How To Play Good Length Ball In Cricket. The ball doesn t have to be on a specific line but ideally the bowler will look to bowl the ball towards the off stump. So around 4 or 5 years ago i set out to learn how to play with straight bat.
If the bowler bowls the ball very wide of the batsman s off stump then this ball would be following a much wider line. My main task was to hit the ball. A good length delivery is a ball that pitches 6 7 metres away from the batsman s stumps.
0 2 this time zaheer pitches it just a bit further up on a good length swinging it in.
I always wanted to play strokes with straight bat. I used to bat 6 or 7. A delivery of good length gets the batsman to hesitate over whether they should step back or forward as the ball could gain too much height for a safe shot along the ground. If the bowler bowls the ball very wide of the batsman s off stump then this ball would be following a much wider line.
