How Do You Play When You Bat?
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Topic: How Do You Play When You Bat?
Posted By: Freddie
Subject: How Do You Play When You Bat?
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 9:22am
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A general question to all forum members here, which is when you are at the crease which approach do you take towards the bowlers. For example, do you try and attack every ball, do you play yourself in and then attack, or do you play steadily and only really attack when you need to? Also if you know your strike rates and batting averages try and put them up here too.
As for me, I'm not anything like an Afridi who tries to attack every single ball, I like to play myself in and try to get to 10 or 15 runs in around 20 to 25 balls before I begin to really play my shots. In a 40 over game I started off slowly with 20 from 45 balls when for the last 10 overs I started to play my shots seriously and got to 53 from 65 balls before getting out with a couple of overs left. I'm a sort of person that only really attacks when I need to get the runs, or I will normally go around trying to get the singles and the odd boundary, or around 4 or 5 runs an over.
I do record all my scores in a book, my strike rate is around 77 in 40 over cricket and around 115 in Twenty20 games. My averages are 26.7 in 40 over games and 18.8 in Twenty20 cricket.
So what is your style of play and if you know your strike rates and averages what are they? ------------- On extended leave... |
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 12:53pm
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I try to attack the majority of deliveries and be agressive, I sometimes take it too far though and get out playing stupidly. ------------- |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 5:24pm
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Although I've got a reputation as a big hitter, I tend to start very slow - if I try and hit out from the word go I generally fail miserably. The thing is, I'm rubbish at nurdling, so early on when I don't have my eye in enough to hit the big shots I tend to block block block and sometimees that can make me feel under pressure to score and I play stupid shots. If I get my eye in and start hitting I can be very destructive, two highlights of my batting career being a 30-ball (estimate) 49* and a 22-run over containing three sixes. Unfortunately that feeling of "he could get himself out at any moment" is generally still there, next season I'm looking to a) improve my decision making and cut out stupid shots and b) get better at nudging singles, particularly early on, to take the pressure of myself when I'm not hitting boundaries ------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 9:51pm
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im same as chim music i always feel under pressure wen i dont score runs becausze my team kindoff depends on me to score . the highlight of my career ( which is not very long so far ) is when the other team hit 80 in a 20 over match i was batsman number 1 and retired as i hav to at 20 the rest of my team got practicall golden ducks we were at 60 for 9 so i cam back in and stayed on strike we had 2 overs left i hit 5 fours and then a single and we won the game whch was special to me because my coach was given me a chance at captain and i also ecouraged my team alot .
like chin music i always play stupid shots and get put out and feel bad the rest of the day.i also really wanted to know my batting average and that so i am prob going to record my batting scores and that because this other player in my team got a trophy for best batsman whch goes by average and im sure i should have won it
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Posted By: MP12
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 10:03pm
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If it is a limited overs match i'll try to get the run rate as early as i can i the over and then just play defensivly taking a few singles here and there. I also have a reputation as a boundary hitter but i only do that my team is under the run rate or my partner is struggling to get bat on ball. I rarly get out bowled. I also seem to have trouble with off spinners that bowl out side off stump halfway down the pitch. Then it spinns back into me like a bouncer and i either snick it to the keeper by playing a pull shot, getting hit or leave it. I tend to play more defensivly on off spinners but I am extremly aggresive to legspinners. ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 21 December 2006 at 5:13am
Im defensive, simple as that. I take sooooooo long to get my eye in that the rest of the team is usually out by the time im ready to start playing some shots  |
Posted By: prasmp
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 1:20pm
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i just wait for a short ball outside the ofstump to put away.and just take singles on good balls and rotate the strike |
Posted By: thongale
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 1:38pm
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I am a restrained player who loves to occupy the crease as long as I can. I bat no 6-7 in 3 day cricket and at no 3 or 7 in 40 over cricket depending on the opposition. My side had lot of dashing players and I was the stabiliser for them.
I am a good nudger of the ball, and I just love the backfoot square drive. Not a good sweeper, but I use the feet to spinners whenever I can. Once I hit Piyal Wijetunga for three sixes in one over but hit a return catch against Murali, way back in 1990 when we played against St Anthony's Kandy in school season. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 3:13pm
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Well me, I play the ball on the merit you can say. If I just come in and the ball is there to hit for 6 runs then so be it. Thats the way I play my game; you bowl bad, I will punish you. I once made a ton in a school match probably of 70 balls. Some 11 fours and 7 sixes! I was brutal that day!
