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Just as Pitching controls the game of baseball, BATTING
controls the game in cricket. So, you must start with batting tounderstand
cricket strategy. Recall that, in cricket, the batter (or BATSMAN) can
hit in every direction, all around him. He uses many different kinds of
"strokes" to do this...."driving" with a full golf-like swing to hit straight
ahead or slightly to left or right, "pulling" or "hooking" to hit the ball
across his body and to his left, "late-cutting" or "glancing" at the delivery,
to just deflect a fastball past the catcher (wicket-keeper), and so on.
The BATSMAN'S STRATEGY, and how he executes his hits, is illustrated.
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In cricket, the PITCHER (called the BOWLER) can bounce
the ball on the ground....if, but ONLY if, he wants to. That
means two things. First, he can bounce the ball at different
distances from the batter, getting him to mis-step in deciding how
to deal with the pitch. Second, he can do more things with the
ball... not only move it in the air, like baseball pitchers do, but
also
"break", i.e. change directions after bouncing off the ground. By combining
movement in the air with "breaks" off the ground, and also varying
his length at the same time, he can throw some very complicated pitches!
All these options available to the cricket PITCHER, or
BOWLER, are shown in the diagrams here.
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Cricket Ball Grips
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