Cricket Team Manager — v0.95 (Beta 2)
⚠️ Please read this first — your old career will not load
The database changed shape and there are no save migrations before 1.0, so a career from the last build is refused rather than opened. Please start a new one and delete the old ones from the saves folder if you want to clean up.
Steam should auto-update the game before your next launch. The game main menu should explicitly mention Beta 2 at the bottom.
Plenty of changes:
Match engine
CPU makes smarter decisions around declaring an innings and setting targets in Test matches.
Fixed the issue of tailenders sticking for too long.
Fixed the issue of too many collapses in ODIs.
Rebalanced the difference between weaker and stronger sides. Less upsets and more aligned to the real world.
Bowlers get part of their legs back at lunch and tea, not just overnight.
The weather keeps changing through a five-day Test instead of being settled at the toss.
A fifth-day pitch wears and spins as it should.
Database
Fixed issue of too few openers in the database.
Fixed captaincy ratings.
Match view
Fields can now be set per batsman.
Strike farming with the tail, and it's per batter — Auto, Shield or Face.
Team sheets after the toss and on the header all match: both XIs read back as short phrases, your strengths and their weaknesses.
Partnership graphs as a tab, plus a live partnership under the two batters, in every format.
The worm draws both innings in a chase, so you can see who is ahead.
Free hits in ODIs and T20s, called in the commentary.
A wicket stops the over immediately; Next Over then finishes it.
A popup when a wicket falls — for multiple wickets in an over.
A popup when the new ball is available, with the option to take it right there.
Milestone popups for hundreds, five-fors and big landmarks.
A settle indicator for each batsman.
A better toss screen, with a real heads-or-tails call.
Commentary moved to its own tab, with end-of-over banners.
A cricket ball marks whoever has the ball, on the scoreboard and the bowling tab.
Player profiles open straight from the change-bowler and next-batsman lists.
The crease pair holds still instead of swapping places every time the strike rotates.
Conditions stay on screen while you bat.
Squad selection & stats
Contracted players in their own tab while picking a squad.
Last season's stats shown during squad and XI selection.
An advanced filter — say, more than 10 matches and a batting average over 50.
An attributes view: captaincy, fielding, keeping, batting and bowling in one table.
Role filters for openers, middle order, spinners and fast bowlers.
Match conditions shown before you pick the XI, not after.
Contracts & captains
Finalising central contracts now makes you review the captain for all three formats.
Injuries & fitness
Players recover fitness between sessions.
Injuries show wherever a player is listed, with how long he is out for on hover.
A rest ends with the series it was named against, and can be ended from the player profile or the contracts tab.
A doubtful player reads as pickable, because he is.
Hub & news
Green and red arrows for ranking movement, on the rankings screen and the hub.
A news line when your side's ranking moves — posted once per series, not once per match.
Team details
A brand new trophy cabinet: World Cup, World T20, Test Championship and Asia Cup, every final since 1975, with your own titles joining the same board.
Graphics & UI
The bat icon looks like a bat now.
The player profile remembers which format's ratings you were reading.