especialy if youve played a shot, because then the umpire would have to be evil/stupid to give you out.

On the subject of inswinging deliveries,

i find that getting a good stride in helps to limit LBW dismissals as well as bowled. I used to have loads of problems with inswingers but now i focus on getting my foot to the pitch and more importantly getting outside the line of offstump if the bowler is starting to really move it inwards. More often then not the pad proves good enough defence.

U13 counts 13 year olds as well you know. its kind of based on the acedemic year, so U13 is year 8, or whatever if you go to a private school

to Dips december, i have an idea!

it involves a small trigger movement, not one of these ones that supposedly gets you in a good position to play etc, but simply helps with the balance, and as sachin says thats all that matters!

i suggest trying moving the back foot back and accross, but make sure that your head doesnt move with it, because then you have much better balance and shouldnt fall toward the off, if you dont know what i mean, many srilankans use this trigger (jayawardene, sangakara etc) i used this trigger for a while and i could play on drives etc with ease!

dont you have to be 13 to go on this forum

what i normally do is take leg guard, and wait for the ball to swing, then play the shot, im not an aggresive batsman..

i think you said you have ahigh bat lift, against swing bowling i think a lower bat lift may be most affective. this is what i do have a low bat lift gives you more time to play the shot, however if your aggresive then perhaps stand at leg, but be awear of the away swing. a half decent bowler will work out your batting for the inswing and perhaps push out an outswinger...

jus my 2p...

Originally posted by dips_december I am having problems facing incoming deliveries especially in-swingers ,i have a high backlift as well and i am trying to play as straight as possible ,whats the probelm pls help

Well mate, One cannot identify your problems to the inswingers as we can't see you bat. But of the problems may be that you cannot adjust your self well after the ball has pitched.

This is how I deal with inswingers. I wait on the ball and if it coming in to me i will then play the flick shot and thats why I don't get out to them cause I play them late and I have mastered the flick stroke by now so I know i wouldn't get lbw.

Overall, try mastering the flick shot and playing the ball a little later and try and adjust your self.

Originally posted by righthandbat Not if you know what you're doing. Another way to deal with it is to take guard on leg stump and when the ball is swinging in, you can drive it through the covers, but if it's straying down middle and leg stump, then punch it through the on side.

Trust me, this guy is the next punter. He really knows how to bat. His tips are worth it.