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catching the wet ball Hi when it's wet the ball is like a bar of soap and slips through my fingers. The other day when it was raining I went for an easy catch - a gentle dying loop at fly slip- but the ball just slid between my hands. I just couldn't close my hands on it. When I did it seemed...

panic running How can I stop panic-running? You feel that you have to score runs fast, the balls only go to fielders, so you take a chance and run. This usually results in a run-out, a result which I am trying to make some kind of plan or resolution about as you can see by my name

left-armers Yesterday I faced a couple of fast left-arm bowlers when we needed a lot of runs per over and I was unable to get to the ball fast enough. The other, more skilled batsman was urging me to use my feet. He saw the ball early so just danced down the pitch and hit the ball straight for...

very late cut Hi I was batting a year or so ago and I rmember that one ball was very wide and slow so I waited till it had passed my stumps before I cut it very late and over the slips. My swinging bat just missed the wicket-keeper's head. He complained and said it was dangerous and illegal...

taking guard Four areas of questions immediately spring to my mind about this: can anybody answer them? 1) How important is taking guard? 2) Do I put my bat or my toes into the guard hole I have just marked at the crease? 3) Guard is only one point along the axes in a four-dimensional...

muscle training in batting What are the most important muscles for a batter to train?