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A short ball vs a length ball

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Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 6:05 PM

@voiceofreason

😂

dude I hope you never coach nobody child to bat eh. Because yuh will tell them play the short ball on the front foot and they’ll get hurt or worse and that parent will be shattered

Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 6:46 PM

@voiceofreason

Dunno about no effort ball but i know the basics is the basics....play forward to a good length delivery an back to short of a length.....evidently some of our batsmen can only do one or the other for eg Chase seems to play everything off the backfoot ....an looks bemused when he gets cleaned up by a full length delivery!!

Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 7:19 PM

@CCW

Fair enough assessment but forget about how he played the ball, the fact is that kind of deviation and appreciable bounce from the pitch is not normal.

Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 7:34 PM

@Jumpstart

You seem to be too much concerNed about how the batsman played rather than how the pitch misbehaved. Don't worry we go deal with allyuh come ARG.

Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 8:48 PM

@voiceofreason

Err yeah. Because yuh can’t blame the pitch every time yuh get lash. Louis, ironically is the only man who was playing forward and outside his crease to a short ball. Like of everybody who batted on that pitch

Thu, Apr 23, '26 at 8:51 PM

@voiceofreason

Fair enough assessment but forget about how he played the ball, the fact is that kind of deviation and appreciable bounce from the pitch is not normal.

dawg it was a greentop….what do you think greentops promote….exaggerated turn, swing? NZ does prep greentop wickets every international season since they started fielding tall fast bowlers like o rouke and jaimeson. If you have a green top, you will inevitably have lateral movement off the seam. De man play forward outside his crease to a delivery every batsman plays back and across to

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