Cricket Captain 2021 Database Feedback

[Lynx54321]

Hi Sureshot thanks for reviewing my feedback. I must still contend though that Aaron Lilley is underrated with the bat in t20 by some margin.

I give you his stats in the t20 Blast in 2020 and 2021 (2 years in a row he's been in the top 20 batsmen in the Blast even playing less games than others in 2019).




Now I give you his 2021 t20 campaign from 3 saves in game:




it occurred to me with the first one that the AI were either not picking him or picking him down the order. So the latter two were t20 campaigns where I was playing as Leicestershire and picked at 3 myself. I did have other saves that show similar but am limited to 5 screenshots.

As you can see he's not being used by the AI as a top order bat and when he is picked he's not scoring half the runs he has in real life.

Appreciate your point on how many 50s he has but it's worth considering Lancashire initially used him as mainly a leg spinner before he found his current pinch hitting role, and stats don't record all the 30s and 40s he's made in recent seasons.

He should comfortably be Leicestershire's best non overseas t20 batsman but currently is well down the list.

Okay, have made some improvements to Lilley.

[Jamesy1984]

Sureshot I’ve moved over to this version now and after a week of playing offline (I’m not going to be an online player this time round) I’ve noticed the following:

some England players who have really proved themselves over last year still seem to be the same ability as last game:

Bairstow - surely now considered the best ODI opener in the world but still not as good as David Warner Bairstow has been brilliant in ODIs, I'd argue that Warner has nailed Test Cricket, Bairstow hasn't (48 vs 34 average), thus feel it's fair for Warner to be a bit better than Bairstow (who is still good in game)

Root - proved he can bowl a bit on turning decks, think he needs to be a bit better at bowling His bowling ability is fair compared to his real world performances with the ball. Decent part timer in game and in real life.

Stokes - I think his bowling is a bit underrated but his batting needs a big increase as there aren’t many better batters than him in the world today Have improved him with the bat a bit, his bowling ability is fine in game.

Essex:

Dan Lawrence - Seems worse than the last game. Even though hit and miss for England so far still has bags of potential and also handy with the ball at county level IRL Yes, he had a poor 2020 and I think perhaps was overly punished for that. Good season this year. I've improved with bat and ball (now similar to Root with the ball).

Micheal Pepper - shown he is a good young batter this season and has some potential but awful on game Fair call, has some ability, done ok in 3 FC matches this season and in 20 Overs. Significantly improved.

Sam Cook - Maybe the best seamer in county cricket over last few years and has overtaken Jamie Porter as Essex lead seamer but the game still has them the other way round Fair call, I think Porter is over-rated, so I've nobbled him.

[adil]

Imam is defensive SR of 44 in FC and 80 (or a bit under) in LA, he's V Def.
Haris Sohail is a average SRs are low, only marginally better than Imam. He'll be staying Defensive.
And Rizwan is underrated. He needs a boost His in game ability is fair.

[Rafat23]

I don’t know if you can change the fixtures at this point but in the game, Bangladesh after playing against Zimbabwe play against England but in real life Bangladesh will play Australia in Home, a 5 match T20I series and later New Zealand will also tour Bangladesh and they will also play 5 T20Is, just after Australia series. It would be cool if you can add these series ????

Haven’t played much but felt Shamim is a bit underrated and he should be V.Aggressive. Scored 29(13) on debut and on his 2nd match he won the game with 31*(15). He is highly rated for his hard-hitting finishing abilities. Changed to agg.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Towhid Hridoy and Parvez Hossain Emon are other three players who are really close to National team and should reflect on the game also.

[Wilted]

As a fellow gades fan Boyce is much better.
Plus maddinson for Webster is on the cards which is a big plus to our top order

Losing Webster, Peter and potentially Harvey for Maddinson... may work out because the current top order is weak and needs a boost. Losing Webster loses a very handy part-time bowler though.

As far as spinners go, I don't see Boyce being our go to spinner with his health last year. I hope he has had a full recovery, is 100% fit and can return in good form but playing a whole season seems unlikely with no match practice in a long time. Peter was probably our best bowler last year alongside Richardson so hopefully we pick up a good spinner in the preseason or get a international spinner, who can be the number one spinner (sorry Noor Ahmad).

[Lojoda]

Jordan Bulpitt for Warwickshire, left arm medium

Thanks.

[Cricketfan66]

Derbyshire
Harry Came opens in List A cricket Changed
Mitchell Wagstaff should be included in the squad. All rounder taken 16 wickets at 16.04 in 2nds, and scored 597 runs

Will be picked up with other debutants.

[Sureshot]

Please don't do this

Don't worry, these will stay as a % of runs scored.

[Cam]

I think Pat Cummins is under rated in the game. I can't bloody take wickets with him. Same as Nathan Lyon. In my Aussie saves I use Tanveer From NSW nice and early and he is a gun

Cummins ability is not far off, I've given him a small improvement though. Lyon's ability is fair in game.

Peter Hatzoglou has signed with Perth Scorchers... As a 'Gades fans my heart is broken.

I guess all BBL squads will remain untouched for now until internationals are locked in and squads are finalised in the coming months.

As a fellow gades fan Boyce is much better.
Plus maddinson for Webster is on the cards which is a big plus to our top order

[Wilted]

Peter Hatzoglou has signed with Perth Scorchers... As a 'Gades fans my heart is broken.

I guess all BBL squads will remain untouched for now until internationals are locked in and squads are finalised in the coming months.

Yes, I feel it's best to leave it until all squads are finalised or it could cause weird balance issues.

[Spockyt]

Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan) is called Zadaran in game, his date of birth also differs from Cricinfo (28/2/93 vs 18/2/93 in game).

Bairstow gets automatically designated as WK ahead of Buttler for England, Buttler plays as WK in real life ahead of Bairstow even when both are playing in all formats now. Billings also gets chosen automatically when he is in the lineup, he has been wicketkeeper when Bairstow is in the team on occasion, but never been WK when Buttler has also played as far as I am aware.

[Sureshot]

Wilted I'll pass that on to Andy.

There is a small database update in the patch I've just put on Steam. This was mainly to fix an issue with missing stats from Australian 20 Over Super Subs.

There was also fixes for Ben Compton and Walallawita nationalities and removing an extra Lachlan Hearne from New South Wales.

I've not publicised it as I know I've not been able to go through the DB feedback yet, due to mobile releases. Should get time later this week.

[Wilted]

I was under the impression that ODI tri-series format would be removed from the generated Australian international fixtures, this is from a Aus domestic save in the year 2024. I guess this is a database error?

After the 2007–08 season, the tri-series format was abandoned as a regular fixture. For three seasons (2008–09 until 2010–11), Australia still played ODIs against two touring teams, but these were staged as separate ODI series against a single opponent.

[ruby23]

Also Gus Atkinson is medium fast surely not just medium?

Cricinfo shows medium. But I agree, he's pretty quick. Also, there is a problem in Cricinfo and Cricket Captain nomenclature. Cricinfo uses RF - RFM - RMF - RM whereas Cricket Captain uses RF - RMF - RFM - RM.

[Surreylad29]

Also Gus Atkinson is medium fast surely not just medium?
Cameron steel has moved to Surrey not shown on the game currently ?

Both these changes are in for the next update.