# Cricket 26 - Megathread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cricket 26\ **Created:** [20 November 2025 07:55 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503 "2025-11-20T07:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![JNT\_BA](https://board.bigant.com/user_avatar/board.bigant.com/jnt_ba/32/23_2.png) [@JNT\_BA](https://board.bigant.com/u/JNT_BA)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 05:20 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1175 "2026-10-07T05:20:13Z")
My team let me know within 3 minutes of you posting that a clear violation of the rules. They have not flagged any responses of them for anything. A difference of opinion is very different to what you put there. ---
**Author:** ![Expertcricketer](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@Expertcricketer](https://board.bigant.com/u/Expertcricketer)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 10:43 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1177 "2026-10-07T10:43:22Z")
**Cricket 26 is a good game, but it could be excellent if you resolve the following issues:** - **Advance Shots Against Spin:** We cannot hit advance shots against spin bowlers. The Shot behavior in these situations feels very frustrating. - **Unorthodox Shots:** We are unable to execute unorthodox shots properly, such as the helicopter shot, dilscoop, reverse sweep, and square slog sweep. - **Upper Cut Issues:** Even with ideal timing, perfect footwork, and the correct shot selection, the upper cut shot fails to clear the boundary or go for a six. - **Spin Ball Glitches:** Sometimes, when a spin bowler pitches the ball in the slot, it misbehaves. The ball travels too fast and abruptly changes its length, which is a major issue. - **Repetitive Batting Styles:** The first 5 batting styles look almost identical, and their shots are also the same. Please redesign them and add more accurate, distinct batting stances. - - **"[New Bowling Actions**]:Please add new, realistic bowling actions to the game. It would be amazing if you could design unique bowling actions for the current bowlers of all major international teams to make the gameplay feel more realistic" ---
**Author:** ![Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/u/Scarduck)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 12:22 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1178 "2026-10-07T12:22:20Z")
Personally I can see and feel the difference with the first 5 batting actions. 1 is balanced front and back foot batter. 2 is a wristy batter good for knocking the ball around playing sweep shots. 3 is great playing offside front foot driving square, through covers and cutting. 4 I’ll admit I don’t use often. 5 is great on leg side. Takes a step across his wicket before playing the ball. Which is great for glance, pull/hook and sweeping. Batting is not the issue in the game. Bowling with pace bowlers and fielding are. And should be and are hopefully being prioritised before any visual fluff ---
**Author:** ![Expertcricketer](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@Expertcricketer](https://board.bigant.com/u/Expertcricketer)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 13:16 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1179 "2026-10-07T13:16:24Z")
You make a valid point. While playing, it would be helpful to know exactly which batting stance is being used; that way, we’d understand which shots work best with a particular stance to ensure better timing and connection. It would also allow us to refine the stances a bit, as options 1 through 4 currently look almost identical—there’s no clear distinction, and they don’t quite look like classic stances. Otherwise, it’s great; I personally play on the hardest difficulty setting. I’ve scored over 156 runs in 10 overs quite a few times—though there are also matches where I struggle to even reach 80. It’s really enjoyable. I just wish the stances looked more like Virat Kohli,Ab de villier,Babar Azam,Sachin Tendulkar,Hardik pandia,Rohit Sharma etc classic ones, Give a glimpse of them. they would look much better visually. ---
**Author:** ![Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/u/Scarduck)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 13:34 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1180 "2026-10-07T13:34:08Z")
As I said I’m not worried about visuals. For me gameplay must come first. However I am with you on knowing what batting style your facing when batter comes into bat. As it does take a few overs to work out what batting style your facing and not just his/her archetype. Before deciding where to bowl at him/her. Teams do their research on batters strengths and weaknesses before match and what line and field to bowl to. Currently it just tells you there strongest and weakest shots. Which is vague. As many say weakest shot is special shots. What help does that give me? More often than not most batters strongest shots are stated as hook/pull. Bizarrely it means if you bowl short to them. They will more likely play the shot and get out to it. So their so called strongest shot often gets them out. But my biggest issue is virtually no clean bowled or LBWs especially in limited over matches. ---
**Author:** ![Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/u/Rushplayz)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2026 17:21 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1182 "2026-10-07T17:21:00Z")
Totally agreed I guess for most of us gameplay comes first and visual stuff are secondary. My scorecards in T20 and odis are currently filled with catchouts having no clean bolds and lbw. They are very rare now .Hopefully gameplay and fielding is being prioritised and we can get patch regarding that. We have already got plenty of bowling actions so it’s better to let them focus on gameplay stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/u/Marimo37)\ **Post date:** [8 October 2026 01:01 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1183 "2026-10-08T01:01:31Z")
