Perhaps before that, online mode would need general stability. Custom matches now yield blue screen after a couple overs of bowling, it is not possible to join custom matches created online, etc.
Have the Same situation of playing with my brother 4000 miles away. We get on at opposite times of the day…one in three times we are able to play an hour without issues, often glitches mean it doesn’t work out
a shame.
When is the next update coming?
Just finished a season playing for Yorkshire in rookie career. 50 over matches. If Ai bat first they nearly always bat out their overs and scores ranging from 250 to 350. Which my top order batsman always lose their wickets quickly. Joe Root and Harry Brook with a rating off 91 and 89. Have both averaged less than 20, over the course of one day plate tournament. Leaving my rookie player as last hope of chasing down the runs.
If my team bat first it doesn’t matter how many runs I put on. Ai always chases it down and only times I’ve won. It’s always decided in last over.
3 times I’ve experimented by putting batting on easy and scored massive runs. 480 was the least my team got and 530 the most. Ai chased the two lower scores and won. Only losing 3 and 5 wickets in the chase. Last match I won by 8 runs with Ai Losing their top 7 batters and 8/9 getting a unbeaten partnership around 150.
So when patch notes said Ai teams no longer have huge batting collapse and now better in run chases. Which was something I wanted… Maybe it should have said Be careful what you wish for… extreme Ai rubber banding is now active
I was looking at the Ai teams batting averages for the one day plate season. Firstly it seems wicket keepers dominate the top of the amount of runs scored. With Surreys keeper having a batting average over 300. Think he had 7not outs in 10 matches. There are so many batters with low ratings with averages in range of 80-100. Yet Root and Brook (Englands two highest rated batters) can average over 20.
I also went back and looked at scorecards of every match between Ai teams and with a few exceptions. Was same story teams chasing won and only ever losing a few wickets regardless of the score they were chasing.
The annoying thing is in reality if team batting first puts on a really big score. The chasing team forced to be aggressive make bad decisions and get out cheap and end up all out inside 40 overs and well behind in runs
So if team batting first don’t manage more than 250 runs. Then I can accept that score gets chased down easily. Around 300 chasing team gives a good effort but 5/10 times falls short. Over 400 almost never and more often than not shouldn’t get anywhere near that score.
Please find a way to better reflect reality. Dont mind when I lose. But when i know the game is going to so obviously cheat and win no matter how well i bat and bowl. I’ve better things to do than waste a hour on each match knowing the result has already been determined.
I can understand your frustration. I have stopped playing it because of the same reason no matter how well I bowl, How many runs I score it’s always the same script for which no batter skill matter, no sliders matter.
When the game was launched all these things use to matter but with the patches now nothing matters anymore. Earlier AI did not showed any intent in chasing and kept losing almost all matches in run chase and now it’s just opposite they keep winning run chases no matter how many runs are there to chase. This has been the issue with Big ants they either give you nothing or give so much that it ruins the game. Ultra aggressive AI bug in run chases has now been there for some time still nothing has been done to balance that. I am fine if they want time to fix all these issues but then when they give patch other aspects of gameplay should not get disturbed. They fix one issue and several other aspects gets broken. This is the main reason Cricket 26 has not been stable even after so many patches . Fielding was almost perfect in this game there were realistic catch drops, boundary fielding was much improved,fielder used to track the ball well before these previous patches have broken it down. Now it’s like I already know that if I beat infield I will a get a boundary for sure because boundary fielder is slow to track ball. I don’t want fielders to take every catch but now they even make a mess of an easy catch coming towards them. I can’t say for other things but fielding was one thing was near perfect few months back and now that has also gone. So it’s useless playing this game until they really bring some really useful update addressing the basic issues atleast.
@MattW @RossSymons Hi guys , are there any plans to get the Hundred 2026 Rosters, Names and Kits updated for this season?
Thank you Big ants for listening to us. If this patch works fine then this will be the game changing patch.