If the bowlers are bowling well though, I tend to throw away my wicket! I hate to be contained for too long. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: darlo_lad
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 3:44pm
| To be honest, I try to play myself in, but if there is a a bad ball there, don't be afraid to hit it. I know from watching a couple of lads down at the club I play for, the first ball of the innings have been hit for six. It just depends on where the ball is, the confidence you have etc |
Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 5:28am
| I'm mainly a tail ender and normally play very defensively. But if runs are needed and my eyes i can score a quick 10 or 15. |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 10:06pm
 sure------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 10:08pm
I try not to get hit, that's a start! 
I play differently each time I play. If I played 6 or 7 defensive shots in arow I find I can't play an attacking shot so that tactic goes out the window very quickly!
I always get out against spinners, partly because I run down the wicket and miss! ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 11:27pm
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I'm extremely defensive and once Ive opened up I like to advance down the wicket and play through the offside trying to keep the ball down, I'm an opener so I rarely need to open up unoless Ive played some wonder innings or something. I think in a 50 over game it is OK for an opener to have a 60 strike rate as I think you need a guy like that to stabilise the side. Thats my role hopefully.
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Posted By: lightning quick
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 7:59am
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i play u/13 and before this year i averaged 25 at a strike rate of about 60 odd but this year ive started to attack more and am avergaing280 at a strike rate of about 150 and i made my first ton! ------------- Northern Socials CC/ North Metro Rep Side, Carlton...Please finish better than 16th |
Posted By: LEFTY
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 8:30am
| Hey Guys This Is My First Post In This Forum and i am a left hander and 2 weeks ago (6/01/07) i opened for the first time in a 20/20 and batted through making 66 no off about the same amount of balls hitting only 3 boundrys i generly play each ball on its merits if i think it needs to go i will try and make it go and my average is like 27 but i made 1 last week so it would have droped now |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 4:01pm
shut up ------------- [ |
Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 5:08pm
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Could only happen with alot of NOs.
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 7:43pm
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Unless he's the next Don Bradman or something, he will not have that average combined with that strike rate plus you cant just gett hat good in a year, especially how he was ok the year before he has suddenly transformed in to the don, the guys a liar and is sad for lying on a cricket forum.
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Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 16 January 2007 at 12:54am
The quality of the bowling in Under 13's isn't all that special, so it's a possibility. Getting lot's of Not Outs helps that aswell. ------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: middlesexfan
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 7:54pm
| i play under 17s cricket for my club i bat at number 1 or 2 my highest score is 98 i usually play for 40 over circket but i have played for the adults twice batting at 4 and 5 and getting 28 and 19* i love batting out on the field at bowling my best figures is 6/28 off 8 overs this season I am hoping to get that 100 and do alto better bowling |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 10:07am
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Whereabouts in the country do you play? You might be near me, I play in the Middlesex leagues
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Posted By: middlesexfan
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 12:14pm
| i dont live in england |
Posted By: Vipera russelli
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 1:20pm
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I was a awful batsman for most of the time. But I hit one of the puplest of patches any one would have. I was a strong slogger early on, but turned in to a player palying super-straight. I used to hit everything on the up some times advancing to the bowler unless it is very short. Lot of muscle from rugby helped in the course. My favorite shot was the pick up on the leg side using a straight bat. Used to hammer fast bowlers to the stands when this was coming off. ------------- Diuretics are used to look good in TV shows |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 1:42pm
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Is there a lot of rugby played in Sri Lanka?
------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: Vipera russelli
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 2:56pm
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Yeah! it's like a flu, catching everybody. Most of Schools in big cities are involved in some keenly contested rugby. There are about 16 clubs in upper division tournament. Kandy, CR & FC and Navy teams are the leading at the moment.
Unfortunately we are bit low on body mass, but there are lightening quick movers. What we fail is on defence. Frontline is not that effective when plenty of direct contact is used! Well only now we see half of a particular team being six footers! |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 3:54pm
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Defence is more about organisation and communication than strength, and a guy of any size can tackle a big guy if his technique's right...I'm amazed you play rugby though, I'd never have thought it. ------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: Vipera russelli
Date Posted: 01 February 2007 at 5:26pm
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When I was 18, I played all sorts of things. Cricket was my favorite, but it was so time consuming. Rugby was OK and it's the sport of choice for us in P.T. sessions. I am not that thorough with techniqes, but I was a ferociusly rough defender who was always asking for plenty of contact. My "well built" frame packed 100kg so I was "something" on the local circuit (now I am bit slimmer or wasted) and I played few matches at U-19 level for my school which is the premier and leading school of the country.
