Our next update is here and this time it's a smaller release that's focussed on addressing a number of the niggles that you guys have raised so far! As always we are striving to make things as enjoyable as possible so we encourage you to provide feedback and let us know what you'd like to see in Cricket Club! If you're enjoying Cricket Club please also consider dropping us a review and help us get the game into the hands of more players!
Improved Batting Physics
Much more accurate collision detection between bat and ball and an improved hotspot marker should help with the strokeplay. We've also refined the advantages you get for middling the ball and updated the ball bounce physics.
New Scoreboard
We've replaced our ugly floating scoreboard with a slightly prettier floating scoreboard. The scoreboard will also show you a ball-by-ball report of the current over as well as your current highscore for the current match type so you've always got a target to aim for.
Bowling & Fielding
- Most bowlers have had their pitch maps adjusted. The bowlers in club mode should be a little friendlier now.
- Offside wides will now be correctly called by the umpire
- Fielders will no longer catch you out off balls that have just about hit the turf
- The fielding team should be slightly more intelligent about deciding which fielder goes for the ball
- Added some more legspin friendly field settings
Bugs Squashed
- Fixed a bug where sometimes no fielder would collect the ball (especially wide balls to the left-handed batsmen that spun past the keeper)
- Fixed a bug where the ball would sometimes get stuck beneath a fielder and get run out to the boundary
- Fixed a bug where hitting the ball 17 million miles into the air could bypass our boundary fences
- Fixed a bug that allowed you to hit your wickets before the bowler bowled and then be unable to get out bowled on the following ball
- Fixed a bug where the umpire would not return to his position after getting knocked by a fielder