Bad Habits

Yeah, i play shadow cricket to plactice when your inside in winter. Its where you go through the strokes

Originally posted by davey117 When I bat, technically I am told I am quite good. I also know all the shots. Once i get in the middle i get nervous and against quick bowlers with lengthy run ups my first movement is always towards square leg. Can any1 help?

Try taking a leg stump guard and make your first movement towards the off-stump. A small shuffle of the feet to middle/ middle and off while the bowler is in delivery stride is all it takes. This will set yor movements in the right direction and will virtually eliminate your tendancy to back away. Make it a habit and watch the improvements.

Your confidence is the real issue here though. You need to work on that or you will never succeed against the quicks. They can smell fear and lack of confidence a mile away. You just need that one good knock.

I think habits are very very difficult to get rid of, especiallly bad habits. one of the bad habits is trying to hit everything on the onside, no matter what is the line, length and height of the ball. Typical onside batsmen never like to play delicate off side shots.

Well,what about dancing down the pitch and hitting it before it pitches?Nah,only jokin
the best way to cope with short pitched bowling is to hold your bat at a slite angle.Or,just duck underneth it!

Shrikaant of India was once get hurt by a short pitched delivery from Wasim Akram, that ultimately led him towards his retirement from International cricket. How would u like to negotiate such short balls.

Most likely that will never happen so there's nothin to worry bout

May be nobody get hurt that bad in future, coz they have very good protections available these days and also Wasim is retired.