Exactly, bowled & lbw are so rare in the game, slip catches are non-existent, run outs only happen when AI starts behave erratically, few updates ago, bowled & lbw would happen regularly in powerplay & death with reverse swing, now they’ve disappeared ---
**Author:** ![NoirX\_Gaming\_YT](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NoirX\_Gaming\_YT](https://board.bigant.com/u/NoirX_Gaming_YT)\ **Post date:** [9 October 2026 14:34 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1184 "2026-10-09T14:34:43Z")
@MattW Hey Firstly I am really not promoting anything here, Just want to add something about some expectations from Big Ant for future. I played Fc yesterday felt like each and every players have their own skills, Now i got to know why People love to play ultimate team in Fc but why mostly hated Pro team because cards have not such power even has 95 rated player. What I and mostly want upgrade Pro team so that players get their attention towards creating their own powerful team, you guy added Cricket challenge mode I do play but that has glitches and also mentions team rating doesn’t matter over there happening same , unable to play grounded aggressive shot , problem with aftertouch movement, overall mode is really good because we play PvP their so catching has no problem bowling has no problem just glitches and matches get disconnected automatically. So create this hype we all love to create our own powerful team so please FiX AI for better gameplay who love to play against AI but I do play cricket challenge as well as online so that mode needs improvement. Add player skills accordingly, add more iconic cards because many players still want to create their own team so Please work on pro team again. As everyone is looking for proper stance. So you are the only developer after EA who brought cricket game for us but this is really a recommendation please work on each and every mode properly so that players can enjoy this game as their own. Playing against AI feels like we know nothing about the cricket But Playing against Human game looks differently so please work on these areas brother. ---
**Author:** ![DanielKing24](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@DanielKing24](https://board.bigant.com/u/DanielKing24)\ **Post date:** [10 October 2026 23:45 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1185 "2026-10-10T23:45:01Z")
Noticed “your team” let you know within minutes if only you were that quick to fix the game !When will you fix management mode loads of pink ball tests and wicket keepers opening the bowling wtc final is in middle of the night at least make everything editable as how you lay it out is not good at all you have literally not touched it since launch yet you update pro team every month ---
**Author:** ![Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/u/Rushplayz)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2026 04:46 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1186 "2026-10-11T04:46:22Z")
So true I hope" that team" was as efficient in getting the gameplay fixed 😞. From being my fav cricket game at launch to become my least played game now downfall is real. 💔Lost all the interest to play this game because of them ignoring the offline gameplay and preferring pro team. They need to understand everything else will fall in place if the core gameplay is doing well. I don’t get it how can we enjoy pro team when you guys are not fixing fielding bugs,Clean bolds and lbws have vanished from scorecards, AI running is bad, Carrer mode issue are there, Superhuman wicket keepers keep ruining my game. Also we don’t know if all these posts here are being read or not and whether these issues will be fixed before they move on from this game or not. ---
**Author:** ![Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/u/Scarduck)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2026 17:53 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1187 "2026-10-11T17:53:47Z")
I used to work with EA community team until I got “cancelled” From experience the posts do get read. Whether they act on them are a different matter ---
**Author:** ![Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/u/Milan2107)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2026 15:54 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1188 "2026-10-12T15:54:45Z")
@MattW @RossSymons please give us a one update for good fielding and good gamplay we haven’t need anything bowling have no bowled and lbw please improve gameplay we pay for this game and we haven’t play one hour continuously please big ant do something I watch first cricket game which i pay for play and haven’t solved normal fielding problems do something ---
**Author:** ![Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/u/Marimo37)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 05:01 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1189 "2026-10-13T05:01:54Z")
All of us have been saying this for few weeks at least, I don’t know if they have any plans of fixing the game or have abandoned it by now, some very foolish people in early days after the release complained about AI getting out too easily & bowling being too easy, so they buffed the AI batting in a way that we have to yearn for bowled & lbw, the lesser said about slip catches the better, they don’t exist in the game anymore One thing that made cricket 24 better was that devs never tampered with outcomes, the set up followed by wicket taking ball to get through AI batter was truly rewarding, swing, seam & change of pace were still the primary wicket taking balls now in crickt 26 it’s just short ball & bouncer for seamers. Googlies, carrom ball & arm ball going through the gate was treat to watch, except for some hardcoded response with boundary hitting the game never felt completely predictable, but cricket 26 almost feels like a script where catches in the outfield are only way to get batters out, it wasn’t this way few updates before, now it’s just hopeless ---
