Cricket Tips From 5 Legendary International Players

Cricket Tips: Cricket is often known as the gentleman’s game as it tests the patience, temperament, and spontaneity of an athlete. In cricket there are many factors involved, which makes it unique from other sports, as in other sports the athletes are dependent on themselves mostly, whereas in cricket there are many factors that can influence the result for both teams. Along with being a team game of eleven players, it has other factors as well.

Those factors can be weather, pitch condition, location, audience, injury-filled mishaps, and so on. When the weather is overcast during a match in the first inning, if a team loses a toss and has to bat first, then they will have to be ready for unplayable deliveries, which will be bowled by the seamers using the direction of the wind to swing the ball.

If rain interrupts the play, then it doesn’t matter what position the team is in; they may get eliminated on the crucial stage of a tournament just because of rain, which is not in the control of any player or team. So to play this game, you need some cricket tips to be ahead of the opponents.

Crucial Cricket Tips From Legends

Steve Smith On “How To Improve Batting Stance”

He is the right-handed batsman from Australia who initiated his cricket journey as a replacement for Shane Warne for the Aussies but later came out to be the top-ranked batsman of Test cricket in the world. He is known for his unorthodox technique of taking a stance and playing strokes out of the book.

Cricket tips: Steve Smith

He has the record of being the fastest cricketer to reach 8000 runs in Test cricket. He talks about taking time to hold the stance at first before playing the ball. Smith takes a leg guard usually, which gives him enough space for leg movement before playing the ball. After the side changes, he always makes sure where the lines of the stumps are and marks over and over again to maintain his position on the crease.

Sourav Ganguly On “How To Transfer Body Weight While Batting”

He is the former Indian captain and a left-handed batsman whose batting was filled with elegance while playing classy cricket shots. His cricket tip for a batsman was to give enough emphasis on backfoot weight transfer. He elucidated that when playing a ball, a batsman’s backfoot should be free and the weight should be mostly on the front foot so that the batsman can judge the pitching of the ball on a certain line and length and easily transfer weight in accordance to that for playing the correct shot.

Cricket tips: Sourav Ganguly

Shane Warne On “How To Bowl A Googly”

Shane Warne, the all-time greatest leg spinner in the world with over 708 wickets in Test cricket and 293 wickets in ODIs, has achieved the greatest feats, which is so far unbeatable for the contemporary players.

Time and again, Shane Warne shared his cricket tips with the youngsters about ‘how to bowl a googly‘, which can be dangerous and deceiving for a batsman to read after pitching. The wrist position plays a pivotal role while bowling; while bowling a googly, the back of the hand faces towards the fine leg while releasing the ball, which if not read by the batsman, then he can be caught in the spinner’s trap.

Cricket tips: Shane Warne

Mark Waugh On “How To Judge The Ball On-Ball”

The Australian all-rounder who has 8000 international runs in test cricket and ODI, both shared his pro-cricket tips on fielding near the boundary. He explained that while going for a high catch, there are two ways to do it: one is backhand facing towards the face of the fielder and the other facing down the ground.

Cricket tips: Mark Waugh

In both ways, the fielder has to gather the ball with both hands and try to absorb the pressure of the ball with back-and-forth action after catching it so that the ball doesn’t slip out while facing an opposite force. The hands of the fielder always have to be soft and free, as making them hard and rigid would result in the ball bouncing from the palm of the athlete.

Graeme Swann on “How To Improve The Grip Of Bowling An Off-Spin”

The right-arm orthodox off-spinner from England has taken a total of 410 international wickets. He shared his pro cricket tips for the grip of bowling an off-spin and its variations. He holds the ball with the index finger on the top and the other three below the ball, with the thumb in the middle to hold it firmly.

Cricket tips: Mark Waugh

When he wanted to turn the ball towards the batsman, he bowled and chucked his wrist from grabbing the ball on the seam; meanwhile, to deceive the batsman into bowling an undercut, he grabbed the ball laterally without the seam, which usually went straight, and skidded on to the pitch.

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