So most of people here are aware about it, but coaching is not that great I have to say. Only rich scools like mine could afford a coach of inernational or even national standards. |
Posted By: lightning quick
Date Posted: 06 February 2007 at 10:00am
ey its true just go to http://jika.cricketvictoria.com.au - http://jika.cricketvictoria.com.au click statistics go to the wayne hicks sheild and you will see joel simmons avg 370 though admittedly the bowling quality isn't that great ------------- Northern Socials CC/ North Metro Rep Side, Carlton...Please finish better than 16th |
Posted By: spun-0ut31
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 8:08am
| 70 degree spin, you're an idiot. I play with this guy who averages about 370 (look up the stats). And he did make a hundred. Off about 40 balls. and we still lost. |
Posted By: lightning quick
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 8:38am
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exactly right paul...anyway who cares if 70_ds doesnt want to believe me he doesnt have to, he'll just look like a fool when everyone finds out its true. ------------- Northern Socials CC/ North Metro Rep Side, Carlton...Please finish better than 16th |
Posted By: Roy63
Date Posted: 10 February 2007 at 11:52am
| As opener i usually watch first 10-20 balls and put away bad balls and get few runs than once i think im in i start playing more aggressive and take aerial route which can be risky benefits of runs is there. |
Posted By: jhj87
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 11:58am
| gd stuff, not out in every innings is gd. doesnt matter if 70_ds doesnt believe you, why would you want to impress some internet geek? |
Posted By: lightning quick
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:58am
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right on, i dont wanna impress anyone let alone 70_ds ------------- Northern Socials CC/ North Metro Rep Side, Carlton...Please finish better than 16th |
Posted By: spun-0ut31
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 6:56am
| sucker your average has gone down to one hundred after the golden duck |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 7:09am
Average isn't everything.. When I'm batting, I like to get my eye in for the first few overs.. well you can say my game is to play my shots. ------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: W.G.
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 11:55am
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Each ball on merit, and never discount the doddery old journeyman bowler who more often than not presents more of a threat than the genuine attack. Running between the wicket is often more critical than choice of stroke, if you can keep the fielding team on their toes and worrying about run rate you are doing well as a batsman. Confidence is an important part of my game, though some mistakenly call it arrogance. As an opener I stride purposefully to the wicket and exhange banter with my partner. Spend time looking at the wicket and examining the outfield. Point at various parts of the ground whilst having a conversation as the field is set, making as if to criticise field placings. My first shot is always the same, front foot forward defensive, regardless of the delivery (unless it's going to take my head off of course). An early run on the board is essential, I do not do ducks. ------------- When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it - then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague - then bat. |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 12:22pm
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I could do with learning to nurdle better, as a shotmaker it takes me too long to get to the stage where I can start hitting, and I put too much pressure on myself by not scoring before then.
------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: Shepherd11
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 1:26pm
| I generally play myself in early on, put the bad ball away and look to occupy the crease a bit. Life's not rosy when you're batting on green, seaming Welsh pitches early in the season. Once established I look to get to the 20 mark before I can be confident of playing all strokes, again a bit dependant on the pithces and conditions, as sometimes a score of 120 can be a good score. Once the season gets started and summer hits properly, I can more or less play relatively aggressively earlier in my innings as the bounce and pace of the wicket is easier to read. |
Posted By: manofcrisis
Date Posted: 05 March 2007 at 5:34pm
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like most said the best way to play is to get ur eye in and then go for ur shots but for this u need to have big scores shots and this is what my way of playing on fast bowling hitting straight over their heads and playing a full blooded cut are my most running shots while with slow bowlers sweeping normally earns me lots of runs. one of my good performance(twice) was when my team needed 12 runs in last over and i got that by hitting two sixes, and once i got 17 runs in last over to get my team victorious. ------------- half of the battle is lost when u thinks of the opponents abilities rather than ur own |
Posted By: lightning quick
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 8:58am
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still win averges paulie (spun out 31), finals dont count in averages and its way better then urs (whats urs 8 or 9) lol ------------- Northern Socials CC/ North Metro Rep Side, Carlton...Please finish better than 16th |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 9:49pm
get a life, I'm some internet geek? You make me laugh. I would have believed you if you had told me the awful bowling you were up against. ------------- [ |
Posted By: tommyboy
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:12pm
i play to the condition what my team is in but normaly i play quit attacking any way 
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Posted By: benkola13
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 10:34pm
I dont believe him either. Murali, sure! ------------- "I Need You To Remember One Thing, I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" |
Posted By: benkola13
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 10:40pm
My friend that i play with got, 2 seasons ago: an average of 250, and a strike rate of about 120. This was in u'13s.
Last season he got: an average of 24, and a strike rate of about 50.This was in u'15s.
