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Hello Players,
One of the most awaited updates Campaign Mode is now available.



1. Campaign Mode

• 5 Difficulties - Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, Real
  
• 6 Stages - Backyard, Academy, Province, Zonal, National, International
  
• New dressing rooms and stadiums for each stage.
  
• Each stage ends with a Tournament.
  

2. Avatars (Beta)

• Each person can choose from a limited set which will be improved with time.
  

3. Weekly Leaderboards in Quickstart




1. Change in Head Crease based on Height and head vertical position

2. Settings Available during the match i.e inside the stadium

3. View replay from multiple angles within the match

4. Multiple Stadiums in Dual player League matches

5. Practice Mode

• Insane bowling added
  
• White ball, Red ball choosing
  
• Around the wicket bowling added
  
• Line and length bowling based on selection corrected.
  

6. Fielding

• Fielding Level is equivalent to bowling level in all match types
  
• Inner circle and boundary dive animations corrected
  
• Charging while at the boundary has been improved.
  

7. Bowler names in the quick start are taken from league bowler names user sets

8. Offside wide has been made more strict

9. Empty(For few match types) Scoreboard on the left side in a match will now have information of

• Bowling style
  
• Projected Score/ Required Run Rate
  
• Batsman on strike
  

10. Settings

• Ball Trail option is corrected
  
• Quick access button for
  - Naming bats
  - Adjust bat grip
  - Game settings are added in home
  

11. Score Display Delay is removed

12. Tournaments Expires in Timer has been corrected

13. Lighting in overcast conditions has been improved

14. Around the wicket special ball animations are improved

15. Few other minor bugs

• Exit button always available during a match
  
• UI duplication has been corrected.
  

16. Quickplay matches will Save match progress only when a player presses the Exit button while quitting the match

17. No autosave option for tournament matches. From now on Knockout tournament matches should be played in a single go if you quit the latest score will be considered

18. PVP

• Dynamic Field setting during a match
  
• Fieldset change displayed during next ball button (Common for other matches as well)
  
• Yorker Region is added.
  

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Hello Players,
Hope you are enjoying the game. Here is the summary of recent updates.

[h2]Features[/h2]

1. Head Stumping Crease is added and Bowling will be stopped if the batsman is too far from the crease.
   
2. Around the wicket bowling in all modes
   
   
   
   • Right arm fast can not come around wicket to Right-hand batsman. Vice versa for left hand.
     
   • Right arm off spin can come around wicket to Right-hand batsman.
     
   
   
3. Option to choose fielding difficulty level in PvP - Novice, Amateur, Semi-Pro, Pro, Super Fielders
   
4. In PVP, Players can choose the number of Special Balls before start of the innings (2, 3, 4)
   
5. Special balls animations are added
   
6. Very easy mode in Quick Start
   
7. Now users have an option to play with Vive tracker
   

[h2]Enhancements[/h2]

1. In Leagues, spinners for each Pitch has been reduced
   
   
   
   • Green Pitch - 0 spinners. So for bowling presets everyone is given 9 bowlers 1 extra right arm medium fast.
     
   • Normal Pitch, Bouncy Pitch - 1 spinner
     
   • Dry Pitch - 2 spinners both the spinners same level
     
   
   
2. Default field sets tab is given for all the players. You can use them while setting PVP or bowling presets
   
3. Max Height Of Batsman in each delivery is included to improve the wide calls.
   
4. The same height profile will be used to identify the number of players playing in an account. If more than 5 batsman profiles are detected in an account for more than 4 days in a month the account will be put on hold and the players need to contact support.
   
5. Offside wide is made very strict i.e on the line will be called a wide.
   
6. Helper UI text at controller/bat selection section in Quest
   
7. Optimized the message flow for PVP matches
   
8. Changes are done to worm graph for 50 over league matches
   
9. When a wide ball is bowled in leagues, picking the appropriate ball for the next delivery is added so wides will be reduced.
   
10. In replay, setting the size of batsman character based on his height
    
11. Max edge deflection has been updated to 60
    
12. Scoreboards will be displayed on either side of wickets.
    
13. Introducing unbought stadiums(1-6) in challenges.
    
14. Gems for achieving milestones 50,100,150 etc... Only with 0% Bat Shield, Hard and insane level bowling.
    
15. Local PvP
    
    
    
    • User fielding presets are available
      
    • Decreased special balls per over
      
    • Decreased size of special balls images so that more special balls are visible per screen
      
    
    
16. PvP
    
    
    
    • Ball trace off | on the option made available for all modes before starting of a match not just for insane.
      
    • Trackpad to adjust the position of the ball within a region.
      
    • Able to set close fielders in a fieldset with zoom-in option
      
    
    
17. Now you can select 0, 10, 30, 50, 70, 100 Bat-shield options in QuickStart with ease
    
18. Strong hand selection for Local PvP for both the innings
    
19. Displaying Leaderboard at end of the match for single-player league matches
    
20. Confirmation when switching between leagues
    
21. Bat Grip adjustment allowed size increased to support Valve Index controllers
    
22. In PvP, Bowlers can view the scorecard in front, instead of looking back.
    
23. Removing Low bounce from all the pitches except Dry pitch
    
24. Removing High bounce from Dry Pitch
    
25. You can turn off after impact ball trial from Settings
    

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Hello players, new update is available with following features.

