Cricket Tips for Batting Against Fast Bowlers

in cricket, a fast bowler can change the pace and outcome of a match. A typical fast bowl usually ranges from 85 to 90 miles per hour and can induce tricky spins once the ball bounces off the ground during the bowl. The fastest bowl recorded was by Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar, whose delivery was clocked at 100.2 miles per hour to England's Nick Knight in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. How is a batter able to achieve success against a fast bowler?

Footwork

1. A batter's footwork is key to a good at bat. A fast bowler's pitch may have an odd spin and come off of the ground at an unpredictable angle, so do not commit to a specific direction right away as you may be able to do against an average-speed pitch.

Eye Contact

2. Although a fast pitch may be difficult to follow throughout, the most crucial spot to see is where the ball strikes the ground. Depending on where the ball comes in contact with the ground, the pitch may be a high bouncer, short pitched, good length, full pitched or a yorker, where the ball first bounces very close to the batter's swinging area. Seeing the ball well is a plus in batting, especially when facing a fast bowler.

3. Level Bat

   1. If a pitch is coming in faster than normal, the batter will have less time to bring the bat around. Keeping the bat about waist level is proper as the batter will have time to level the bat in the direction of the playing field and enough room to generate some power in the swing. Hitting an offensive shot against a fast bowler can be done.

   Off Pads Through the On-Side

   2. This is a style of batting in cricket that may help against fast bowlers. As the batter, you must let the ball come to you. At the last instant, turn the wrists to the opposite field (left field for a right-handed batter, and right field for a left-handed batter). Let the angle of the bat do much of the work as this batting technique can easily find the gaps in the field.

   3. Defense Shot

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         A defense shot in Cricket.
         There are typically two types of defense shot in cricket: the forward defense and back foot defense. Although the forward defense may work against a fast bowler, it is more effective against a bowler who specializes in spinning his pitches. The back foot defense is more effective against fast bowlers, as the speed of the pitch will do a lot of the work if contact is made. The keys here are to keep the bat straight and down, and to hold the bat with soft hands to enable it to be moved up or down depending on the location of the pitch. In the back foot defense shot, the batter should not follow the ball especially against fast bowlers, but stay in line and protect the wickets behind him.

Twenty Years of Sachin Tendulkar

Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age: 36 years 218 days
Major teams: India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
Height: 5 ft 5 in
Education: Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Intikhab Alam predicts great future for Umar Akmal

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has predicted a "great future" in international cricket for debutant Umar Akmal, who rescued his team with a brazen century after the top order had collapsed on the third day in Dunedin. Umar began his innings after Shane Bond and Chris Martin had reduced Pakistan to 85 for 5, trailing by 344 runs in the first innings. He dominated a 176-run partnership with his older brother Kamran and helped Pakistan avoid the follow-on.
Umar has acquired a reputation of being a dasher with a cool head in the limited-overs formats and he began his Test career by cutting Bond for four off his first ball. He raced to his century with three consecutive boundaries off Iain O'Brien, eroding New Zealand's advantage with aggression: Umar hit 21 fours and two sixes in his innings of 129.
"He is something very special and a very exciting player," Intikhab said after Pakistan's recovery. "He is a very hard working, dedicated young person [and] a very exciting cricketer. We are lucky to have him in the side and I think he's got a great future for Pakistan.
"The good thing is that he never gets under pressure. He played his own natural game [today]. His mother said she would be praying for him and she hoped he would score some runs. She told him to just relax and take it easy but he didn't listen to her."
While 19-year-old Umar was making his first splash in Test cricket, 34-year old Shane Bond was making his comeback after two years of ICL exile and just how much his team missed him was immediately evident. Bowling with the wind, Bond gradually cranked up his pace from 140 kmh to close to 150 and accounted for three top-order batsmen. He ended the day with figures of 4 for 93 and was "pretty happy to come through" after bowling 24 overs in a day.
"My body felt pretty good the whole day and it's always nice to get wickets. I really enjoyed it," Bond said after his performance. "I was pretty keen to try and get that tonight. I'll want the ball first up tomorrow morning to try and finish that off."
Despite his success, Bond was surprised at how flat the University Oval wicket was. "We just had to make a conscious effort to run in hard and bowl aggressively on that wicket. Sometimes you leak a few runs doing that but I think you give yourself the best chance of taking wickets."

Players grapple with review system Down Under

BRISBANE: The Umpire Decision Review System proved less contentious at the Gabba than in Dunedin on Friday, but it nonetheless made for several head-scratching moments. The first came when Mitchell Johnson challenged Ian Gould’s decision to rule him caught behind to a Sulieman Benn delivery he claimed not to have nicked. Because the edge of Johnson’s bat was turned away from Hot-Spot, no firm evidence was uncovered to dispute Gould’s original ruling. It was eventually upheld, even though Johnson seemed adamant he had not come into contact with the ball. “Originally I thought I wasn’t out and that’s why I went to the referral,” Johnson said. “It came back that I was out so I guess you just accept those decisions. I still think the system works pretty well.” The UDRS was in the spotlight again later in the day, this time for West Indies’ injudicious use of it. Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul both challenged lbw verdicts that never appeared likely to be overturned, opening themselves to accusations of ego influencing their decision-making. “We thought they were pretty much out but if that’s how they want to use it that’s their choice,” Johnson said. “There’s talk about how to use the referral and when to use it, but obviously they didn’t think they were out at the time and that’s what it’s there for.” Denesh Ramdin, West Indies’ not out batsman who will not have the luxury of a review for the remainder of the innings, admitted the tourists had yet to settle upon a UDRS strategy. “Generally if it’s an important batsman or a batter who is set we will try to use it,” Ramdin said. “Unfortunately it didn’t come off for us today. I’m still trying to get used to it. Some series we use it, some we don’t. It has it’s bad side and it has it’s good side.”

