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[ProCricketer1982]

Thanks for the offer, very generous but I'm in Sheffield so not really within travelling distance. I'm planning to have a few coaching sessions pre-season to help get rid of the bad habits I've got. To be honest though I think most of my issues are just with shot selection and not watching the ball closely enough.

Coaching will help of course. If you really think it's shot selection and simply watching the ball these things are more mental than anything. Just play the percentages, know what shots you are good at, bad at etc. Don't play anything you are not comfy with until you are on say 30 runs+. Just stick to what you know and if the ball isn't in those areas, leave/defend etc. Even in the ECB prem leagues bowlers aren't that good that they don't get bored with you easily defending and leaving and will stray into the areas you want them too. So the lower down you go in the league system the less patient and basically worse the bowlers are... more shots for you to pick off!

[ProCricketer1982]

Playing for my Sunday team a kind of Kevin Pietersen flamingo flick over mid wicket for four. It just pinged of the bats middle and flew for four. I just felt in really good touch that innings.

That was my worst shot of the season! One week I had just got in and a bowler bowled a low ish full bunger.. great I thought... easy runs to get me off the mark.. went to KP it right through midwicket and missed the bloody thing.. stumps gone..walk off..

Out to a crap bowler who produced a crap ball... Not chuffed but hey, crap happens. I hit him in the away game and his economy was 13 in the 3 overs he bowled before being 'removed' from the attack .

[wilkie113]

This thread is perfect for those who love to talk about themselves haha.



My best shot was off an away swinger, half volley which should have gone gracefully through cover, but I decided to hit it over cow

[SOULMAN1012]

league game at home...

full toss on middle and leg smashed it about 85m and put a car windscreen through

booom haha

Always wanted to do that! we play a certain club every year (Sunday friendly) and there fat popus captain turns up in a new flash motor. We play time every year and apparantly as a long standing tradition they bat first. Bat all the way to tea and then normally for half hour after. Average score for as long as i can remember is 160 in about 4 hours. which gives us about 20 overs to get it. Now this may not seem like much of a problem except that fat pompus git is a bloody good slow left armer who bowls they whole way through.

One day i will get his windscreen or even better on to bounce into the front bumber, CRACK, then rebound through the windscreen lol

[SOULMAN1012]

This thread is perfect for those who love to talk about themselves haha.


Yea i have a tendancy to do that a bit

its not because im arrogant its just because im very good

[ProCricketer1982]

This thread is perfect for those who love to talk about themselves haha.

If you applied that rule I think 90% of posts would fall foul of it

[wilkie113]

Yea i have a tendancy to do that a bit

its not because im arrogant its just because im very good

Well, you can't help being class mate

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Last game of the season - 98* needing 4 to win and smashed it straight over long on for 6!!  Won the game and brought up my 100 - happy days...

Wasn't against bradley stoke was it

[ajm90]

My favorite shot was an ugly pull over mid off, terrible looking shot but it went miles 

Worst shot was leaving a ball that jagged back onto middle, then doing it again the week after 

[ammo]

facing a highly rated swing bowler (apparently) late cut through slips and gully for 4

[Liam-SCCC]

A leg glance that I timed the pants off, over mid wicket and one bounce for four.

Plenty of lovely cover drives in there as well, but I'll got for that one

[thecord]

Are you anywhere near the Cheltenham area? I've got my own bowling machine and I net at least twice a week so would be happy to have a joint net.. 3 or 4 hours (so about 1400 balls at least) training that one shot should set you up quite well!!

Whereabouts in Cheltenham do you net procricketer?

[Manormanic]

Who's that?
Have to say I hit a lovely one straight back over the bowlers head vs RAF Eagles this year...

Stuey.  He hasn't been seen since due to the embarassment.

Think we were all asleep by the time you got one of the square that day....

[Byo]

Wasn't against bradley stoke was it

Sure was mate 

[ProCricketer1982]

Whereabouts in Cheltenham do you net procricketer?

Cheltenham Leisure Centre on Tommy Taylor's lane. Indoor place. It's not too bad, bit bouncy but it's better than anywhere else I've found. I take it your close then?? My training partner has just let me down so I'm off for a 2 hour net and will use my auto feeder for the first time.. winner.. gonna see what the random mode is like