Sunday 23 March 2014
How to build an inning?
Staying at the crease
and scoring maximum runs is common in all great batsmen in the world. So when
we come on crease, how to settle and start scoring runs is the main thing in
building a long inning. But the fun part is everyone does it differently
depending upon their strengths and weaknesses. Also building an inning will be different in different formats of the game. It will be very fast process in T20 where as it can be relatively slow in test matches. Irrespective of style of batting
of any player some things we can always find similar when they are in early
part of their inning. Generally as everyone knows that when we are new at
crease we should more concentrate on seeing the ball. When I say seeing the
ball it means not only looking at it but our eyes should fit on to the ball
that is concentrating. Also we have to observe certain things like how much is
the bounce in pitch, how much speed it reduces after the bounce, how much swing
it is generating in the air and all. Generally all batsmen tend to play with
straight bat in early in their innings. They tends to play the shot in the area
between the mid on and mid off fielders. Also generally they do not tend to
play very hardly but they play with soft hands and uses bowlers pace as much as
possible. While playing against spinner’s batsman should generally avoid playing
against the spin till the time he understands the amount of spin the ball is
generating. There are some misbeliefs in some of the batsmen that when we leave
the ball or playing defensively means that they are not playing well. Actually
both the things should be taken positively. There will be some deliveries which
will be almost perfect in that condition so defending them properly is not at
all wrong thing. Defensive game doesn't mean negative game. At the start of
inning play only at your strengths. Bowlers will definitely do their homework
and they know your weakness so play only at your strengths. Just avoid playing
late cuts and the shots which will require great timing in this period. At the
same time look into it that the scoreboard will be moving with singles and
doubles to keep run rate well.
When you will feel
confident enough play all the shots you can. But don’t get into the
overconfidence because in latter stage as well we might have to respect some of
great deliveries of the bowlers. At this stage we can accelerate inning as much
as we want to get the planned run rate. Finally I will say only one thing that
put a very high price tag for your wicket, don’t through it for free...
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