Batting Discussion

Originally posted by THE CCC PLEASE: Might be playing for france u-18 and so want to get this out of my mind. When I'm crowded by the in field, I always go in to my shell and rely on my rock solid defence. I just loose all confidence in hitting the ball between the fielders... Plaese, some one, give me confidence...

Have a deep breath when going out to bat. Tell yourself you can do it and try not to shake or anything when at the crease. Always watch the ball out of the hands. Just swing at the ball real hard as well. Any edge and its over the top and your safe for sure !

Originally posted by tca123 I can't play any shot off my legs.

Thats why there is the on drive and the flick shot ! Watch mark waugh ! A genius of the legs !!

Just simply lean over the ball and angle the bat through mid wicket. As simple as that !!

Guys,

I have a problem in driving on the up. I go forward to reach the line of the ball and my head falls back as if i am rocking back when i go for the shot. This makes me not transferring weight on the front foot instead the weight stays on back foot.

Any suggestions?

Cheers, lads. Now, I'm just gonna keep practising:)

Hmm... High backlift eh??

I think I got the problem. I stand a bit like tresco (though right hand bat). I look funny while driving. People will think i am slogging on back foot rather than trying hardly to drive.

Probably i should lower my bat when i go forward.

Probably this is due to my preseason practice in my garage. I always hang a ball sling and hit it. This way you always go on the backfoot while trying to drive (to avoid the string hitting your head or strangling you neck )

I should change the practise way this winter!!

Anybody!! any thoughts (dont say go to indoor nets... I mean apart from that!!)

Originally posted by lead Probably this is due to my preseason practice in my garage. I always hang a ball sling and hit it. This way you always go on the backfoot while trying to drive (to avoid the string hitting your head or strangling you neck ) I should change the practise way this winter!! Anybody!! any thoughts (dont say go to indoor nets... I mean apart from that!!)

I hang a ball to the string and do that but I get into my actual backlift and movement and play the ball on its merits, instead of just standing there and driving it.

I got good news too, this week is going to be all Sunny, good weather for my Rep Trials and Club Training.

Originally posted by spin wizard Originally posted by RHB I got good news too, this week is going to be all Sunny, good weather for my Rep Trials and Club Training. There ain't nothing better than summer weather mate ! Its right around the corner and enjoy it whilst it last.

I love the summer. If it rains during the cricket season, I get angry.

lead,

is your elbow getting high? Aren't you driving the ball straight even when the shot on the call is a cover drive?

one problem for me is my leg side shots. not the shots on my pads but just outside them. i always tend to pop it up in the air, expsecially while lgihtly playing it to a close square leg fieldsmen.

any tips? is it my wrists? my brain?

by the way i cant leave the ball, cos it isn't a wide, and i need runs Very funny.

Got my first training session in half an hour. I'm really looking forward to it!!

Leg Stump.

Came back from training, I did ok, but I'm not completely satisfied.

I bat on legstump for spinners. But the different is I am righthanded and I mostly play against legspin and hardly play offspin. I am a matser of playing leg spin. I scores the majority of my runs throught midoff and cover. I Play as straight as an arrow against spinners.

This is how I play leg spin, Anything pitch up or on a length that I can hit it on the up I used the drive. Anything Short is pullshot or cut shot. My cut shot mostly end up in front of point not backward point, maybe I am playing the shot too early.

Off spin is cake for me. I have faced them a lot and I have put some good damage on them too. I sweep off spinners a lot and successfully too and I use the booming drive on the up over covers as well for those who can't turn it much and the good lenght stuff, I defend them and because I can flick the ball so majestically, I do that and annoy them.

Originally posted by RightHandBat I asked my friend to see how much my arm bends when I bowl the doosra, he said it doesn't bend much. I was suprised when I heard this, it didn't straighten enough to go over 15 Degrees.

I've tried it and it seems impossible. Got any video footage of you bowling it !! we could test you!

I had Rep Trials yesterday and I have no idea if I've made it in, we have another training session on the 8th of October, but I batted well against the Express Fast Bowlers, only got out once to a ball that bounced and kept really low, other then that, the coach said I batted well and asked which position I usually bat at.

I bowled well too, got two people out with my pace bowling. Both edges and would've been taken cleanely by the wicket keeper. One wicket was where he was batting and played late and got an edge straight to the keeper. The other one was where this guy tried to cut at it and got a feint bottom edge.

I like my chances of making into this Under 16's Squad. I got some tips with my bowling runup too, it's made my bowling more accurate, too.