Opening the batting

[rizzo]

hey ive been told im opening the batting this weekend and i just wanted to know some pointers so i can make a good score.

thnx

 

[flamethrower]

Be patient.....there will be plenty of singles on offer as most of
the fielders will be in close (and more interested in sledging than
fielding from my experience!!!).

Leave everything outside off stump....a new, hard cricket ball
has a nasty habit of finding the edge of the bat.

 

[Fall Out Boy]

Originally posted by flamethrower
Be patient.....there will be plenty of singles on offer as most of
the fielders will be in close (and more interested in sledging than
fielding from my experience!!!).

Leave everything outside off stump....a new, hard cricket ball
has a nasty habit of finding the edge of the bat.

Straight from 'How To Bat' by Geoffrey Boycott.

 

[holdencaulfield]

Be patiant but still be positive. Be on the lookout for runs, you should get a few bad balls given that it is still early in the season.
GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY.

 

[the_big_sav]

if you wait long enough crap bowlers will be on and if you have been going pritty slow you can catch up off them

 

[skilts]

If you see it, hit it. The new ball fairly flies off the bat. There is the added bonus that this will be what they're least expecting. The new ball is so much easier to see than at any subsequent time of the day.

By hook or by crook, your initial job is to be there until the first bowling change is made by the opposition. Despite what I've written above, if this involves scoring hardly any runs at all, so be it.

If you manage to survive, you can be assured the bowling team will become more tired than you as the day progresses. This assumes you don't make a habit of running ridiculously dangerous singles.

If you reach this stage, it may be party time. Just never get ahead of yourself, or lose sight of what you're trying to achieve, regardless of what the opposition is doing.

 

[The Passenger]

Originally posted by phatandphreaky
Straight from 'How To Bat' by Geoffrey Boycott.

didn't stop one G. Boycott from scoring 1100 runs @ 166 during yhe 70's for the Easts CC. Can't be doing to much wrong.

Basically, leave everything you can outside off stump. Those new balls always seem to find the edge of your bat.

 

[Zeke]

I always concentrate on playing in the 'V' early on in an innings - the area straight up the ground between mid off and mid on. Once you get your eye in, you can start to introduce some horizontal bat shots - cuts etc...

I would concur with the other lads above - if the ball is outside off, leave it alone, this will frustrate the bowlers and force them to bowl more at the stumps, which means you are sure to get one or two on the pads or down leg side - capitalise on the bad balls and the bowlers become putty in your hand.

And always remember - the bowlers are just as nervous about opening with the ball as you are about opening with the bat...