Friday, August 20, 2010

Correlating Type of Bowler and Strokes used by Batsman

Most commonly used strokes by batsman are as follows:


  • Straight Drive/Square Drive
  • Square Cut/late Cut
  • Hook & Pull
  • Sweep
  • Glance
Now one can compare these strokes of the batsman with the type of bowler. The representation will look something as shown below:

## Drives Cuts Leave/Block Sweep Leg Glance Pull & Hook
Fast Bowler
Medium Pace Bowler
Off-spinner
Leg –Spinner
All ypes of Bowler

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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