@MattW THANKS brother for keeping patience and working on the issues collectively. Just finished with the gameplay Shot selection has been changed totally really good sign .. Aftertouch and swing bowling going smooth.
Still problem with No balls but reduced as we faced earlier.
Thanks for adding new mode on Pro team with friends as well as practice match .
Thanks for the roster.
I personally say good update thanks Man we expect the same on next updates as well.
Please add a “Select Best Team” or “Use Current Lineup” shortcut. This would instantly auto-fill the optimal starting XI and order from the available roster, letting players jump straight into a match without dealing with a janky default squad or tedious manual management.
I guess these issues are minor but not overlooked.
Still grounded shot with aggressive not properly working still works as lofted shot.
Online mode has still glitches.
AI hardly loose wickets.
Long format needs improvement. AI hardly mistimed the ball if hit then goes to six ..
Still can not play with international team vs other teams.
What is the benefit of having cross seam, slower , and cutter really do not work.
Yesterday I played cricket 24 that has huge advantage and game looks balanced as compared to this.
These are minors issues but without this game looks unprofessional.
We don’t need much but atleast give us a real experience what you commit.
I’m with you on slower and cross seam. 2 deliveries i rarely use. Especially slower ball as you can just opt to use a slower delivery off other deliveries. However off cutters and leg breaks I find highly effective. Leg breaks full and Yorker length. Off breaks short(slower) good and full
Bro please try keeping run rate above 50 and check how AI is chasing target in T20s. I kept run rate value at 51 and AI chased down the target of 190-200 in about 12-13 overs. This ultra aggressive chase issues was mentioned in patch notes as balanced but I don’t find any changes if you increase run rate above 50 AI just goes berserk the same way like it was doing before patch.
I’m actually mid way through English T20. Played 9. Won just 4. What’s funny is I’m not captain. So Ai is selecting Harry Brook all way down in 7th
Havnt played since before Patch. Not sure when I’m going to get time to play next. I’ll try and get a few games in sooner rather than later and will try it out.
My worry will be that patch won’t work with existing saves. Which will be more than annoying as I’ve got my bowling rating for both control and delivery up to 89. Yet i still get spanked around at 12 econ
AI is still sweeping nearly every ball against spinners, Boundary fielders reaction is still abysmal, it takes 2 business days for boundary fielder to move while ball is half away to the boundary
Game was all fine why BA you have to touch the batting of cpu A.i. it was superb. So please if possible revert back. Apart, if this the new normal then don’t do anything. Please visit the planet cricket forum and check what they are saying. With the new patch finding cpu a.i. again struggling to find gaps.
Hey Team, first of all, amazing game! This is pretty much the only game I play and I love it. Just a request though, would it be possible to add a feature that allows us to change the licensed squads. I want to add some players to the Australian roster but I am unable to as the squad is full. Thanks again guys.
Please revert the a.i. batting as it was before because now they have finding gap issue also playing offside ball leg side. Apart, there are very limited shots where in real world nowadays so many shots batsman can play. So cpu a.i. either not registering them or some issues. Pleaw introduce stance from legends like sachin, sourav, mark waugh, steve waugh , lara, gayle, kirsten, Hudson, jayasurya, saeed anwar, Afridi etc. Also bowling from, sir kapil dev, akram, younis, mcgrath, pollock, lillie, ambrose, Walsh, bishop etc. PleaseFollow the planet cricket forum. 
As we see batsmen are playing a back foot lofted pull towards the long on as well as straight over the bowler’s head which looks so great if we all remember kohli’s shot to rauf
Presently even in cricket 26 we have an ugly back foot straight batted animation that looks bad so adding a proper cross bat animation to play a short ball straight even when the ball is bowled at 4th or 5th stump would be great as its played in reality too
@MattW
Would love it if they could make the attendances normal again. 10,000+ at a club level game & state cricket rammed full. Should be full of empty seats. Looks so much better. Full houses are for big test matches, different 20 over comps across the world and World Cup matches.
In the settings crowd option is there. Where you can change the attendance as per your needs.
Not for consoles though
