Masterclass: Fast Bowling On Unhelpful Pitches
One of the great challenges for bowlers is bowling at good batsmen when the wicket is slow and easy paced and there is minimal assistance for the ball – no pace, no bounce, no swing, nothing! The first thing to realise is that there is nowhere to hide, so you need to accept the challenge for what it is – to get the other team out! It is of critical importance that you keep this in mind throughout your performance. This risk of forgetting that you are there to get the batsmen out is settling for containment...
Read MoreElite Cricket June News 2008
Despite the fact that most of our cricket grounds are sporting football posts, there’s still plenty of cricket to be had. It is great to have Test cricket back on the agenda after a long break and despite the big hitting of Twenty20 cricket, Test cricket still can’t be beaten for entertainment for me due to it’s ebbs and flows and the genuine contest of skill and temperament between batsmen and bowler. Australia’s earned a hard fought win against a resurgent West Indies to go one up in the series. It was...
Read MoreMasterclass: The Significance of Balance in Batting
Balance is a critical skill for successful stroke execution The aim of a batsman is to score as many runs as possible as quickly as possible in order to provide their team with the runs to set a total to allow the team’s bowlers with the maximum amount of time in which to dismiss the other team or to chase the opposition team’s score. In order to achieve this aim, a critical skill that a batsman must master is to understand the characteristics of the ball (line and length) and then to play the best possible...
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