There goes my plan to to play ODIs this weekend, always hated Friday patches for this kind of stuff.
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I know right. I just started a 4-day match tourney and had today off 
and I never criticized this game much at all. I really like it. But this is bad.
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Can see k mendis and nissanka have new faces after last patch.
Can see this in game and through team management.
But when I go to player editor, it’s still the playfaces I have downloaded for those players.
I have tried to reset to base, but nothing happens, playfaces still there.
Yeah.. we try to do our best by ignoring cosmetic bugs, tweaking sliders to make the game work, quit/reload etc. Then comes a deal breaking bug which is present from ball 1 of any LO matches but seems to evade all the QA processes. I don’t know what to say.
Hi,
I have been playing this cricket game offline with 3 of my friends. I must say however I am very disappointed with the one on one local gameplay.
We play on hardest difficulty and have done throughout all previous iterations however in this new game it is virtually impossible to make any runs especially against the spinner when balling the full and fast delivery.
Please can you compare the gameplay against the previous versions and make the battle between bat and ball more fair.
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can we please see some interesting features added to the game just anything, I honestly don’t care about the glitches just as long as cricket 26 is unique when it comes to other games cricket 07 or dbc 14/17. Just please make the game interesting for all
Thanks for getting back to me, Matt. Will log in this morning and here’s hoping we’re good to go!
I might just be a bit silly and can’t find stuff. But I’ve found on couch 2P since the update, the other player does not have any fielding control anymore (PS5). Fielding has been a lot more responsive and automatic but the other person has zero control. Has this been relegated to some default automatic setting?
Just found this glitch, under catching slowdown speed pace. Can only make it 0 or 200? Some other settings it’s 300+
Is this effecting AI fielding too?
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CO OP vs AI /
-endless run outs because AI leaves the crease after completing a run
-fielding fully automated
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Dear Team - first post, having bought the game on day 1 of release.
I play with my brother on online mode, vs AI. You will know there have been plenty of stability challenges, which seem to have been resolved. Thank you
Now, however, a few monumental issues. the patch has removed fielding controls completely. Now, the issue of the AI batsman starting a new run when the ball has just reached the keeper from an outfield throw ALWAYS ends in a run out. In 10 overs, the AI was run out 7 times, each time on the extra turn and run having already completed the run
The issue of the AI Batsmen leaving their crease after completing runs has been prevalent for months, but one could choose to ignore it by simply only throwing slow throws to the keeper and not initiating a stumping. Now, the full automated fielding has put an end to that, with all singles or twos to get outfield ending in a possible run out.
We may be the only people playing co op against AI, but please help us on this. Appreciate your response!
Catching is completely ruined, circle pops up even after the ball has bounced, if the batter has edge the ball, the circle appears before AI even plays the ball, leaving user completely blind-sided
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Yeah, looks like fielding has been glitched through this patch. You can see a couple-three things I posted above.
I’m sure they’ll fix it. I remember fielders doing similar things before, after a patch, making the rolling dive catch for no reason etc.
wait whats wrong with the fielding, is there more misfields or is it just stuffed like glitches
@kat0006 Check the vid I posted up higher. They diving and rolling forward at balls rolling on the ground and missing easy pick ups.
Some of the misfields are okay if they were proportionate.
Not as noticeable in T20 because lots more smashing the ball through the air. But I saw some stupid stuff in that too.
I’m trying to give fair feedback here, but gameplay has really drifted in the wrong direction since the latest patches, especially for offline players.
AI Batting Tempo Is Completely Off
The AI starts every innings crawling through the first few overs, then suddenly flips a switch and swings at everything. It doesn’t matter how well you’re bowling , line, length, variation, field settings, they’ll just hit you for 4 or 6 from balls that should never be going to the rope. There’s no sense of risk, pressure, or decision‑making.
This isn’t aggression based on situation or attributes; it feels like a scripted phase of the innings.
Wicket Variety Has Collapsed
Across 8 or so games, I’ve had one bowled dismissal. Everything else is:
- Caught and bowled (still 3+ per game)
- The same deep‑square miscue
- No realistic LBWs or bowled chances even with perfect deliveries
It’s the opposite of real cricket, where bowled/LBW/edges make up the majority of dismissals.
Caught Behind Is Basically Gone
Especially with spin, the keeper catching mini‑game is completely broken. Edges don’t get taken, reactions don’t match the ball, and the timing window feels wrong. One of the most common real‑world dismissals has vanished.
Sliders Don’t Seem to Do Anything
This is the most disappointing part.
I’ve tried:
- Pace bowling wicket chance at 100
- Striker timing at 0
And it makes no difference. The AI still plays the same shots, still hits the same boundaries, still gets out in the same two ways. Sliders used to let you tune the experience — now they feel irrelevant.
Offline Experience Has Become Predictable
At release, the game felt way more balanced. You could earn wickets, punish mistakes, and use attributes to your advantage. Now:
- Outcomes feel predetermined
- AI behaviour is repetitive
- Wickets lack variety
- Sliders don’t influence anything
- Keeper catching is broken
- Bowling isn’t fun or rewarding
It’s a real shame because the foundation of the game is strong, and the content updates (IPL, PSL, etc.) are great. But the gameplay tuning has taken a big step backwards.
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Yeah with bowling, the set-up & trap kind of wickets is almost non-existent for pacers, catches at square leg or deep cover are usually ways to get wickets, although getting bowled or lbw isn’t completely gone, you’ve to bowl certain lengths for AI to miss the ball, caught behind & slip catches need to be increased
Also top edges off short ball from AI always go for sixes over keeper, some should go straight up where in-fielders can take catches
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After the recent update, we’ve encountered a major gameplay glitch in local multiplayer (3 players, 2v1) that’s affecting both batting and bowling.
When bowling with two players on the same side, the bowler starts the run-up but becomes completely unresponsive—no inputs seem to work. It looks like the play has frozen or turned into a dead ball situation, as if the bowler won’t deliver at all. However, after the full run-up, the ball suddenly gets released automatically without any control or proper timing.
At the same time, the batsman is also stuck and unable to play any shot or respond. So both sides basically lose control during that delivery.
This creates a really broken sequence where neither the bowler nor the batsman can do anything, yet the game still forces the ball to be delivered.
This issue wasn’t there before the update and is happening consistently enough to affect gameplay in local multiplayer.
Really hoping this gets fixed soon because it makes the game unplayable in this mode.
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Would love for the pads and gloves to be updated. New bats are great but now so much of the equipment is mismatched. Often different brands for bats and gloves
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Please update authentic real kits for licensed teams,mumbai indians still use old generic pads alot them the glossy pads like others have been, delhi capitals helmet colour is wrong,it should be red.
Punjab kings pads and helmet colour should be red not golden
@kat0006 Can confirm the fielding issues I was having is certainly not as present in the T20 games.
Just had a couple good games, perhaps player skills also effected the quality as I was doing Indian T20. Only happened a couple times, fielding setups and aggressive batting don’t really trigger the weird dives and rolls. Did see it a few times. Did see a lot of newer things I liked too!
Next patch should be a good one.