**Official** New Zealand v Australia

[cricket player]

Not necessarily.

2 of the best hitters in world cricket get a lot of their sixes from timing.

Can you please name them and i rather be suprised how they made it to international cricket.

 

[marc71178]

Flintoff and Cairns.

Happen to be 2 of the best ODI all rounders around.

 

[cricket player]

Flintoff and Cairns.

Happen to be 2 of the best ODI all rounders around.

Ok so
Can you please explain to me what timing means please

 

[chaminda_00]

I've seen plenty of tailenders in my time that are hard hitters but cus they have no timing they can't get the ball past the in field. Timing is as important as hard hitting, as hard hitting is nothing without timing.

 

[cricket player]

Timing the balls means hitting the ball properly.

can you chew some thing with out having teeths?No you can't it is the same with timing.How can you hit the ball over the boundry if you did not connect the bat with the ball properly.

 

[bryce]

Not necessarily.

2 of the best hitters in world cricket get a lot of their sixes from timing.

right on, in fact i'd say that cairns hits much more sixes through sheer timing as opposed to brute force

 

[marc71178]

Ok so
Can you please explain to me what timing means please

So you don't even know what it means, but don't think people need it?

 

[marc71178]

No you can't it is the same with timing.How can you hit the ball over the boundry if you did not connect the bat with the ball properly.

So please explain to me how Flintoff can forward defend a ball and it'll race back past the bowler to the boundary?

 

[cricket player]

So please explain to me how Flintoff can forward defend a ball and it'll race back past the bowler to the boundary?

Because he has timed the ball well enough

 

[meatspx]

The best timers of the ball vary, taking into account the conditions, shot played & bowler faced.

One can only look at how hard a batsman swings a bat and the length of a six to determine timing, taking into account these variables.

Flintoff certainly times his pull shot to near perfection.

 

[Ming]

Bryce,

I would disagree with you about Cairns hitting more 6s with timing than power. Most of Cairns' big shots are just brute power.

 

[cricket player]

Bryce,

I would disagree with you about Cairns hitting more 6s with timing than power. Most of Cairns' big shots are just brute power.

Ofcourse every one would disagree with bryce.

With out timing you wont be able to hit sixes easily.A good example is baseball you have to have the power in order to carry the ball for a home run that is the reason most of the players use steriods.

Timing is the main factor,power is the second main factor,postitioning is the third main factor, in order to hit the ball for a six,End of this discussion

 

[anzac]

just a couple of quick notes on the timing v power debate...........

a batsman who is better able to time the ball will usually be more consistantly successful than one who relys primarily on power...............

Bevan was not a big hitter or power player, yet in ODIs he was amongst the best both in terms of averages, strike rates & consistant performances............

a power player like Afridi & Co will be spectacular on their day like a blazing comet, but will also have the same consistency..............

 

[cricket player]

just a couple of quick notes on the timing v power debate...........

a batsman who is better able to time the ball will usually be more consistantly successful than one who relys primarily on power...............

Bevan was not a big hitter or power player, yet in ODIs he was amongst the best both in terms of averages, strike rates & consistant performances............

a power player like Afridi & Co will be spectacular on their day like a blazing comet, but will also have the same consistency..............

Ofcourse a guy who times the bowl will make alot of runs a example of it is bevan but what we were talking about is hitting sixes does also reguires timing rather just brute force.

 

[Craig]

The best timers of the ball vary, taking into account the conditions, shot played & bowler faced.

One can only look at how hard a batsman swings a bat and the length of a six to determine timing, taking into account these variables.

Flintoff certainly times his pull shot to near perfection.

Except those that he get out to or nearly gets out to.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Ofcourse a guy who times the bowl will make alot of runs a example of it is bevan but what we were talking about is hitting sixes does also reguires timing rather just brute force.

Times the bowl?

 

[bryce]

Bryce,

I would disagree with you about Cairns hitting more 6s with timing than power. Most of Cairns' big shots are just brute power.

well i disagree with that, you can't hit a six with just brute power - it needs at least some element of timing

 

[SJS]

well i disagree with that, you can't hit a six with just brute power - it needs at least some element of timing

Absolutely. You can not hit a massive shot without timing. The fact that it is also hit with power may make it go further. But if it was only power, it may not go very far.

 

[bryce]

New Zealand squad for Twenty20 international
Stephen Fleming (capt), Andre Adams, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum (wk), Craig McMillan, Hamish Marshall, Kyle Mills, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori, Jeff Wilson.

the side for the first two ODI's will be announced on Tuesday

 

[MoxPearl]

im pretty sure the ODI squad will be the same as that