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Originally Posted by Rachael  ps. Your examples of where bowling with pace might lead to wickets highlights it's failings: all a batsman need do to avoid getting "beaten for pace" on the cut or pull is forget playing square of the wicket to the new ball - no-one plays the pull to a ball that's low enough to hit the stumps and no one SHOULD try the cut to a ball straight enough to hit the stumps... so why not just let the damn thing go through? |
If batsmen played the way you suggested (not play square of the wicket shots) you have unwittingly endorsed the selection of fast-bowlers to dry up the runs. The reality is that batsmen play square of the wicket shots to fast bowlers because straighter deliveries are bowled back of a length to prevent batsmen driving and using the pace of the ball to get easy boundaries.