| People put a lot of effort over complicating things | | | | bad deliveries if you can, but when you get a good |
| when it comes to batting. As a result they tend to | | | | ball, it is a matter of survival with a good defense |
| focus on the less important factors of batting when | | | | technique. |
| in fact they should be focusing on the obvious. It's | | | | Keep Your Eye On the Ball |
| probably human nature to think the obvious is too | | | | This sounds quite easy to do, but you often find that |
| simple and will not work, when it is usually the simple | | | | those players that actually do this consistently will |
| things that only really work. | | | | tend to be playing more correct cricket shots, and |
| We will review some of the basic tips when it comes | | | | place the ball where they intended. This means |
| to batting, and getting these simple things right will | | | | looking at the ball from the moment it leaves the |
| take your batting to the next level. | | | | bowlers hand, to where it strikes your cricket bat. A |
| Good Defensive Technique | | | | lot of the time players do not look at the ball just as |
| The top cricketers of the world play fantastic cricket | | | | it is close to hitting the bat, which can lead to bad |
| shots, but they also have a solid defensive stroke. | | | | strokes. |
| You don't see the best players trying to score off | | | | These are just two simple but very effective batting |
| every delivery. That is because they can't and play | | | | techniques, that when perfected can really improve |
| the ball on its merits. You always try to score off the | | | | your overall batting ability. |