**Author:** ![1NOTREVE](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/ed8c4c/32.png) [@1NOTREVE](https://board.bigant.com/u/1NOTREVE)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 05:06 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1190 "2026-10-13T05:06:35Z")
If you want a response from Big Ant, then the best thing to do is to raise a ticket…you might not get the answer you want but they do respond. To say lbw and bowled have vanished from the game made me laugh though… Luckily they are still in my version..lol. ---
**Author:** ![Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/u/Milan2107)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 05:59 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1191 "2026-10-13T05:59:17Z")
They only focus on pro mode which mainly no one play please focus on gameplay career mode and other mode we haven’t need pro mode updates big ant give update for good gameplay which we need now give one good patch update that solves basic fielding problems AI haven’t take catches in sleep this is most dumbest thing AI drops 9 out of 10 catches in sleep in test match please solve fielding problems and solve gameplay now we play game it’s look like replay all things not different happen un t20 only wickets chance is catch out in outfield no setup no bowled no lbw please add lbw and bowled in game we need nothing else only good gameplay @MattW @JNT_BA ---
**Author:** ![Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marimo37](https://board.bigant.com/u/Marimo37)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 06:24 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1192 "2026-10-13T06:24:50Z")
If you think that people haven’t already raised tickets for these issues, that makes you the oblivious one, I know BA takes tickets & forum requests seriously coz they literally fixed the sweep shot in style 7 when I pointed out here which nobody else did but I am not the only one pointing out that bowled & lbw have reduced We all know some issues are difficult to fix but they’re affecting gameplay in every mode, frequency of different modes of dismissals needs to be balanced for game to be more immersive ---
**Author:** ![1NOTREVE](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/ed8c4c/32.png) [@1NOTREVE](https://board.bigant.com/u/1NOTREVE)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 06:44 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1193 "2026-10-13T06:44:23Z")
I know people raised tickets, I have. But I have played all 3 formats over the last few weeks and had a variety of dismissals… Just saying.. maybe it’s the sliders, maybe cause people play differently.. Of course, sometimes they are all catches, but i believe in the south Africa v Australia test match going on, one innings was all catches …I know that’s 1 example. Of course there are issues with the game, but no game is perfect… fielding is awful for example ---
**Author:** ![Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Rushplayz](https://board.bigant.com/u/Rushplayz)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 08:30 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1194 "2026-10-13T08:30:40Z")
At default settings only way to get the batter out now are catch outs. Keeper catches outfield catches that’s the only way to get wickets now. My scorecards are literally filled with them. Before few patches at default clean bolds and lbw were there but now they are almost non existent. I have been playing odis and T20s and this issue has just started after these latest patches earlier I did not had any issues related to dismissals as they were all present. ---
**Author:** ![Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Milan2107](https://board.bigant.com/u/Milan2107)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 10:58 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1195 "2026-10-13T10:58:05Z")
9 months since game launch why big ant can’t solve fielding problems any normal cricket game haven’t that much problems with fielding big ant should work on fielding and they need to fix this problem because we pay for this and everybody please raise ticket about fielding and gameplay improvements we need patch for that and big ant need to hear our voice not just always skip this topic they need to perfect field and fielding soon ---
**Author:** ![Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Scarduck](https://board.bigant.com/u/Scarduck)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2026 11:09 UTC](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503/1196 "2026-10-13T11:09:13Z")
I definitely think the game has a huge scripting problem. There’s always scripting and cheats games will use to make the Ai look and act more intelligent and challenging. But good gameplay makes it look and feel organic. This is where this game fails. From what i understand speaking to devs I know that have worked on other games. Ai is always the best it can be at the launch of a game. Doesn’t mean it’s good or balanced. Just the best the devs feel they can do given time and budget resources. Any issues with the Ai discovered post launch are really difficult to fix as minor changes have a knock on effect and knock the game out of balance in other areas. More changes they make (they’ve hadt to make a lot) knocks the game more and more out of balance. So devs turn to adding scripts and cheats as a quick fix which subsequently makes the gameplay feel less and less organic [Previous page](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503.md?page=56) [Next page](https://board.bigant.com/t/cricket-26-megathread/4503.md?page=58)