[h2]Major Features[/h2]

Leagues

• Create bowling presets within the Leagues, which are to be picked at random & played by users from all across the world. You can create a bowling preset for each of the pitch types - Green, Bouncy and Dry. For green pitch a maximum of 1 spinner is allowed & for dry pitch maximum of 3 spinners are allowed. Also, you can name the bowlers the way you want!
  
• Apart from the single 10 over match you get to play in the beginner/expert leagues everyday, now you can play more matches in the bowling presets set by other players, who are picked at random. You will be awarded fanbase and gems.
  
• Also, in addition to the everyday 10 over match in the leagues, we’re adding a 50 over match. And for every four days, a new 50 over match will be added. No toss for 50 over in this release.
  
• You can opt out of any category (10 over, 50 over, bowling presets) of the league matches individually and also you can switch leagues.
  

Bowling Profiles

• 4 Bowling profiles with field changes in unlimited overs. Bowling lines more consistent on or around off stump.
  
• Swing bowlers with strong in or out swing with occasional balls going the other way. This profile can be picked when the ball is new and also when the ball gets old 60 to 80.
  
• Cutters bowlers with strong off or leg cutter with occasional ball going the other way. This profile can be picked anytime over a period of 80 overs for a given ball. Frequency of cutters change based on the age of the ball.
  
• Bouncers and Yorkers. This profile occasionally gets selected when a batsman scores over 40 runs and 16 overs have passed in the innings.
  
• Spin bowlers will be selected more often based on pitch and aggressive fieldsets will be placed. Spin bowlers also bowl consistently around good length.
  

Fielding Algorithm changes

• In case of ground shots, when the fielder reaches to the ball and does not have the time to bend & pick up the ball fielder will miss the ball based on fielder
  
• Dive catches and dive fielding probability of fielder catching/ fielding bat is reduced to 22 - 30% based on fielder
  
• Fielders wont catch balls when running backwards if the ball angle is flat.
  
• Keepers reaction times have been corrected and keeper wont concede byes.
  

[h2]Enhancements[/h2]

• Leg side wides region is corrected considering shoulder width of a batsman.
  
• At the end of the game, players will get to the bat scores of each bat and in case of a PvP match, players will get to see each others individual bat scores as well
  
• Ball speed is shown both in MPH and KMPH by default.
  
• Bat grip region is restricted to promote fair play.
  
• Practice stadium is now available in PVP matches as well.
  
• Now the option to look at the umpire to start the next ball is available in the practise module as well.
  
• From this update, whenever there is any change in the fieldset, batsmen will be notified.
  
• Fielder behind bowler runup is restricted!
  
• Improvised keeper reaction to reduce byes and also stop catching some unexpected catches.
  
• Within a PvP match, one player will get to know the other player, who is going to join the hosted game.
  
• Now users can also play an unlimited overs match in PVP (Beta)
  
• Bat stats displayed when a new bat comes into play.
  
• Current partnership is shown while batting.
  
• Extras have a place on in ground score card in quick start matches
  
• Bowlers summary stats displayed.
  
• End of innings summary stats displayed.
  
• Different colors for ball trails have been implemented based on bat hit region.
  
• PVP has play again option with same configuration
  
• Host stadiums will be available to play in PVP
  
• Field Set will be sorted in alphabetical order in PVP
  
• Quick Start will retain the config of previously played matches.
  
• Practice stadium available in Quick start(New)
  
• Join room needs approval from host.(New)
  

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Hello Players,
We are releasing a minor patch with the following changes.

Features and enhancements:

• Bowler name "Chinaman" changed to "Left arm wrist spin"
  
• You can play insane bowling level in PVP
  

Bug fixes:

• Bouncers for the entire over in the limited-overs matches have been changed. Also, when bowling to a field, bowler will bowl with 60% accuracy.
  
• -ve stats displayed in the companion web app has been fixed.
  
• Bugs in the Survival challenge have been fixed.
  
• The wide algorithm has been tweaked to call few leg side balls as wides.
  
• PvP T20 match issue has been resolved.
  

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Hello Players,
Here we come up with a few more updates!

New Feature

• Within Quick Start we've added "Insane" bowling difficulty in which there'll be no indication of special balls and a little increase in bowling speed from all the bowlers.
  

Enhancements:

• By default "Show all options" button will be enabled to click. But from the "Game Settings" you can choose to hide the button, which you can enable upon looking at it.
  
• Press F7 to hide the batsman character in the Desktop view
  
• Press F8 to hide the bat for desktop view.
  
• Within PvP we've resolved issues related to game sounds and also most of the disconnection cases
  
• Bat order displayed on the scoreboard will be based on your section of the bats. Bat shields won't affect the chosen order just change in display on the scoreboard.)
  

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