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[Marc28]

as the title suggests
One of the lads at my club is thinking of learning to bat left handed and I'm wondering if this is a easy thing to try and learn,
Basically he his not very good but loves to play and has batted left handed in the nets for a laugh as he his so very bottom handed its abit laughable every shot he plays goes up and he's normally out for less than 10,

Is this feasible or even possible to learn how to bat left handed

[WalkingWicket37]

Depends how co-ordinated you are I think.
I struggle to bat right handed, so left handed is out the question for me.

However, there's a few guys who can bet left or right handed equally well in the nets, and one guy had even done both in a match.

So in short, the answer is why not?

[Seniorplayer]

Yes  you can there a few ambidextrous players around he will need to also adapt to different angles of the bowling.

[smilley792]

im currently trying to train myself to howl left handed. Arm movement okay, foot movement is hard.


I can bat a little left handed. Started to do our before game catching practice that way. Mainly as I get bored easily.

[Bats_Entertainment]

I once met someone who had switched to left-handed in their twenties. Having previously been a bit rubbish, they began scoring runs!

[Buzz]

I coached someone to do this. They batted left handed originally because his older brother and dad did. I gave him some cast off right handed kit and his batting improved a fair amount for swapping. With a bit of coaching it is possible.

[beaver5]

My house mate at Uni who was left handed sometimes batted right handed in the nets. His technique improved greatly as he became top hand dominant. He was a very talented sportsman however and played golf off scratch. Brian Lara plays golf right handed and I remember him saying he did it so it wouldn't affect his batting. I'm sure you could do it but it will take hard work and perseverance.

[mini998]

Current Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera used to be a right handed batsman in his teens and he tuned himself  to be a left hander so he can copy Sanath Jayasuriya after he saw him bat.So it's not impossible.

[ScottParko]

I think one important thing needed that a lot, including myself, wouldn't have is patience!

[springbok45]

Yes you can, i did it in my teens to make it fairer for my two mates i played in the nets with as we'd bat till you were bowled.

[Liam-SCCC]

I've managed to get to grips with bowling left handed ok, there was a moment in the season when I was injured (impact injury on left heel from bowling) so did a little left handed stuff in nets, but I stopped myself, fearing I may start to lose the right handed bowling!

[Liam-SCCC]

This video could be interesting to watch, this person has a bike made that when you turn the handle bars right it goes left and left when you turn them right. He was able to retrain his brain to ride it and then it took him a bit of time to get back on a normal bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

[Topgun]

Well apparently you can do anything if you put in the effort

[edge]

Played with a teammate for a few years who was full left-handed but batted right handed due to learning to play hockey before cricket. He was a decent player so clearly possible. Used to turn round and bat left handed for the odd ball, every time I've seen him try it in a game it went for an enormous six!

[bruggers100]

Ask Mike Hussey, I beleive he was right handed when young and changed to batting left handed.

I would say it would have been alot easier to do it when young.