Bowling Tactics in ICC2008

[Bridger]

Those are interesting tactics Shravi, you say you bowl full all the time, even at batsmen who are strong on the front foot?, and do you change field settings ?

 

[shravi]

Nope, I never change field settings. And yes, even to players strong on the front foot. I've tried and I've never been able to exploit any weaknesses.

I absolutely hate bowling in Pakistan in test matches. The wickets are so flat. It's ridiculous. It totally ruins my bowlers' averages after a 3 match series.

 

[westindies2007]

well I open with a Spinner one time .
he got 2 early wicket but i got pepper.
from 2 wkts 12 run to 300+ for 5
unfortunately i Play with only 1 Fast bowler, I got mess up. and lost a must win match

 

[shravi]

This post isn't off-topic, it's just thread evolution.

These are my batting Tactics using the chain in ODIs.

Overs 0-10
Over A- Batsman A on 6 bars, Batsman B on 3 bars
Over B- Batsman A on 3 bars, Batsman B on 6 bars

Overs 11-15
Over A- Batsman A on 6 bars, Batsman B on 4 bars
Over B- Batsman A on 4 bars, Batsman B on 6 bars

Overs 16-20
Over A- Batsman A on 6 bars, Batsman B on 5 bars
Over B- Batsman A on 5 bars, Batsman B on 6 bars

Overs 21-35: 6 bars only
Overs 36-40: 7 bars only
Overs 41-50: 8 bars only

If one of the openers survives till the 25th over, switch him to 7 bars only, and 8 bars only after the 30th over so he can go on an get a big score. This is how I pace my innings using the chain.

 

[Gunja Dude]

You are a thinker, Shravi.

 

[lordVoldemort]

Batting aggression

Openers:
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Start with 5
increase for every 20 balls they face.


Middle Order batsmen
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Start with 4
increase for every 15 balls they face


In both the cases, max aggression i give is 8

If someone gets out after 35th over, i will give 6 to coming batsman as they need to score little fast..

Sometimes, i send my alrounder for pinch hitting at no.3 For him also, i give 6 aggression and increase it after every 30 ball he faces. --- If he clicks he scores century in 70 balls

lordVoldemort added 7 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...

My current composition of the team is like this

2 openers - 1 very aggressive style and 1 defensive style

No.3 - Very aggressive batsman
No.4 - Batsman without any preferences
No.5 - Spin specialist
No.6 - Wicket keeper batsman
No.7 - Allrounder (Offspinner)
No.8-11 - Bowlers


I have 3 very good alrounders. Still I prefer playing proper bowler instead. So, only 1 alrounder will be there in playing 11.


Bowlers -

RF, RFM, OS, LS and an offspinner alrounder.

 

[westindies2007]

what about test match

 

[jamiesayer~7/21]

Batting plan for One dayers.

Most people would not think of this, and it was an experiment at the start, but it works 80% of the time, and puts the opposition out of the game by 300 odd runs sometimes.

I always bat first, regardless.
I crank up both aggression meters of my openers to 7.
If Im lucky, they will hit at 8 an over for 20 overs, and not get out.
I am willing to do this until i get to wicket number 4, where i calm right down to 3 bars. Then for the last 20 overs you can hit out again.
In the end you should have around 350?
My openers once both hit around 200* each, it was brilliant.

Also this forces their batsmen to hit out, and you take a flurry of wicket, around one an over . hope this helps.