ICC-Worldcup 2011-Match Schedule

Date -Match- Venue
19-Feb Bangladesh vs India Dhaka
20-Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
20-Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
21-Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
22-Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur
23-Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
24-Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
25-Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
25-Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
26-Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
27-Feb India vs England Kolkata
28-Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
28-Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
1-Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
2-Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore
3-Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
3-Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
4-Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
4-Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
5-Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
6-Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore
6-Mar England vs South Africa Chennai
7-Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
8-Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekele
9-Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi
10-Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekele
11-Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
11-Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
12-Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur
13-Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
13-Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
14-Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekele
14-Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
15-Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
16-Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore
17-Mar England vs West Indies Chennai
18-Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
18-Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
19-Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
19-Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
20-Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
20-Mar India vs West Indies Chennai
23-Mar First Quarter-final Dhaka
24-Mar Second Quarter-final Colombo
25-Mar Third Quarter-final Dhaka
26-Mar Fourth Quarter-final Ahmedabad
29-Mar First Semi-final Colombo
30-Mar Second Semi-final Mohali
2-Apr Final Mumbai

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Muhammad Amir made world record

At Abudhabi PAK vs NZL in 3rd ODI********

Muhammad Amir create history to make record of 10th wicket highest batting score 73* runs not out...he proved that he is not a difficult bowler but batsman also..

Muhammad Amir is a new-comer in Pakistan's Cricket Team from Gujjar Khan who proved his mettle in the T20 Championship. He is extremely talented and has a great deal of potential as a left-arm fast-bowler.

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Cricketing Tips

Cricket is a game of skill, strength and stamina. Any conditioning program needs to take into account these three factors so that a player can improve his performance. Proper conditioning and coaching programs help the players with a natural ability to perform well and reduce the risk of injury and fitness problems.Before playing the game, it is important for the players to undergo a warm-up session and a regular stretching routine. This helps the bowlers and the batsmen to get ready for the action and stay fit despite long playing hours. Along with strength and fitness, the players also need to work on their skills and technique.

Batting: A good batsman is one who concentrates hard and tries to stay at the crease for longer duration and at the same time scores runs. In order to survive for hours against a quality bowling attack and also scoring runs, the batsman needs to mix caution with aggression. He should have good eye or reflexes combined with an ability to stay focused. The strength and the technique to play shots is also important.

Fielding: Fielders need to be on the field and remain alert to stop the ball, chase it, racing towards the boundary. At times, they need to jump in the air, dive along the ground and catch the ball at a high speed. They cannot afford to get tired. Fielding is a tough job. It needs loads of concentration and staying power. The fielders need to keep their mind and eyes focused only on the ball. They should be able pre-judge a batsman’s movement and be ready when the ball comes towards them.

Bowling: A good bowler is one who bowls a good line and length over a long spell. Stamina to bowl as many number of overs as a captain demands is also important. This is only possible if the bowler is mentally and physically fit. A fast bowler especially needs to acquire a good amount of strength and speed. If the bowler is not fit, he will sustain injuries and rendered unfit to play the highest level of cricket. Working on your game in the nets is a crucial aspect of a player’s development. In the nets, a budding cricketer can practice various strokes; he can undergo a catching drill or an intense bowling session. In cricket, there is no substitute to practice. It is necessary to practice bowling, batting and fielding under the keen eye of your coach. The more you play the better will be your game.You can get in touch with a good coach or even join a cricket academy where you would get to play and learn along with other players.

Cricket Facts - Do you know?

• Mike gatting had his nose broken by a ball from Malcolm Marshall while batting v West Indies at Kingston in 1986. The ball unfortunately dropped from his nose on to the wicket.
• There were no less than six ducks- plus one not out batsman, in the Pakistani innings v West Indies, at Cape Town in 1993.
• Two spectators were killed and several injured when a stand collapsed during the India v England game at Nagpur in January 1985.
• 25, 000 spectators turned up to watch England play its first ODI match at Chandigarh. Unfortunately a violent thunderstorm flooded the ground. In order to placate the crowd a 15 overs game was staged in unplayable conditions.
• Mark Waugh was run out 4 times in five innings in One day International matches in 1992.
• Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge completed 15 century partnerships in ODI matches for West Indies.
• The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.
  The first batsman to twice score a hundred in each innings of a Test was England’s Herbert Sutcliffe in 1925 and 1929.
• The first batsman to be dismissed for 99 on his Test debut was Australia’s Arthur Chipperfield at Tent Bridge in 1934. He was 99 not out at lunch.
• The highest score by a player in his last Test as captain was Ian Chappell’s 192 against England in 1975.
• Wilfred Rhodes had the longest ever Test career : 30 years 315 days from 1899 to 1930.
  The first bowler to take 5 wickets in a Test innings was Australia’s Billy Midwinter in 1877.
• The first bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test innings was Jim Laker in 1956.
• The only two Test cricketers to play Davis Cup tennis were Cota Ramaswami of India and West Indies wicket-keeper Ralph Legall.
• The first player to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in the same Test was Australia’s Alan Davidson in 1960.
• The first left hander to score a century on his test debut was John Mills of New Zealand in 1930.
• The first brothers to play Test cricket were Charlie (1877) and Alec (1879) Bannerman of Australia.
• The oldest Test Captain was WG Grace, aged 50 years 320 days in 1899.
• The first batsman to share in 50 century partnerships in Tests was India’s Sunil Gavaskar.
  Australia’s Allan Border played in more Test innings than any other batsman (265).

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