We have enhanced various systems, including fielding, bowling, field settings, pitch parameters, and commentary. We've upgraded the graphics quality, providing a more immersive experience. Significant updates have been made to the look and feel of the game with new stadiums, a new dressing room, new bat skins, new jerseys, and revamped the home screen UX for a more intuitive navigation experience. We've also added detailed live match stats in the game to help you analyze and refine your gameplay.

We've completely revamped the onboarding experience for new users and added an FAQ section that contains insights and solutions for a smooth, enjoyable gaming experience.

For more details on all the enhancements, updates and changes, please refer to the detailed notes.

• We’ve enhanced the bowling logic to bring it closer to real-world cricket
  
• Bowlers maintain consistent strength in Insane and Ultra-insane modes
  
• Significantly enhanced the effectiveness of swing, seam, cutters, and spin deliveries.
  
• Refined the speed and angle of spin for spin bowlers and fine-tuned the speed for cutters.
  
• Dynamic variations in bowling with enhanced line and length adjustments that adapt to field settings, batsmen's scoring areas etc providing a more strategic gameplay
  
• Improved the distribution algorithm of right-arm and left-arm bowlers selected and actively bowling throughout matches
  
• Improved Intelligent field placements based on the batsmen’s scoring regions throughout the match
  
• Improved AI strategies for maintaining fair gameplay
  
• The issue of consecutive wides has been resolved

• Fielding has been made more realistic
  
• Enhanced fielder selection logic to ensure more relevant fielders are chosen, based on the ball's hit direction and speed
  
• Improved fielding accuracy and game realism
  
• Significant improvement has been made in how fielders collect the ball
  
• Fielders will position themselves more accurately to collect the ball in line with its trajectory
  
• Fine-tuned running speeds for fielders, ensuring they reach the ball with optimal timing
  
• Bowlers now have improved reaction times when balls are hit towards them
  
• Fielders now immediately react when the ball hits the helmet in helmet view, preventing unnecessary byes

• Enhanced the realism in the behavior of swing, seam, cutters, spin, and bounciness across Green, Bouncy, Dry, and Normal pitches
  
• Swing, seam, cutters, and spin now vary based on ball newness in Insane and Ultra-Insane modes, adding depth to gameplay strategy
  
• Bounce on dry pitches is updated to match real-world conditions

• Improved the commentary with additional phrases to enhance your game experience.
  
• Voice quality for commentary has been upgraded
  
• Made corrections to contextual inaccuracies in certain commentary phrases

• We've revamped the home screen UX and UI for more intuitive navigation by categorizing the game modes.

• Five new world-class stadiums and one practice stadium are now available for purchase in the shop

• New Dressing Room with a fresh look and feel

• New Bat skins with enhanced wood textures for a more authentic cricketing experience

• We've introduced illuminated stumps that light up dynamically whenever the ball makes contact with them enhancing immersion and making every wicket feel even more impactful

• Updated jersey designs, offering a fresh look for both International and Indian city teams

• Added the following live detailed match stats at the end of each delivery to help you analyze and refine your gameplay.
  
• Ball Trace of Deliveries: Track the ball deliveries for each over.
  
• Pitch Map of Deliveries: Access the pitch map for the complete innings so far, as well as for the current over.
  
• 3D Wagon Wheel (Beta): Visualize the last 30 balls faced with our new 3D wagon wheel feature.
  
• Worm Graph & Manhattan Graph: Analyze your innings with the comprehensive Worm graph and Manhattan graph.
  
• Match Summary: Get a complete summary of the match, including detailed scorecard of batsmen and bowlers

• Access the pending matches of the following match types from your VR game in a single place
  
• Knockout matches from Season Tournament
  
• Dual-player leagues with 10-over and 50-over matches

• You can now access FAQs directly in the VR game for instant help. Get answers and support without leaving the game!

• We have revamped the onboarding process, aimed at ensuring a smoother and quicker learning curve for the new users. The updated steps dynamically adapt to the user's gameplay making the introduction more intuitive and seamless.

• Organizers can now configure the end date of tournaments to better suit their scheduling needs.
  
• Introducing Ultra-Insane bowling difficulty option for those seeking the ultimate challenge.
  
