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[peplow]

Not really training but just a question about how to effectively mark your guard. When i try doing it with spikes a get lots of rubbish lines which go after a delivery or so even if i redo and redo. Wondered how people get one solid line with which spike etc. Also seen trott (OCD Trott!) do a huge one with spikes then bat! But i just cant get one good solid deep line!! Help!!!

P.s. dont wanna make a trench half way down  pitch like trott! as my groundsman wouldnt be happy!!!

[Buzz]

The Trott thing was comical - especially when he was still marking his guard after the end of the match!!

I just use my spikes and hope it stays and re-check when required

[peplow]

Do you use the front sort of top spike or side ones? This may seem really silly by the way but its really annoying me!

Yeah the after the match marking made me laugh!

[eaowbear]

I try to use the very top spike to mark my guard and seems to work.

I wouldn't dream of doing it but you could try doing a Chanderpaul by removing the bail and knocking it in to the ground with your bat but be prepared for some comments!

[Buzz]

I have never actually thought about it!! I think it is either the front spike or the one under the ball of my big toe.

thinking about it, I am pretty sure it is the spike under the ball of my big toe.

I have seen a few guys do the Chanderpaul, but I think that is a rubbish idea!!

[eaowbear]

Always makes me laugh when I see someone doing it, especially when they don't last very long! So unnecessary

[stubbzy]

i use the spike under my big toe

[peplow]

ahh interesting stuff, will try that spike and the follow through with the bat!!!

[Colesy]

I bat in rubbers normally so I use the outside of my boot to mark my guard, but when I wear spikes I use the top spike at the front of my foot.

If the pitch is dusty then I retake my guard every over

[peplow]

Yeah its the dusty piches that piss me off!!!

[stubbzy]

just mark it everytime you get on strike

[Watsontotty]

I basically ask for two and stand the bat upright roughly where i think two is and i move the bat where the umpire tells me and once its on two then i leave the bat in that position and pull my foot straight towards the umpire making a big mark. Once i have a decent mark i also try and tap the wicket to leave a mark but when its hard i drag another mark with my foot making a v mark.

[Kulli]

Bit slow on this ones but  tend to make my usual mark where I'll bat and another one slightly deeper thats less likely to get trampled on by some other buggar. No foolproof but saves pestering the umpire all the time.

[19reading87]

I put scrap my mark twice before every delivery... watched the Pro's do it when I was younger, thought it would make me look "cool" but has always stuck with me haha

And this is my 1000th post... wooooooooooooop wooooooooooop

[Simmy]

spike next to my toe..

what annoys are grounds man is i also mark the off stump when im keeping.

mark the off stump and plant my left foot on the line. dont really need to do it just habbit