. Non interest is very fickle, players change their minds all the time.

[foreveryyoung]

George Munsey, Harry Finch and Joe Gordon are missing from Kent. Have signed RLC deals.

Thanks.

[muzzy]

These players i feel need improving:

moeen ali - batting and bowling Under rated with bat, have improved.
jordan thompson - batting His batting ability is fine.
harry brook - batting He's been improved with the bat.
danial ibrahim - batting Couple of decent 50s, improved slightly.
Aaron finch - batting His ability is fine
glenn maxwell - batting His ability is fine
josh philippe - batting His ability is strong in game
ashton agar - bowling His ability is fine in game with the ball, how are you finding him economically wise?
riley meredith - bowling Nothing wrong with his ability
andre russell - batting Not far off, have improved slightly
carlos braithwaite - batting Fair call, have improved
lendl simmons - batting His ability is fine
mohammed rizwan - batting His ability is fine
Fawad alam - batting His ability is fine
saim ayub - batting His ability is fine, still at the start of his career.
fakhar zaman - batting His ability is fine
Glenn phillips - batting His ability is fine

[muzzy]

Aaron Thomason's batting seems a bit overrated. He's a solid batsman in real life but a bit too handy in game I think. Danial Ibrahim on the other hand should be improved.

Joe Cracknell has been good in the Blast this season with 2 fifties and playing most games but is a non-entity in game.

Blake Cullen is very underrated.

Harry Duke and George Hill at Yorkshire are poor and stay poor in game but I think in real life this season have shown they're already good players with high potential.

Harry Brook has been very good indeed in the Blast too so old be improved in the format.

Similar to Hill and Duke, Jack Davies recently hit 70 odd against an Essex attack including Harmer and Porter so is no mug. In game I've not seen him play in the first three years of my current save or any others.

For a few of the young lads like the above and the likes of Gouldstone and Heldreich it may seem early for improvements but if they aren't moved a bit closer to their first team team mates then they're quickly outshadowed by regens and fade away. From watching at least some of all of the above this season I think they've all shown some of the technique/temperament required to make it as county players.

Agree with all of these, young player’s in the game for years have been poor, regen’s overtake them constantly.

[Lynx54321]

Aaron Thomason's batting seems a bit overrated. He's a solid batsman in real life but a bit too handy in game I think. Danial Ibrahim on the other hand should be improved. I've actually seen Thomason play test matches for England in season 2 in two saves now which doesn't seem realistic. Good find, significantly nobbled for next update.

I mentioned previously that Luis Reece was performing poorly for Derbyshire, from playing against them it seems that he's often being picked very low in the order with Godleman and McDermott opening. Godleman has been dropped from t20s now and I'd be a bit surprised if he plays another to be honest so Reece and McDermott should be the t20 openers. Reece also opened or batted at 3 in the hundred and struck 4 fine 50s in the Blast so is probably Derbyshire best white ball bat along with Du Plooy. Thanks. I've improved Reece with the bat, but also nobbled with the ball, not bowling much this season and when he has, not so good.

Alex Hughes bowling wise seems a bit too good in first class and a bit too expensive in t20s. He's really a t20 specialist these days. I've made some tweaks to his economy.

Matt Critchley could be a bit more economical in white ball cricket and perhaps a tiny bit better with bat after a good first class season this year. Yes, he's done well in the Championship this season. I've given him a small improvement.

Sam Evans at Leicestershire could also have a slight downgrade, he's good and a prospect but the England test team in season 2 is too early. Also sometimes plays t20s and List A and shouldn't with Inglis and Steel the preferred opening pair and Evans very much a red ball specialist (painfully slow) in t20. Steel on the other hand doesn't play first class. Have tweaked.

Azad may need a slight downgrade too, he's frankly poor these days after a good debut season. Very limited technique and has been figured out. Tweaked.

Ollie Sale is far too economical in t20s, should have decent wicket taking ability but has work to do on his economy. He's been nerfed and I've tweaked his economy.

I think on balance across all formats Lewis Hill has been Leicestershire's best non overseas batter this season, in game he's only picked sporadically. Nixon has talked a lot about his improvement based on hard work. Scored two good hundreds in the one day cup too. One decent half season doesn't over-rate several mediocre seasons. I think he needs more continuous form to warrant an increase.

Swindells is bang on in first class but I think could be slightly better in t20s where this season and last he's batted much better than when thrown in as an opener early on his career. Promising young cricketer, having a good season. Improved.

Rishi Patel could be an opener in List A and t20, opened in the one day cup this season and in t20 once Steel stopped being picked. Changed Rishi Patel to LA/20Over opener

Tom Abell maybe slightly underrated with the bat. Small increase.

Joe Cracknell has been good in the Blast this season with 2 fifties and playing most games as well as getting called up to the Hundred but is a non-entity in game averaging single figures for me over three seasons and doesn't improve either. 2 Decent innings in 20 overs, I've given him a small increase.

Blake Cullen is very underrated white ball bowling wise. He's been improved.

Will Smeed must be one of the hottest white ball prospects in the country too so may need a further upgrade in white ball batting after his exploits in the hundred. He's been improved again.

Alex Blake seems underrated, he does get picked for t20s but averages low teens consistently in saves I've seen. Weak record this season, pretty poor overall record. He's 32, so not a youngster. Won't be improved.

