Real Life Cricket

[JBs-Hawks]

I don't have advice on what to do, but I do have advice on what not to do. Don't try to slog every ball. ::) I speak from experience of course.  :P

Dont listen to him he doesnt know what hes talking about :P

[NoButYeah]

I had a similar year, ended the home and away season with an average of 25.1 but didn't make in the 20's all year. 6 scores of 0 to 19 and 5 scores of 32 to 53... I just go out to bat with the attitude "I'm better than these bowlers". Tended to get myself out though through stupid shots  >:(

I just try to bat naturally. My favourite shot is the cover drive so if anything comes to me that I can drive, I go for it. I found that trying to bat differently to how I usually would doesn't work very well.

[Tominator]

thanks for all your help guys !

[Jay]

thanks for all your help guys !

Good luck man :)

[Windigo]

My 'coach' of the under 12's told me: "The first move you make is back and across, get the feet moving."

Still heed those words 7 years later. So back foot to off stump every ball and the front foot in the direction you want to hit the ball, depending on where it pitches off course.  :D

[Tominator]

got the first day of a two day game this weekend, I prefer the 50-over format (two-dayers) as opposed to the 27-over games (one-dayers) as I take time to get in, get set and then get going

My last 2 two-dayers I have scored 50no and 27, so fingers crossed !

[bowyanger]

Anyone play last man stands?

Its awesome stuff

[Shaggy]

Hey mate, I have experienced a similar problem but I will give you the best advice I can

I would suggest just putting away your cover drive for the first 10-15 balls of your innings and just focusing really hard to hang around. It is always great to get a shot away early in your innings and really gets your confidence up but that reward does not outweigh the risk IMO e.g. you can easily catch the outside edge if you're eye is not it in yet.

Early in your innings just try to push the singles, dont worry about batting too slowly as you can always make that up later when you are settled.

I have always found that run 0-1 is the hardest you have to make in any innings, my plan is just to tell your partner to back up, hit it in a gap and run.

So yeah, just park away your attacking shots early and just focus as hard as you can to face out the first 10-15 balls of your innings. Then look to tick the scoreboard over

Hope I helped :)

3 games in the winter cricket comp and I have a golden, a second ball duck and a 1*. Both of the ducks caame off absolute ripper balls that were there to drive and swung late to bowl me. Gotta leave the cover drives alone until your eye is in, exactly as you said. ;)

[Cookie311993]

Hey mate, I have experienced a similar problem but I will give you the best advice I can

I would suggest just putting away your cover drive for the first 10-15 balls of your innings and just focusing really hard to hang around. It is always great to get a shot away early in your innings and really gets your confidence up but that reward does not outweigh the risk IMO e.g. you can easily catch the outside edge if you're eye is not it in yet.

Early in your innings just try to push the singles, dont worry about batting too slowly as you can always make that up later when you are settled.

I have always found that run 0-1 is the hardest you have to make in any innings, my plan is just to tell your partner to back up, hit it in a gap and run.

So yeah, just park away your attacking shots early and just focus as hard as you can to face out the first 10-15 balls of your innings. Then look to tick the scoreboard over

Hope I helped :)

3 games in the winter cricket comp and I have a golden, a second ball duck and a 1*. Both of the ducks caame off absolute ripper balls that were there to drive and swung late to bowl me. Gotta leave the cover drives alone until your eye is in, exactly as you said. ;)

I had the problem last season. First ball was an absolute gem for me to belt through covers for 4. Of course, things didn't go to plan. I got a massive inside edge onto middle stump

[its me lads]

Not really sure if I want to play cricket in term 4, not feeling much love for it ATM. Hopefully the Ashes will get me back into it.

Used to be a middle order batsmen at club and wicketkeeper but now I decided to give club cricket the miss. Just playing school and am a keeper still however have been batting anywhere from opening to number 5.

I've been playing since Kanga cricket.

It's hard to explain what type of batter I am but I'll give it a go. I am definitely not a hack, and never slog it, even deep into my innings. Depending on how I'm feeling i'll either play shots straight from ball 1 or take a while to get going. Love playing aggressive shots yet never in the air, can't really fabricate shots either, don't think I'd be that good at T20. I love to punish the bad balls but struggle to score well against quality bowling. I generally think of myself as a better player when it's a 2 day game however my best innings this/last season (term 1) was when I came in at 5 looking at a hard run chase, opening order collapsed and I got 50* , won the game with a 4 (perfect cut shot) and that 4 also brang up my 50  ;D. It was poor captaining, they just bowled 2 absolute hacks, they were of spinners and got bowle from either end for about 12 overs  :o. Loved every minute of it dispatching them with classy shots, anyway now this is turning into a life story, a real area I have trouble with, despite playing since I was a little tacker is Blocking  ::) I am a somewhat defensive batter yet I really struggle blocking out ball after ball, usually I just get bowled (which happened the game after i got 50 when I opened, happened to get a quacker  :-[ ) anyway, was just wondering if expert blockers or people who are really solid defensively have some tips for me? What do you do to block well, sounds so simple yet even if i am well into an innings i feel very nervous blocking balls on the stumps.

[specky92]

Wow there's a thread for this. I myself am a medium pacer, I like to think of myself as a Glenn McGrath type but showerter, love the swing! I once came second in best bowling, best bowling average and most wickets under age in my league which was shattering, :(
I also bat around 8 for my club.

Here are my blocking tips
-Front foot out towards the pitch of the ball (not just straight down the wicket every time, I learnt this the hard way)
-focus the top hand elbow to be high, almost an extension of the bat handle.
-let the ball hit the bat, (don't reach out to the ball
-keep your eye on the ball (of course)
- lastly be sure to keep the bat nice and close to the front pad, wouldn't want to get bowled through the gate,

If you time it write it can ping off with the right bat, ;)

Good luck

P.S. best figures 5/7 best score 51* same game, :P

[its me lads]

" I like to think of myself as a Glenn McGrath type but showerter" hahaha comedy gold  ;D

Here are my blocking tips
-Front foot out towards the pitch of the ball (not just straight down the wicket every time, I learnt this the hard way)
-focus the top hand elbow to be high, almost an extension of the bat handle.
-let the ball hit the bat, (don't reach out to the ball
-keep your eye on the ball (of course)
- lastly be sure to keep the bat nice and close to the front pad, wouldn't want to get bowled through the gate,

The ones with a strikethrough I got covered...
These tips have made me think of my blocking and I realize that I don't get the foot to the pitch of the ball, I just stick it out in front. I don't exactly reach out to the ball and my bat is right next to my pad, yet way out in front, if that makes sense... I am that nervous about defending I don't even keep my eye on the ball, I just step forward and hope I hit it. Cheers for the advice, I'll need to get down to the nets with the brother and practice, really try to focus on those aspects.

[its me lads]

When I'm playing any other shot I do those things fine, foot to the ball, eye on the ball and good technique but when it comes to defense it's a completely different story :P

Most common mode of dismissal for me is either Bowled or LBW, very very rarely caught, never stumped and not ran out often, although I actually get ran out more than caught!  ::)

[Nige]

Not sure whether I said this before but my batting was reminiscent of Chris Martin from New Zealand...

[specky92]

Not sure whether I said this before but my batting was reminiscent of Chris Martin from New Zealand...

Classic Nige, Much of a bowler?