Knowing your role within a team is vital. If 11 players all know their roles in a side then i'd say at club level your going to win more often than not.

 

So the question is whats your role in your team? This includes everything from bowling/batting to your role in the field, in the dressing room, at training etc.

 

I'll start off so you all get the drift.

 

Last season i was batting no. 5 and had a role of steading the ship whenever we were in trouble. This year i batted at no. 3/4 so my role changed slightly, i now see my role as building the innings and a platform for the lower order, i try to make big scores and build partnerships. With the ball i see myself as a part timer, i look to take wickets with my pace and i am just another option for the skipper.

 

In the field we can sometimes be a bit quiet, so i tend to make quite a lot of noise in the field. Our keeper is also quiet so i occassionally have a word in the batsmens ear and encourage the bowler quite alot.

 

In the dressing room i'm quite a serious character. We have plenty of jokers in our side so i try to keep focus and the captain comes to me for bits of advice when needed.

 

At training like most i'm very relaxed but like to set the tone by batting correctly (no slogging) and bowling with good effort. I tend to have a chat with tail enders quite often to help them improve their batting...you never know when those 5-10 runs might make a difference!

 

in the field im the younger who likes nothing more than to through himself round the field, generally a good fielder, and i excell in situations where there seems no chance

 

I don't bowl but I keep as well.

 

I'm a wicketkeeper mainly but recently I've been working in the field so we can put a younger keeper in. I will admit that his glovework's better than mine and his batting late in the innings is brutal.

 

So I've been fielding close in, mainly as a slip. I've been asked once or twice to bowl my mixed bag of spin as well. I never go for many runs and have taken a few wickets.

 

In training I'm a hard worker in the nets. I like to set an example. I also coach some young spinners.

For batting of late for 2020's, I've played with 2 sides and was an opener for them. For one, I adopted my own role of getting them off to a flier! For the other, I just decided to stick up there!

 

With the bowling, on good size boundaries, I just stick to my one role, take wickets. I flight them up and don't really concern if I get hit around. On short boundaries, I'll try to contain more with flatter faster deliveries but still try to take the wickets. I have an aggressive mind set to my bowling and like to set aggressive fields.

 

In the field, I field all over. I'm not a specialist anywhere but I like fielding on the boundaries as I judge the high catches well and can it all the way from the boundary! In practice, I just like to play my strokes when I'm batting. When I'm bowling, I always attack! When I'm not doing either, I'm having a laugh with the other guys.

 

In the field I field at slip or gully; I can't run very fast so I try to make up for that by being pretty talkative. But if I can't catch anything I usually (and quite happily) get shifted off to fine leg.

 

With the bat as a n0.8 i am jus expected to use my strength to club as many runs as possible by the time ikm either stumped or caught in the deep. With the ball i am expected to take key wickets (no pressure) and keep the rate down. I do this job relitavely well, and i am now used as opening bowler.

 

The rest

 

In the changing room i am team clown (nothing ever changes :P) and in the fielsd i keep the fielders alert and make a prat of myself at midwicket.

^ there's at least 1 prat in every team congratulations on being the one in your team

 

Originally posted by top-of-off    My bowling is why I'm in the firsts. Though it's only 65mph it swings miles! I can be deadly with a new ball on a cloudy day and a green pitch.

I hate bowlers like you, so annoying .

 

 

Sometimes i feel that people don't take enough responsibility in their team. At club cricket most of the mental games, responsibility is done by the skipper. I always try to get involved at these levels and have great respect for members of the opposition who do the same.

 

 

 

Bowl: Main spinner in the team. Role depends on the situation, my captain encourages me to give it flight and take wickets. Bowl 3rd or 4th change because we have a plethora of fast bowlers. When put on my I bowl consistently at one end for extended periods if all is going to plan.

 

Field: Specialist slip fieldsman haven't dropped a catch this season *knock on wood* Keep the talk up, support the bowler.

 

The Rest: One of the younger members of the team, so no major role so far. We have a large number of recently immigrated Indians in our team so my role, as an Indian that has grown up in Australia, is a little bit as a go-between  the two groups. Captain has mentioned if I stay playing he's got me earmarked for future positions of responsibility.

 

Play for St. Andrew's Gardiner Cricket Club in the Mackey Shield for the Southern Districts and Churches Cricket League in south-eastern Melbourne.

 

take a look at harrowdrive.com and look at some of the psycology techniques

 

also remember that the more you play the less nervey you'll get, try not to put oo much pressure on yourself and feel that if you dont proform you letting the team down.

 

most fear is based on fear of failure, and its not uncommon

 

With the ball I bowl 2nd change and keep it tight, and take wickets from fustration. I vary my deliveries (bit like Vettori but medium bowler).

 

I field in the slips and try to encourage bowlers a much as possible.

 

batting : anywhere 5-11.  should improve this yar as i have had specialist training in this area.

 

bowling: left arm chinaman, unusual technique. spins alot  though. can sometimes be expensive on a small ground, but usually take my fair share of wickets as well.

 

fielding: i quite like keeping, got some training keeping last yeaqr although i never get the chance too keep in a game yet. usually around square leg, or somewhere that aint slips, cause im the youngest in the team so im put  in all the fielding places where alot of running is involved

 

 

hahaha im still tempted to say drink carrier

 

  I used to be a wicket keeper 2 years back, but ever since i had a growth spurt, my coach decided to get me to bowl. For some reason, i improved dramtically, and open bowling for my school team. I don't have a scary pace, but get away swing, occasionally swinging it in. I also get enormous cut, both off and leg, and the scary thing is, i don't know which it is when i release the ball. :P

 

batting, last season, i went as number 4, and my aim was to murder the bowlers, building upon the solid foundations from those higher above me. But this season, i've been promoted to no. 3, and its pretty hard for me to be defensive and stay in there, given my lack of solid technique and aggresive batting. imagine dhoni opening?

 

As a fielder, my catching is good, given my time as a keeper. I excell in midoff and deep midwicket. i'm fast, so i can cover quite a bit of ground. i don't hesitate to dive, except for those high catches for which i have to dive forward. someone help me with that yea?

 

i'm serious in training, and ironically more than i am in the matches itself. I am the team joke (not joker, mind u), and enjoy being one. I love itwhen everyone laughs AT me, for some reason.

 

Since our national school league has teams that are brilliant and teams that are quite hopeless, i change my mood to fit the opposition. (we are always 2nd in the table). I tend to joke around the field when playing against very weak oppositions. This is because they always seem to bat first for some reason. Bonus points are awarded if we score more than 200, if we get the other team all out, etc. etc. Since they almost always bat 1st (our captain is unlucky), our game plan is to get them past 200, and get them all out within the last 5 overs. This is a tough enough task given that they cannot score more than 50 without err... our help. So i usually lead the plan, by helping them without the match officials suspecting a thing. This includes numerous sights to behold of me playing a fool on the field, diving over perfectly slow balls, tipping catches over the ropes for six, and etc etc.

 

Admittedly, most credit goes to my team mate, when we were chasing a ball that was sure to stop yards before the boundary, i got there first. For some reason, he pushed me away, and kicked the ball over the ropes. Our team got a warning from the umpires, and our coach got royally ****ed at our whole team, (We never told him of our plans to get the bonus points) earning us 18 rounds around the track.

 

Ahh, you know your career's going down hill when you turn into the dibbly dobbler

 

Isn't dibbly dobbler such an awesome phrase, it has no true meaning, yet perfectly explains what you mean.