Hard length!

[Manju]

What is called as 'Hard length' in cricket? Is it Yorker length?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No

 

[Manju]

No

Then bro?

 

[trundler]

Then bro?

It means a length that's harder to get away for the batsman. Usually the 'good' length that's in between short and full. Fuller balls are easier to drive and shorter balls you can hook, pull and cut. A hard length is supposed to create uncertainty in the batsman's mind about whether he should play it on the back foot or front foot, which is why it's called the corridor of uncertainty also.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I mean it's not official terminology and I would assume it would depend on the type of game, stage of the game, and batsman on strike. A good "hard" length in Tests could be an easy length to hit at the end of a T20 innings

 

[Adders]

It means a length that's harder to get away for the batsman. Usually the 'good' length that's in between short and full. Fuller balls are easier to drive and shorter balls you can hook, pull and cut. A hard length is supposed to create uncertainty in the batsman's mind about whether he should play it on the back foot or front foot, which is why it's called the corridor of uncertainty also.

The corridor of uncertainty is a line not length.

 

[honestbharani]

It means a length that's harder to get away for the batsman. Usually the 'good' length that's in between short and full. Fuller balls are easier to drive and shorter balls you can hook, pull and cut. A hard length is supposed to create uncertainty in the batsman's mind about whether he should play it on the back foot or front foot, which is why it's called the corridor of uncertainty also.

It is also the length from where the ball is still rising as you play it, so you really cannot attack it. Its basically short for "hard to hit" length. But usually it can be easier to defend and thus not get out to, as well.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The corridor of uncertainty is a line not length.

I said the exact same thing but then edited my post because when I googled it, it looks like a lot of sources treat it as both

Definitely makes sense for it be a line though, and I'm certain that was the intention when the term was coined. Like the word "corridor" implies as much

It is also the length from where the ball is still rising as you play it, so you really cannot attack it.

The ball is virtually always still rising when you play it lol, at every length. Unless it's like a really short slower-ball bouncer or a spinner that's ****ed up massively and bowled a slow half-tracker

 

[honestbharani]

I said the exact same thing but then edited my post because when I googled it, it looks like a lot of sources treat it as both

Definitely makes sense for it be a line though, and I'm certain that was the intention when the term was coined. Like the word "corridor" implies as much

The ball is virtually always still rising when you play it lol

well, yeah but I mean its rising at a pace and off a length where its usually around your hips or higher, so tuks you up from playing big drives or proper cut or pull shots.

 

[Zinzan]

I've always associated the modern meaning of "Hard-length" as slightly on the shorter side of a good length, especially in white ball cricket.

Reason being merely a 'good length' is too easy for batsmen to hit through the line & on the up even when it's not a half volley.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I've always associated the modern meaning of "Hard-length" as slightly on the shorter side of a good length, especially in white ball cricket.

Reason being merely a 'good length' is too easy for batsmen to hit through the line & on the up even when it's not a half volley.

Josh Hazlewood length

always depends on batsman though. If you were bowling to Ricky Ponting the same slightly short of a length that would challenge most players would be fodder for his pull shot

 

[Migara]

It is a small area where a particular batsman cannot decide to go forwards or back. The area widens with changes of pace and with inconsistent bounce. And also whether the ball pitches on seam or shine.

 

[ankitj]

The corridor of uncertainty is a line not length.

Can't believe @trundler got that wrong. tsk tsk.

 

[Adders]

Can't believe @trundler got that wrong. tsk tsk.

Trundler has some of the worst cricketing opinions here, but to be fair to the lad his knowledge of the game appears to be up there with anyone's..........I wasn't going to let the opportunity of pulling him up on that faux pas pass me by

 

[trundler]

Pretty sure Boycott refers to it as a length also and he coined the term.

 

[trundler]

Trundler has some of the worst cricketing opinions here

I've begrudgingly let Anderson in my all time England XI, if that helps.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pretty sure Boycott refers to it as a length also and he coined the term.

I thought it was Damien Fleming, maybe he just made a joke out of the spin-offs

 

[Son Of Coco]

What is called as 'Hard length' in cricket? Is it Yorker length?

This varies quite a lot. For some, hard length is around 5 inches. Others it's 7 or 8. A bloke in our team once claimed his hard length was a foot, but I saw him in the showers one day before a game, and it looked more like 8 or 9 inches to me.

 

[trundler]

This varies quite a lot. For some, hard length is around 5 inches. Other's it's 7 or 8. A bloke in our team once claimed his hard length was a foot, but I saw him in the showers one day before the game, and it looked more like 8 or 9 inches to me.

Maybe he was measuring from the anus.

 

[Manju]

It means a length that's harder to get away for the batsman. Usually the 'good' length that's in between short and full. Fuller balls are easier to drive and shorter balls you can hook, pull and cut. A hard length is supposed to create uncertainty in the batsman's mind about whether he should play it on the back foot or front foot, which is why it's called the corridor of uncertainty also.

Thank you for ur explanation bro