A Cricket Ground is a battle field
where 11 people are just trying their level best to take your wicket and what
you have is a cricket bat to throw away the ball. This battle between batsman, bowlers
and fielders requires techniques & discipline.
In
this blog we will be discussing the various traditional batting
strokes/shots/techniques used by batsmen in this game. Not only understanding
but practicing will help you to get the mastery in these batting
techniques. There are verity of cricketing shots to play, most commonly used
are listed below.
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Traditional Batting Strokes/Shots:
1)
Forward Defense.
2)
Back Foot Defense.
3)
Straight Drive.
4)
Back Foot Drive.
5)
Sweep Shot.
6)
Leg Glance.
7)
Square Cut.
8)
Pull Shot.
9)
Hook Shot.
Let’s Learn all of them in little detail:
1) Forward Defense: This
shot is commonly played to defend (protect) the stumps from a good ball.
The idea of forward defense is to get forward and smother the ball. This will
stop the ball in its tracks.
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2)Back Foot Defense: This shot is used on a
bouncer ball or a good length ball. In this the batsman transfer his/her weight onto back
foot, moving back towards stumps.
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3) Straight Drive: As the name suggests, the
straight drive is a drive straight back past the bowler.
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4) Back Foot Drive: The back foot drive is an
attacking shot which is played to a ball which has pitched short of a good
length and which will probably bounce around stump high. You should try to hit
the ball between mid on and cover and along the ground.
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5) Sweep Shot: Sweeps are played to full
length deliveries and usually head behind the square leg umpire. The
batsman must keep his balance by having one knee on the floor.
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6) Leg Glance: This shot happens when batsman uses
the pace of the ball to score behind the wicket on the leg side.
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7) Square Cut: is a shot hit into the off side at near
to 90 degrees from the wicket (towards point).
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8) Pull Shot: The pull shot is a cross-batted stroke
played when the ball is short length or bouncer length
delivery.
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9) Hook Shot: Hook shots are like pull shots except
that the ball is bouncing higher and is
played later and further back in the
crease.
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