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The normal awards that everyone else has
I think everyone gets that you don't like them. Meh.
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Over-rated things in cricket
- Thread starter Furball
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The normal awards that everyone else has
batting gloves also
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Despite my location I've actually come to accept this17. The importance of footmarks
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
19. People underating psychological pressure
Disagree, to say the least.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Who overrates over rates?
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
I'll explain myself.
There are a few batsmen in international cricket who have a penchant for straight drives, and this has mistakenly led people to think that they have good techniques. The number of times I hear people say that Martin Guptill has good technique because he plays straight makes me want to bash my head against the wall. Attempting to straight drive balls that aren't overpitched is a bad cricket shot. It's just as bad as playing across the line.
With the vertical bat strokes, there are times when it just simply isn't as safe a shot as a horizontal bat stroke. A back foot punch to a short wide ball is a more dangerous stroke than a cut shot. It's not a better stroke.
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
24. Shots of both feet
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Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
If you use your wrists well, even early in your innings you can work straight balls square of the wicket either side without too much danger, certainly much more profitable than weak straight drives that roll past the bowler to mid off. As for vertical bat strokes, they tend to be far less profitable as well as not necessarily being safer or more correct than a well executed cut shot or pull/hook shot, not only this, but once the ball gets to a certain height (about chest height), vertical bat shots get very difficult and then pretty much impossible, whereas horizontal bat shots can be played to a ball anywhere between hip height and head height basically
EDIT: I didn't see Hendrix's later post but this is my take on it
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wellAlbidarned
International Coach
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African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
Batting positions outside the top 3.
What I mean by that is how we hear in NZ a bit on how Anderson and Watling should swap positions, or how Michael Clarke bats better at 5 instead of 4 etc. as if it really matters lol.
What I mean by that is how we hear in NZ a bit on how Anderson and Watling should swap positions, or how Michael Clarke bats better at 5 instead of 4 etc. as if it really matters lol.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Footwork to pace bowling. (definitely isn't to spin)
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Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
it matters when you consider lower positions are more likely to have to bat with the tail
yeah, balance and head position just as important IMO
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Suggesting that you should work balls square of the wicket off the stumps early in your innings is probably the worst advice I have ever heard in cricket. Wow.