Anyone play cricket?

[Homo_Erectus]

I'm a spin bowler, but my batting and fielding is absolutely ****house.

My batting is never going to improve, but do you guys know any fielding drills I can work on to stop from looking like a complete moron in the field.

[scott_donald]

i was good until i did my knee ligaments and not played since that was about 5 years back...

watching it right now...

there are so many drills etc...

[Dennis71]

my friend did....he was a beast at it

[Homo_Erectus]

Originally Posted by scott_donald

i was good until i did my knee ligaments and not played since that was about 5 years back...

watching it right now...

there are so many drills etc...

Windies/England? Good game. Sri Lanka/Bangladesh? Ridiculous mismatch.

What did you used to play as?

I'm a leg-spinner, but I'm a terrible fielder and and even worse batsmen. In the last season I didn't take one catch, and I averaged 0.25 with the bat: I was dismissed 4 times and scored 1 run in total. And that one run was a nick that went between first slip and keeper.

[scott_donald]

i was always batted opening or 6 and then first change bowler... somehow i was a faster bowler at 16 than i was at 19...

ye windies game, they deserved the win...

batting is all about technique... keeping the bat in line...

[Homo_Erectus]

Originally Posted by scott_donald

i was always batted opening or 6 and then first change bowler... somehow i was a faster bowler at 16 than i was at 19...

Power hitter, ay? I think if I was a batter I'd enjoy opening much more, too much pressure on 6th to hit big bounderies quickly.

batting is all about technique... keeping the bat in line...

My problem is that when I do walk out, I'm coming out in the 45th over or so, and the opening bowlers are back in the attack bowling the bouncers and short balls that I can't deal with.

Generally I just try and see out the over without scoring a run, and then let the other bloke shield me from the strike from then on.

My real problem is fielding, though. I've dropped so many sitters it's embarrassing. No hand-eye co-ordination.

[ElWilson]

Originally Posted by Homo_Erectus

Power hitter, ay? I think if I was a batter I'd enjoy opening much more, too much pressure on 6th to hit big bounderies quickly.



My problem is that when I do walk out, I'm coming out in the 45th over or so, and the opening bowlers are back in the attack bowling the bouncers and short balls that I can't deal with.

Generally I just try and see out the over without scoring a run, and then let the other bloke shield me from the strike from then on.

My real problem is fielding, though. I've dropped so many sitters it's embarrassing. No hand-eye co-ordination.

You've kind of just said how you can work your fielding.
Search for some of it, but you could do some juggling etc.