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[aman]

i often play 2 day and 3 day cricket but when the one day comp and the t-20 comp comes around i tend to struggle to get my strike rate up. in the 2 and 3 dayers i often score at around 20-60 runs per 100 balls. i wanna know how i can get my strike rate to around 80-90 or evan 100 runs per 100 balls. how can i do this?

[tommy2tink]

There is a temptation when you are trying to score more quickly to try to hit the ball harder for more boundaries - don't. Remain calm and try to manoeuvre the ball for ones and twos, and then put away the bad ball when it comes. Remember there is a single available almost every ball.

[Buzz]

I am not sure there is much to add to Tommy's answer, as far as I am concerned being able to manoeuvre the field and run singles and two's is the art of batting in any format, then putting away the bad balls.

I have to say, you are very lucky to be able to play 2 and 3 day cricket I wish I had got that opportunity.

[tim2000s]

Long form cricket has all but dissappeared for us. The biggestdifference between T20 and 50 overs is the need to keep the scoreboard ticking, as has been mentioned, and for a bowler, it's to bowl consistently for his field so that the batsman has to try and work around the bowling, giving more opportunity to be got out.

It's not about big hits, it's about taking the runs and latching on to the bad balls.

[ianbuchanan]

I think it takes some getting used to. I have never played 2 day cricket before, but a friend who is in New Zealand has your problem in reverse, he is struggling to make it into his clubs 2 day side, yet he is scoring well in T20's. I reckon experience would probably be the best way to improve, its similar to moving up and down in the batting order in the way that you have to change your gameplan

[tim2000s]

I think it takes some getting used to. I have never played 2 day cricket before, but a friend who is in New Zealand has your problem in reverse, he is struggling to make it into his clubs 2 day side, yet he is scoring well in T20's. I reckon experience would probably be the best way to improve, its similar to moving up and down in the batting order in the way that you have to change your gameplan

Seen this problem with people moving from T20 to 50 overs. The usual issue is that people forget that they have plenty of time and start to go for big shots too early in the innings. With the fields being different and how you can bowl also being subtly different, they get out trying to force the scoring rate when they don't really need to.

[ianbuchanan]

Yes, and I am guilty of it opening the batting! 50 overs is a long, long time! I discover this when I am scoring for the remaining 48 overs having being out stumped by the opening bowler!

[tim2000s]

Yes, and I am guilty of it opening the batting! 50 overs is a long, long time! I discover this when I am scoring for the remaining 48 overs having being out stumped by the opening bowler!

Lol, as that bowler, what I've tended to notice is that people who play T20 a lot are susceptible to one of: edging behind off a swinging ball away; LBW from the swinging ball in; caught usually at mid-of trying to batter one out of the ground and not getting enough behind it.

It's great as a bowler!

[ianbuchanan]

Lol, as that bowler, what I've tended to notice is that people who play T20 a lot are susceptible to one of: edging behind off a swinging ball away; LBW from the swinging ball in; caught usually at mid-of trying to batter one out of the ground and not getting enough behind it.

It's great as a bowler!

You've got it sussed! You would love bowling to me, caught at mid-off/cover and getting caught behind are my main ways of being out!