Recent content by kevinsampath

Re: Watching the ball onto your bat??? I don't know if it was Greg Chappell that mentioned this or if it was in Bob Woolmer's book, but they do stress the importance of 'watching the ball' as such. However, they also make a point that batting and playing shots is solely about prediction (Well...

Re: Cut Shot I reckon if your short and you can't get 'above' those bouncy balls.....don't cut at all. Take away that risk element from your game and when a skiddy bowler or a bowler than doesn't get much bounce comes on, get above the ball and smother it for four :D! By the way, for an...

Re: Haunting dismissal I'm a lower order batsman.....no. 8 to be precise :)

Re: Bowling Tips I was watching the India v Australia game yesterday, and Ian Chappell was reminising about a conversation he had with Andy Roberts (The great WI fast bowler) who asked 'why do bowlers concentrate on bowling slower balls nowadays, as back then, the quicker ball (Or the ball that...

Re: Haunting dismissal Thanks guys! I do see now that when facing a hattrick ball I shouldn't think of it as a hattrick ball because immediately, your brain tells you to block it and not play the ball on its merits. The batsman at the other end also said that because I got nervous, my bottom...

Haunting dismissal Hey guys, Last game, one of the bowlers (an offspinner) was on a hattrick and it just so happened that I had to face the hattrick ball. As most of you would've guessed, he bowled a ball (Just full of good length which I thought I could've played) and in my indecisive mind...