Harry Duke and George Hill at Yorkshire are poor and stay poor in game but I think in real life this season have shown they're already good players with high potential. I'd say the same about Revis too who is very poor in game. Still exceptionally early in their careers. I've given Duke a small increase, Hill a bigger increase as his batting ability was way off. Revis not doing much so far, not played outside of List A, will leave as is for now.

Harry Brook has been very good indeed in the Blast too so could be improved considerably in the format. I've been tweaking Brook.

Similar to Hill and Duke, Jack Davies recently hit 70 odd against an Essex attack including Harmer and Porter so is no mug. In game I've not seen him play in the first three years of my current save or any others. When I played as Middlesex he was another that barely cracked double figures. A bit like Hill, his ability was way off. Davies has played a bit of U-19s too.

James Taylor at Surrey is another highly thought of youngster who was tempted down from Derbyshire and would have played more this season were it not for injury. He's desperately poor in game so could be improved a bit. Fair call, have improved.

Dominic Goodman should be RFM rather than RM. Changed.

A few of the young lads like the above and the likes of Gouldstone and Heldreich at Northants and Goodman at Glos it may seem early for improvements but if they aren't moved a bit closer to their first team team mates then they're quickly outshadowed by regens and fade away. From watching all of the above this season I think they've all shown some of the technique/temperament required to make it as county players and at the very least should be expected to average high 20s if a batter or low 30s with ball with potential to improve beyond that. At the moment in my experience they all either don't play or if I play them will average mid-high teens with bat and mid 40s with ball and not improve.

I've improved Gouldstone, Heldreich is a tricky one. He did well in the 20 overs this year, but also didn't play all matches. Struggled in a few List A games. Not all cricketers make it, there has to be a balance and they need to prove themselves to some extent. Heldreich's potential ability in game is decent for a typical county pro cricketer.

I'd like to see more of them at least quickly become Max Holden or Charlie Thurston levels with salary levels around 30k rather than <22k no hopers.

Harrison Ward seems overrated. Consistently outperforms all the young players in this post despite poorer results in real life. Good point, nobbled.

Jack Leaning a touch underrated with the bat. His ability looks fair to me.

Nathan Gilchrist a bit underrated with ball. Fair call, have improved.

Roman Walker looked superb in the Blast for Glamorgan so could be upgraded a bit. Following those games he had a falling out and is now moving to Leicestershire or he would have played more so perhaps a small bowling increase. His potential is solid.

Joe Cooke seems to generally turn out quite good in most of my saves, in real life he had a good go this season and was very poor. Feels like his ability, potential or both could be nobbled. He's got a solid record, over a decent set of matches. I feel he's about right at the moment.

[Ahson8]

England
Tom Curran is playing test cricket nerf selection.
cadmore is overrated.
Ben Stokes is underrated.
Billings is very overrated.
Morgan does not play fc.
Malan Should replace root in t20i team.
Alastair Cook should be retired from t20.
Gareth batty only plays t20 cricket now.
retire James Andreson from all but fc,test.
retire broad from all but fc,test.
Pakistan
Imad Wasim said he does not want to play fc,test cricket.
Hafeez is missing from t20i team.
Wahab Riaz i don't think he's fc player now because of
age.
Shoaib Malik does not play od cricket in game he's unretired.
Fawad Alam had not played last domistic 50 over and t20 maybe retire him.
Nouman Ali needs little upgradeupgrade.
Shan Masood is little overrated.
Athar Mehmood of Nothren is RFM rather than LM.
Nasir Nawaz is RFM.
Musadiq Ahmed is os.
Ali Zaryab is os.
Sohail Tanveer does not play fc.
Ashfaq Ahmed is os.
Shadab Majeed is RFM.
Hafeez should be retired from od,odi.
Asif Afridi is SLW rather than LMF.
Afghanistan
Hamid Hassan does not play fc and od last played fc match in 2017 retire him from all but t20, t20i.
Naib last played fc in 2018.
South Africa
Joshua Richards is overrated his avg was over 100 in test matches.
Chris Morris does not play for South Africa but in game he's playing from 2021.
Malan is little overrated.
Zimbabwe
Brendon Taylor does not keep wickets much these days and should be change to pt wk. Regis Chakabva is first choice wk
India
Rohit Sharma is underrated.
Ravindra Jadeja is underrated, didn't pick a lot in India team.
it's time to upgrade chakravarthy.
Denish Karthik Need selection boost.
Raina even not getting pick in Chennai team.
Pujara ahead of Uthappa for Chennai very unrealistic

Asif Afridi is SLA, not SLW

He's now SLA.

[Ahson8]

Azam Khan should have strong preference vs spin, not pace. Changed.

Mohammad Haris performance isn't up to the mark considering he averages both 40 in List A & T20 Yes, although a really small sample size for 20 Over. I agree he's under-rated, have improved in game.

[Wilted]

Overseas players playing in domistic cricket other than English county cricket is not ideal take place of local player.

Especially comps that only have a small amount of teams like Aus. A few touring players played the occasional touring match during longer tours but that was decades ago. AI seems to select one international player to be a part of the main XI. This is unrealistic now because of local talent being overlooked as well as how low the pay is compared to T20 over tournaments.

Also Hilal8844554499, you can edit posts to save posting multiple times. This makes looking through active threads like this one tedious since one-line posts take up far more space than one larger, edited post.

[TheOneWhoBlocksFullTosses]

Zimbabwe

Brendon Taylor does not keep wickets much these days and should be change to pt wk. Chakabva is first choice wk.

Can you please stop double-posting? You make some good points, but they could be made in 2 posts rather than 40.