Cricket 2005

Hint: Getting the opposition out quickly:
Try bringing the medium fast or medium bowler on. Then, place the bowling marker just short of the good length spot or even further down towards the bowler. Try inswing ball or outswing but drop the speed to almost nil. Keep the speed to two or three lines (yellow meter). The batsman will play a backfoot defensive shot and eventually get bowled or LBW.
Sameer Karkhanis.

A second way of getting the batsman out quickly is bring the medium fast or fast bowler and try bowling inswing bouncer and place a fileder at deep thirdman for a catch. This trick only works when the batsman is new to the crease or tailenders.
Sameer Karkhanis.

Hint: Keeping the scoreboard moving or hitting some runs:
Always bring the left handed batsman first and aim for the leg side boundary for six hit shot. He will succeed many times.
Sameer Karkhanis.

In test matches, do not rush for runs or you will get out very quickly. Place your innings and play the ball in the gaps.
Sameer Karkhanis.

Hint: Get batsmen out fast:
Bring in a fast bowler (for example, McGrath) and aim a normal delivery behind either the middle or the off stump. Put the bar up to almost full power and let her rip. Most batters will swing and miss or be caught LBW.
Calientez.

When bowling with someone who has a slower ball (for example, McGrath put the pointer as near to the bowler as possible, then put the pointer just to the left of the umpire. Put the power to two yellow bars. Then watch them walking in and out of the Pavillion.
MalcAshley.

Hint: Easy six:
When the ball is pitched just in front of your leg outside offstump or towards middle stump, sweep it through the legside by a powershot. Most of the time the result will be a six.
Anand Vivek.

Hint: Special balls:
Fast Medium bowlers (for example, Flintoff and McGrath) cannot reverse swing, even when they actually can. Fast bowlers do not have a slower ball special delivery.
Rocky Mak.

Glitch: Batting milestones at the end of the over:
If you score a 50 or 100 at the end of the over, the batting stats will be for the next player on strike. For example, Brendan McCullum scores a 50 at the 8.5th over against Australia, and he is partnering Ross Taylor. McCullum will still celebrate, but the batting stats you can see is Ross Taylor's because Ross will be the next man on strike at the start of the 9th over. To overcome this, try to get to 49 runs, 99 runs... and get the milestone by scoring a single at the x.5th over to stay on strike for the next over.
Rocky Mak.
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