BATTING:FRONT FOOT DEFENCE

Front foot defence is one of the first shots that you will learn when you start playing cricket and rightly so because it is the foundation of your batting. It is a fundamental shot and should be mastered to unleash your potential as you progress. It also helps in playing other front foot strokes because it is the primary position in front foot play. As a batsman you want to score more runs but scoring off every ball is not possible every now and then. You have to defend the good balls because they might get you out and you won’t be scoring runs if you get out.

BATTING:COVER DRIVE

Cover drive is an attacking stroke played to a ball that is pitched up or full in length. The aim is to hit the ball along the ground between mid off and cover. It is a classy shot and gives you a pleasant feeling after executing it properly and is a confidence booster.

BATTING:SHOT SELECTION

Batting is about scoring as much as possible in cricket. Every batsman want to score more runs but many  of them fail to do so because of many inabilities but the main mistake is the faulty shot selection. Shot selection comes before the execution of the shot and a false shot selection leads to poor shot execution so you might get out. Good shot selection is a quality of a good batsman. Your technique may be perfect but if your shot selection is poor you are most likely to fail 8 out of 10 times. To build an innings, a batsman needs a sound judgement to work out which deliveries to defend, leave or score off. The shot selection should be made depending upon the line, length and the speed of the delivery.

There are three main lines:

Off stump and outside off

BATTING : SQUARE CUT

Square cut is an attacking shot that is played off the backfoot to a ball that is pitched short of a good length and is wide of off stump. It is a very productive shot and the aim is to hit the ball square of the wicket through the point and gully fielder. It is a useful shot because you may not score or even get out to the deliveries that are short outside off stump that cannot be driven. It is shot that gives you a lot of pleasure when executed properly.