basics 0.2

THE DRIVE :   A drive is a straight-batted shot, played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc through the line of the ball hitting the ball in front of the batsman along the ground. Depending on the direction the ball travels, a drive can be a cover drive (struck towards the cover fielding position, an off drive (towards mid-off), straight drive (straight past the bowler), on drive (between stumps and mid-on) or square drive (towards point). Drives can be played both off the front and the back foot, but back-foot drives are harder to force through the line of the ball.

1. COVER DRIVE: The cover drive is one of the beautiful shots in the game of cricket.The very shot describes elegance and control of batsman.It is a very difficult shot to execute but when it comes off its almost like a flowing river.Take a look:

sachin tendulkar playing some masterful cover drives,breathtaking stuff!

Adam Voges  gasping at that the shot.

There are only few other players in international cricket scenario those who can match the class of the master in cover driving and one of those is : Mr. Kumar sangakkara

sangakkara in action against pakistan

if you don't agree with the stuff then see this shot from mr. sanga:

immaculate timing

TRIVIA:

1. Named after legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman by his father.
2. Grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy his idol JohnMcEnroe.Was called McEnroe by his friends. Admires BorisBecker, PeteSampras and DiegoMaradona.
3. Wanted to be a tearing fast bowler and even went to the MRF Pace Academy but head coach DennisLillee asked him to concentrate on his batting.
4. Has scored big runs on Indian festivals like Gokulashtmi, RakshaBandhan, Holi and Diwali.
5. Loved to have i-can-eat-more-vada-pavas-than -you competitions with cricket buddies VinodKambli and SalilAnkola.
6. A foodie who loves sea food. Co-owns a restaurant.
7. Sydney Cricket ground is his favorite ground.
8. Loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits. Fusses over his personal stereo.
9. A Ganesh devotee, he visits SiddhiVinayak temple in the early hours of the morning.
10. Wears his left pad first, has the tri-color pasted inside his kit bag.

11. Remembers every Test dismissal – especially the bowler who dismissed him.
12. Likes to dunk his glucose biscuits into his tea.
13. Ambidextrous: bats with his right hand, autographs and eats with his left.
14. Used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days

FuNnY cLiP

most funny run out in indian cricket,courtsey:sachin & kumble

the basics 0.1

leave or defensive:

The leave. Note the batsman's head focussed on where the ball had bounced. The bat and hands are held well out of the way of the ball.

The leave is sometimes considered a cricket shot, even though the batsman physically does not play at or interfere with the ball as it passes him. The leave is likely to be used by batsmen during the first few balls they receive, to give themselves time to judge the conditions of the pitch and the bowling before attempting to play a shot. Leaving a delivery is a matter of judgement and technique. The batsman still has to watch the ball closely to ensure that it will not hit him or the wicket; he also has to ensure that his bat and hands are kept out of the path of the ball so that it cannot make accidental contact and possibly lead to him be caught.

A block stroke is usually a purely defensive stroke designed to stop the ball from hitting the wicket or the batsman's body. This shot has no strength behind it and is usually played with a light or "soft" bottom-hand grip and merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket. A block played on the front foot is known as a forward defensive, while that played on the back foot is known as a backward defensive. The application of these strokes may be used to score runs, by manipulating the block to move the ball into vacant portions of the infield, in which case a block becomes a "push". Pushing the ball is one of the more common ways batters manipulate the strike.

for better examples have a look at the above video :)

Take look at RAHUL DRAVID whose defense earned him the name 'THE WALL' from his teamates:

perfect back foot and front foot defense by Rahul Dravid.

 

Talking about how to leave a ball take a look at this:

 TRIVIA:

1) Rahul Dravid became the first batsman to score a century in every test playing nation.

2) His record of 93 consecutive Tests for india is the fifth highest overall and the second highest for an Indian behind Sunil Gavaskar.

3) Dravid has featured in 100-run partnerships over 80 times with 18 different teammates, a record highest.

4) With 461 runs, he finished as the top-scorer in the 1999 Cricket World cup.

5) “Jammy” became the first Indian to score back-to-back centuries in a World Cup.

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