| Choosing your shoes can often be the most difficult | | | | However, if you mostly bat, choose shoes with |
| decision to make when buying cricket equipment. | | | | spikes only toward the front and just a regular grip in |
| Your bats and pads are relatively easy to pick out | | | | the back for more effortless movement. |
| because they only have one purpose, but shoes are | | | | The other choice is pimples. If you will be playing on |
| quite different. Sometimes a cricket player finds | | | | mostly hard ground conditions, you want pimpled |
| himself finishing off bowling when he started out | | | | shoes, which give you the ability to move fast with |
| batting, and the shoes that were suitable for one are | | | | greater mobility. They don't work so well on soft |
| not so well suited to the other. Of course, folks with | | | | ground though, so spikes are better for that. If you |
| a lot of money can probably just buy several kinds | | | | have to compromise, there are shoes that come |
| of shoes to handle the situation, but that's not really | | | | with both pimpled and spikes on the soles. |
| an option for a regular player, nor is it necessary. So | | | | As mentioned before, the above three factors are |
| what criteria should a player think about when | | | | important, but the most important is comfort when |
| selecting a pair of cricket shoes? | | | | considering cricket shoes. If they aren't comfortable, |
| The first thing of course should be comfort. This | | | | then they won't help you at all! No matter how ugly |
| choice is critical in all cricket equipment, and the shoes | | | | they look, you should choose a comfortable shoe |
| should feel wonderful when it's on and give you | | | | over a fashionable shoe, although if you search long |
| support at the ankle and at the bottom of the feet. | | | | enough, you can probably find one that offers both. |
| Avoid the common error of selecting looks before | | | | Choosing between pimples and spikes really depends |
| comfort! Do be sure to try the pair on at the store | | | | on the kind of surface you think you'll be playing on |
| and even do a couple short dashes on the mat there | | | | the most. If it doesn't matter, then it's a good idea |
| in the shop. You should be able to get some idea of | | | | to buy the spiked shoes, as you can wear them in all |
| how well the shoe is going to perform for you over | | | | conditions. Always try on cricket shoes before buying |
| a longer period of time. | | | | them, although if you're shopping online for bargains, |
| Spiked shoes are very helpful for play on soft | | | | you probably can't do that, so read the consumer |
| ground, because they dig into the ground and keep | | | | reviews and check the return policy before |
| you from slipping. If you're a bowler, purchase shoes | | | | purchasing. |
| with spikes that cover the sole of the shoe. | | | | |