2009 Features Requests

[Desktop Hoggy]

Photos of each player
Computer players to have coaches name i.e. Alan Butcher, Surrey
Powerplays on the Friends Provident Trophy
Music to be played when a four, six or wicket is taken
More variety of crowd sounds e.g. fans chanting "YORKSHIRE!" "Lancashire la la la" "Barmy Army" etc
The fielding team celebrating getting a wicket
Winning team of a competition collecting their trophy and celebrating
Editor database, just to alter player types and competitions
Games to be interrupted by rain and reduced overs using the duckworth lewis method
Each game to be timed, must complete x amount of overs in a certain time or get points deducted
Arrange pre season friendlies and tours
More commentators

[Fozzie_Stars]

For 2009 I'd like to see a few new things such as,

State cricket in Australia,
Internet play with countries,
A Twenty20 world cup.

[Myrmecophaga]

Substandard pitch penalties.

[adyhorn]

Transfers

I don't want an editor. I want an option on the game to transfer players from one team to another. That way people can update their squads and not get annoyed by having players that have left.

[acook]

state cricket and an editor would be the 2 biggest things i would love to see on the next one. I think we'd all pay more for the game aswell if there are better features added.

[Nivoleum]

The main thing I'd like, is for all regens to have first names, and maybe a wider variety of names for Sri Lanka, Pakistan etc.

[tenpoundfortytwo]

Hi, been playing the game for years and just had a couple of thoughts.

Just quickly, played this years version quite a bit now and it seems as though the balance between bat and ball has swung quite a bit!

In Icc 3 a good first class bowling average was around 30 and i that was bit too high, batsman therefore had higher averages and plenty of overseas batsmen had 50+ averages.

I guess you saw this and therefore tweaked the game engine to make bowlers better and have lower averages. I just think its gone a little bit too far.
I cant seem to get many batsmen averaging 40+ and i guess another good illustration is that K.P averages 50+ in first class in real life but after a few years in Icc 2008 that has dropped to mid 40's.
You are probably aware of all this but i just thought id say! Hopefully next year the balance can swing back a bit!

Someone else has already mentioned the Hall of fame idea, something iv been thinking about for a couple of years.

Would just be good to have all time top 10 test and odi run scorers and wicket takers and perhaps domestic and county records.

I tend to play the game way into 2030-50's and obviously get through a lot of players-would be nice to be able to bring up the player profiles of the great ones. Maybe have an option to save the profiles into a folder or something.

Also just though that Northampton have player called Steven Crook who is really an allrounder- is there a way of letting that status change? Like the batting preferences change, if a batsmen takes perhaps 100+ wickets and averages less than 35 they could become an allrounder? Or a bowler who averages more than 20 with more than 1000 runs would become an allrounder. Not really sure this would work to be honest though!

One last thing- noticed that english keepers average about 2 cpm whereas overseas domestic keepers seem to average around 5. Looking at a few scorecards of skipped matches, there seems to be very few caught behinds. I really have no idea what the average dismissals for a real life keeper are to be honest but it must be a couple an innings.

Anyway that was a bit long sorry! Dont do an editor by the way!

Cheers!

[Packer Al]

Gameplay speed options

I'd like to have Hawkeye replays as a separate option under match highlights so that it could be switched on/off when playing out meaningless innings when a result is obvious so that I can move quickly to my next defeat !

Similarly an option at a player's discretion to switch to a computer-controlled match mid-game (if technically possible)

These are simply options not intended to spoil the enjoyment those who enjoy playing out every ball of every game

[adyhorn]

Batsmen do occasionally hit their wicket. They never do on this game.

[Manickam]

There should be more options during the match. There are no third umpire referrals. We should be able choose what highlights we want. Lets say u want 4+ and no wickets u can't. We must be able see how many percent he has improved using the techniques if we want to make the batsmen from defensive to very aggresive.

[Manickam]

It would be better if we could actually bat and bowl during the matches. We can create new stats by playing. I am sure more people will enjoy this.

[Mongrel]

It would be better if we could actually bat and bowl during the matches. We can create new stats by playing. I am sure more people will enjoy this.

There's C07 and BLIC for that stuff.

[boycee02]

Hey Chris thought of four requests if there possible and if others agree with them please comment

1. Slingers Bowling Action - Lasith Malinga and Fidel Edwards would look awsome with the slingers bowling action?

2. Big Spin Rips - Spinners always have one ball in the over they try to rip alot of turn. Could we have spinners do big turn balls?

3.Ajantha Mendis - This new spin sensation spins googlies, doosras and normal off break. Could you make him spin both ways on ICC 2008? Others like P. Chawla and kumble bowl nice googlies too

4. Sounds - Is ther any chance for sounds of like crowd cheers, players lbw appeals to be improved?

many thanks

[Agent47]

I dont watch highlights much so animation is not a big worry for me. A player retiring hurt for one session or two days in a FC match. Then coming in later to score runs in the last session of a game or in the last day of the game would be awesome. At the present, if a player is injured during a match, he is always injured for weeks together. Another thing I noted was a player retiring hurt with a groin strain when hit in the torso by a bouncer. LOL !!!

[Nivoleum]

Hey Chris thought of four requests if there possible and if others agree with them please comment

1. Slingers Bowling Action - Lasith Malinga and Fidel Edwards would look awsome with the slingers bowling action?

2. Big Spin Rips - Spinners always have one ball in the over they try to rip alot of turn. Could we have spinners do big turn balls?

3.Ajantha Mendis - This new spin sensation spins googlies, doosras and normal off break. Could you make him spin both ways on ICC 2008? Others like P. Chawla and kumble bowl nice googlies too

4. Sounds - Is ther any chance for sounds of like crowd cheers, players lbw appeals to be improved?

many thanks

1. I would also like to see height differences; Stuart Broad and Tim Ambrose shouldn't be the same height. Although the database is so big, it wouldn't exactly be practical.

2. Spinners already have big turning balls, if you look closer you would notice the deviation.