Hitting the ball outside leg..

[Matty_k]

I'd like to consider myself a decent bat. Have made a ton before in senior cricket i am still a junior. Anyways a couple of years ago most likely 2. The
only place i could play a ball was if it was down leg side. Then overtime i
eventually got more and more confident with my batting now. I can play shots
all over the ground. Most of my runs are from the offside or straight down
the ground. The point i am trying to make is the last 2 times i have gone out
i have been lbw which i thought i could play down leg. One was a full toss that
should've been put away. The other was a shorter ball that stayed low.

I cant seem to get bat on ball with anything remotely pitched outside leg.
If i do manage to hit the ball it wont even reach fine leg. What can i do to improve this?

[grapedo]

Originally Posted by Matty_k

I'd like to consider myself a decent bat. Have made a ton before in senior cricket i am still a junior. Anyways a couple of years ago most likely 2. The
only place i could play a ball was if it was down leg side. Then overtime i
eventually got more and more confident with my batting now. I can play shots
all over the ground. Most of my runs are from the offside or straight down
the ground. The point i am trying to make is the last 2 times i have gone out
i have been lbw which i thought i could play down leg. One was a full toss that
should've been put away. The other was a shorter ball that stayed low.

I cant seem to get bat on ball with anything remotely pitched outside leg.
If i do manage to hit the ball it wont even reach fine leg. What can i do to improve this?

Practice playing leg side shots in the nets and until you perfect it just let the ones down leg go. They will be called wide or the bowler won't put it there too often anyway.

[Mousey]

Are your legs getting in the way? I have that problem. I just try to get them out of the way and get my bat in there.

[grapedo]

Sometimes it can also be your stance that it is closed towards the off side and you need to open it up more. You will know this is the case if you can only hit it to mid on when playing leg side and that you will not be able to play a hip glance without edging one.

[Matty_k]

Well lately i have gone out a couple of times caught off the edge trying to play a glance.
So maybe ill move my stance a little more towards leg side.

[fmr_13]

i had the same problem , and have made a slight change to my technique.
i now take leg stump and as the bowl hits his delivery stride and make a back and across movement with my back foot onto middle. i feel i watch the ball better and work off my pads with ease.

[Mousey]

Originally Posted by fmr_13

i had the same problem , and have made a slight change to my technique.
i now take leg stump and as the bowl hits his delivery stride and make a back and across movement with my back foot onto middle. i feel i watch the ball better and work off my pads with ease.

That's a fine idea. Try it. Practice it alot. It'll take practise but it'll work.

[grapedo]

Originally Posted by Matty_k

Well lately i have gone out a couple of times caught off the edge trying to play a glance.
So maybe ill move my stance a little more towards leg side.

Make sure you do it with a coach or someone though.

[fmr_13]

Originally Posted by Mousey

That's a fine idea. Try it. Practice it alot. It'll take practise but it'll work.

Yeh, believe me it has taken a lot of time to get it to work.
My old man would have thrown me about 1000 balls in the past month I reckon, plus 2 trainings and 3 matches a week.

[jainy25]

Originally Posted by fmr_13

Yeh, believe me it has taken a lot of time to get it to work.
My old man would have thrown me about 1000 balls in the past month I reckon, plus 2 trainings and 3 matches a week.

Yeah !!! After all, practice makes a man perfect.