• Invitation message now includes comprehensive match configuration details, ensuring all participants are fully informed.
  
• Addressed the net run-rate calculation issue
  
• Corrected the logic of fixture creation for knockout matches

• Our targeting system now intelligently adapts based on your progress, ensuring a more personalized gameplay experience.

• View schedules for 250, 500, and 1000 tournaments directly from the tournaments home screen, ensuring you never miss a match.

1. Play matches together with a friend in Co-Op mode.
   
2. There are two options to choose from - Campaigns or Quick Start
   
3. Tournaments will be released Soon next week
   
4. Option to mute mic
   

1. In the 360 Degree Tournament, you can bat all around the stadium and make runs in every region
   
2. Runs above the region limit don’t count!
   

1. You can choose line and length and a specific special ball
   
2. Customize Field positions
   
3. Customize Pitch options
   
4. Batsman Type selection
   

1. Challenge your friends with PvP option
   
2. Toss decides who will bat first
   
3. New UX/UI in pool matches you can play matches whenever you want
   
4. Pause and resume enabled for custom tournament
   
5. Wagon Wheel added to end match UI
   

1. Now you can bowl to opponent with VR Bowling
   
2. Option to mute mic
   

6. Super Runs and Bat Shield added in Tutorial Flow

7. With single controller, you can navigate through entire game

1. Manhattan Graph and Worm Graph of your opponents and you
   
2. Starts in time or ends in time added in the match cards
   
3. Added Bowler name in the ball by ball match details screen
   
4. Rounds in a tournament colliding with round ends in time (edited)
   

1. Displaying worm graph for dual player matches
2. In-Game Optimizations
3. Big stadiums can now get more than 3 runs based on time required for a fielder to reach
4. The maximum render scale value has been increased to 1.4
5. Updating of fieldsets is currently based on successive boundaries hit and also successive 3’s
6. Making bottom most boundary ads in black color when bowler starts runup

• The New Zealand Jersey color has been changed.
  

1. Keeper giving more byes
2. Slow balls delivery in continuation match in Insane mode
3. Consecutive wides (more than 3-4 at a stretch)
4. UI screens overlapping in settings
5. When bat-shield size is given for user to check, sometimes the shield is getting stuck in air

Stay tuned for more updates!

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• Please put on your wrist strap and do not let go of the controller.
  
• You can get points by bowling into regions & stay on top of the leaderboard.

• You can practice in the nets with a bowling machine.
  
• You can choose the line, length and select the fast / medium-fast / off-spin / leg-spin bowling and also the bowling difficulty etc.

You can create and host your own tournaments - https://profile.ib.cricket/custom-tournaments

• Different categories of tournaments - Round Robin followed by knockouts, Round Robin followed by playoffs, Knockouts, and many more.
  
• You can customize the difficulty, bat-shield factor, stadium, and pitch type based on your choice when creating the tournaments.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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All participants of the 2nd Season Tournament deserve a round of applause.
Your love for the sport and competitive spirit made the 2nd Season Tournament a huge success.

We congratulate everyone who made it into the Top 10 on the leaderboard.
A total of 76,500 gems will be given to the top 10 players.
The top 3 players will also receive gift vouchers worth a total of 175 USD of their choice.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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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.

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

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.


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.

• 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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Hello Players,
Hope you're enjoying PvP & Leagues. Here we come up with more updates..

Features

• Create, edit and delete manual fieldsets for PVP.
  
• Now you can choose to opt-out of the League matches.
  
• Option to select the bats for both the openers in all the matches.

Enhancements

• From this update, the game stats UI displayed between each ball will be hidden by default.
  
• The settings menu has been better organized for ease of use.
  
• Now you enable controller outline for bat from Bat grip options in settings
  
• Now your gameplay can be watched from a new static camera view. F1, F2, F3 for camera changes.
  
• The On-Screen(Desktop) scorecard will have both bat scores(striker & non-striker end).
  
• Cleared UI Bugs within the opponent score graph in league matches.
  
• Now you can enable/ disable ball trace in settings-> Game settings
  
• Fielding Dive speed and slide speed parameters have been reduced.

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