Basic Techniques and Tactics in Cricket.

Authors Avatar

[]


Cricket

Cricket is a combat sport as it involves striking and throwing a ball with the motive of the teams to score as many runs and bowl the oppositions out. The techniques that are used in cricket are batting, bowling, fielding, throwing and catching.

Batting

The technique for batting in cricket is to have a balanced stance, where legs are shoulder width apart and the bat is lifted straight at the hips. The bat should also be held with a ‘v’ grip. This is how a batsman would prepare themselves before performing the skill.

To execute a basic cricket shot,  from the preparation phase the batsman must, watch the bowlers  hand and move his back foot  back and across and then move his  front foot so that he is inline of the ball and then he should  swing the bat  through from the hips , so that the ball hits the middle of the bat.  The bat should follow through as you strike the ball and your feet should move into a comfortable position as you keep balance (commonly few steps forward or backwards)

Bowling

The technique for bowling is to grip the ball with the first two fingers and the thumb. Holding the ball like this, you must  run front on toward s the wicket  from a comfortable length towards the bowling crease where you will  turn sideways  and rotate your body moving  the blowing arm from a sideways on position to over  your head, through a coil position. The ball is released above the head and   the other hand follows through the flow of this movement and the bowler will move forward a slowly come to halt. (Differs depending on type of bowler)

Fielding

The basic technique in fielding is being able to walk in, dive, and perform the barriers. Walking is involves watching the  ball as the  batsman performs the  shot and walking in too steps as the bowler bowls so that you’re on the balls of your feet and ready to move in any direction, in order to  field the ball.

There are two types of barriers, the long barrier and the short barrier. The  long barrier is performed  by getting into the line of the ball and  bending down  sideways down so the  knee and  ankle are together and  in a straight line together, acting as  a barrier as  you hands  gather the ball. Your body acts the barrier hence the name.  The short barrier is performed by squatting down with both feet together in a ‘v’ position.

       

 The basic  technique  to   dive, to prevent  runs is to, follow  the ball and  begin to hunch , and as you get low , just  push  forward onto  your stomach with your arms  in front of you with your  legs  flexed.

There are two types of throws in cricket, the chain throw and a flat throw. The chain throw is  a  less powerful throw, and  it is  basically performed by  gathering the ball and  getting in  comfortable  balance ( normally by taking  2-3 steps),  and  then pushing the ball forward. The arm should finish in front of you.

          A flat throw is a more powerful throw. It is basically performed by stepping into a sideways on position from where the arm follows through quickly.

There are two main techniques for catching in cricket, the Front hand catch (English) and the back hand catch (Australian). The front hand is used when the ball is coming low bellow or at waist height.  It is performed by presenting the palms   with both hands together and guiding the ball into the hands cupping and bringing the arms into the chest, to take off the pace and cushion the catch.

            The Australian  technique is  when you are  catching the ball  from  above  head height or its coming at you fast  for example in the slips. This catch is basically performed by having the palms of hands facing up with fingers facing up and as the ball comes, you must lock them and bring it towards the chest.

Why techniques are performed the way they are? And how do these fulfil their purpose?

Batting

The basic technique for batting is performed balanced stance, where legs are shoulder width apart as it is a comfortable and stable position, from which transferring weight on to the back or front foot is effortless and easy to do. This is important as it allows batsman to get into the correct positions to play any shot. Also  being balanced will allow the batsman to comfortable move  forward and  backwards in the crease as they prepare themselves to get in the line of the ball as they play the shot. This is very important as it gives them full control of the ball as they are in reach of the ball and can connect with it, with full anticipation on where they want it to go.

Join now!

 Also the back lift of the bat should be at the hip as it is a secure height to keep the bat and it is in the middle, which means it allows the batsman to get under and over the ball easily according to the delivery they are facing. Also  holding the bat at this height means the bat will be  held in a straight position, in line with the their stumps, which gives them a cleaner strike and higher guarantee of playing the ball from the middle of the ball in full control of the ball. Also holding the ...

This is a preview of the whole essay