Cricket games in general helped out with my maths, when i used to play International Cricket i would examine the run rate and work out how many runs i needed to score per over, and gradually per ball to be bowled.
By the time SWC rolled around, i got to the stage of aiming to score 300 runs + in a 50 over match - essentially a run a ball or better
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In terms of bowling, i never really knew that with left arm spin bowlers, rarely bowled with them. But you can do the same sort of tactics in Cricket 2000 on psx and pc, as Warne i'd place the bowling circle so the wicket is inside it, or i would put the circle over the wicket towards the wicket keeper. If i didn't bowl a no ball, i'd either get the lbw or bowl them cleanly
In Allan Border's Cricket i would just accurately place the field in spots where the cpu would attempt to smack it in the air. Steve Waugh was a gun swing bowler in the game, if i didn't get a caught behind, they would get bowled!
In Brian Lara Cricket on the Sega Mega Drive it was really easy to bowl them out for 0 - no more than 10. You just had to change the camera angle to make the pitch view on a diagonal angle such as / / Then just aim it a the stumps towards the one on the cameras left and you would get an lbw or wicket.
Back to SWC, when bowling i'd target the left handers straight away. I'd usually get them out by bowling constant yorkers, eventually players such as Atherton would mis time the stroke and the keeper or a fielder in the slips took the catch.
It sometimes got really annoying to see them just bat defensively, but turning slog mode on in the options menu fixed that
By the time SWC rolled around, i got to the stage of aiming to score 300 runs + in a 50 over match - essentially a run a ball or better
. In terms of bowling, i never really knew that with left arm spin bowlers, rarely bowled with them. But you can do the same sort of tactics in Cricket 2000 on psx and pc, as Warne i'd place the bowling circle so the wicket is inside it, or i would put the circle over the wicket towards the wicket keeper. If i didn't bowl a no ball, i'd either get the lbw or bowl them cleanly
In Allan Border's Cricket i would just accurately place the field in spots where the cpu would attempt to smack it in the air. Steve Waugh was a gun swing bowler in the game, if i didn't get a caught behind, they would get bowled!
In Brian Lara Cricket on the Sega Mega Drive it was really easy to bowl them out for 0 - no more than 10. You just had to change the camera angle to make the pitch view on a diagonal angle such as / / Then just aim it a the stumps towards the one on the cameras left and you would get an lbw or wicket.
Back to SWC, when bowling i'd target the left handers straight away. I'd usually get them out by bowling constant yorkers, eventually players such as Atherton would mis time the stroke and the keeper or a fielder in the slips took the catch.
It sometimes got really annoying to see them just bat defensively, but turning slog mode on in the options menu fixed that
I just want to sit back and enjoy a competitive cricket game. Perhaps Cricket 97?
