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[Apple]

I open the batting for school, and bat 4 for my county. I don't really play it that differently, in all honesty, I trust my technique and just wait for the balls in my area to put away. Also even when you block look for runs, the amount of times you can just drop and go is ridiculous, so many people miss out on early runs because of this.

[pacman75cricket]

Would trust in your technique + keep confidence up as you can get good ball that you can't do anything about just make it count when you get in.

[johan95]

I open the batting for school, and bat 4 for my county. I don't really play it that differently, in all honesty, I trust my technique and just wait for the balls in my area to put away. Also even when you block look for runs, the amount of times you can just drop and go is ridiculous, so many people miss out on early runs because of this.

I know that this applies for certain standards of school cricket as not everyone is up to it, but would you say this applies in the 1s and 2s games that you play. I'd never thought about dropping and running except in colts games, but so long as I open with another young person I will try it.
Say you were opening with a 55-60yr old - how would you change it?

[tim2000s]

I know that this applies for certain standards of school cricket as not everyone is up to it, but would you say this applies in the 1s and 2s games that you play. I'd never thought about dropping and running except in colts games, but so long as I open with another young person I will try it.
Say you were opening with a 55-60yr old - how would you change it?

Blimey - what senior cricket are you playing? The eldest opener I've seen was about 45!!!

[peplow]

lol yeah that is fairly old, if your opening with a 55 60 yr old give up or tell him to run or retire

[johan95]

Haha it's not for Saturdays don't worry
Sunday Friendly team which I think I'll sit in all season. The skipper is about 55-60, not quite sure how old but he has 4 kids youngest is 25. So he's around that age.
He was saying he was gonna open this year, and asked if I wanted to open with him, so I was thinking about how I would change my tactics. It's quite hard to judge his speed but he backs up well and is quite shrewd so it should be alright!!