I think this is due to the fact that the bowlers get better or worse. ------------- "I Need You To Remember One Thing, I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" |
Posted By: Whitheand
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 12:02pm
| I've been called a 'passive aggresive' batsmen by a few of my coaches. Basically, I go for basically everything(within reason), but don't often go for lofted shots. I'm going to spending all of this off-season working on my batting, as, although I had an average of about 30 last season, my defense is fatally weak, and almost always ends up with a bowled or LBW. True story. |
Posted By: slogga4england
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:34am
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I play at Under 13, and in england we play you have to retire at 25. Even though i had an average of 56. something. ------------- I try to go the extra mile at work, but my boss always finds me and brings me back
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Posted By: Adamz
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 12:26am
| I usually drive most balls unless one has alot of spin on it, i do alot of running as im weak with the bat, any tips on how to hit the ball harder as i rush shots and misstime alot, my highest not out score is 43 |
Posted By: NewBowler
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 1:25am
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Adamz, Try leaning your weight through into the shot and also get a full follow through. Also do exercises such as press ups to increase the strength of your biceps and triceps.
Instead for looking for more power in your shots try knocking the balls for one's and two's because:
1. players that do this normally create a stable base for the batsman at the other end to take the risky shots.
2. They tend to be an anchor for the team and help settle the new batsmen.
3. They keep the runs ticking over, vital for setting a good score.
In my opinion hit the ball harder isn't as important as good timing. Whether you belt a one bounce four or you play a safe, well timed drive for four doesn't really matter. It counts as the same runs.
The best advice I can give you in becoming a better batsman is to practice timing and placement. Also practice the different shots over and over again.
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Posted By: Adamz
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 1:43am
Thank you newbowler i will deffinetly use this information you ahve given me.
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Posted By: Leggers
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 10:44pm
| i bat at about 8 or 9 so i only get the last 5 overs max normally. i use this to my advantage as there is no pressure on me and i try to slog every ball i can. my strike rate is about a run a ball. however i only hit about half of the ones that i swing for. |
Posted By: gilchurch
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 1:11pm
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when i bat i have to bat aggresively other wise i try to smash the ball as hard as i can and i sky it and get out ------------- tonk it for 6 |
Posted By: 143no
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 1:27pm
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errr does that seem a bit of a contradiction? ------------- Monkey see, Monkey do. |
Posted By: strokemaker
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 11:56pm
| errrm, yes it does 143. |
Posted By: blaster17
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 10:01pm
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i tend to start off slow it takes me at least 10-15 to get settled in and once i am i tend to attack although if we are batting first i tend to come in at 4 or 5 my role is to keep my wicket punish the bad balls and rotate the strike but if we are chasing i am pushed up the order either top opening or 3 and then my role is to attack and get the run rate down  i would say my natural game is to attack tho ------------- http://sportfirst.aforumfree.com/ |
Posted By: Bennos
Date Posted: 30 June 2007 at 11:29pm
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Like many, I swing at a lot of balls I should block. I am also hitting less ball too the on-side then I used too ------------- Zapp |
Posted By: iansimcox
Date Posted: 05 July 2007 at 8:17pm
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Despite being a powerful hitter of the ball I try to play myself in and adding shots during the innings. I normally start by either blocking or cutting. Once I've seen some of the strike I start working out shots that I can play safely, ways to move my feet depending on how it comes out the bowlers hand. When I get properly in I can just pick line and length easily. My best innings was a 51-ball 63*. I started slowly, took 5 off my first 22 balls (with one 4), got in then and then powered 58 off the next 29, mostly driven down the ground for 2s and 4s. |
Posted By: kookagenesis
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 10:40am
Why don't you believe him? It was schools cricket, even the best players have to start somewhere. |
Posted By: strokemaker
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 6:48pm
| 70DS was probably making a reference to the fact they didn't go to the same school and that they would unlikely to be in the same team coz Murali is 2 years younger than Wijetunge |
Posted By: kookagenesis
Date Posted: 27 July 2007 at 10:15pm
| Yeah, but Murali is one of the best bowlers in history. He was probably in the 1st XI the whole way through school. |
Posted By: Strike Spinner
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 10:36pm
| When I come in to bat my game plan is to be defensive and push for singles and then attempt to play some shots once I have got in. |
Posted By: Niv!
Date Posted: 01 December 2007 at 3:51pm
| Although I enjoy opening, I would rather face spin. When I face pace, i try to hit singles and get off strike, when a spinner comes in, I start to play shots. |
Posted By: 7/45
Date Posted: 04 December 2007 at 5:07am
same ere
im very much a attaking shotmaker 2, but by the time i get my eye in, usually its too late. i also put way toomuch pressure on myself, which probably dont help either ------------- im a chinaman spin bowler that only uses thumb and finger :P |
Posted By: samz
Date Posted: 11 December 2007 at 6:11am
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I open the batting (on strike first ball), it used to be nerve-racking but now im used to it. I quite enjoy it even though I have a better record in the middle overs. I tend to start bat defensive, and will try to score at a rate which will post a decent score or chase a target. ------------- Manager of Hutt |