Lukaz said:
heya all, this has probably been done to death but all the thread's I found on similar topics didn't really help me.
Well I've had the game a few weeks and I'm finding it extremely hard.
The only time I get onto a 4shot, its almost allways by fluke, either its come off my pad's, or a fielder has dropped it and its rolled to the boundry.
Everytime I go for a 6er' I'm caught out, without fail.
Ive practised in training net's heaps, and I've done a tonne of 1dayer's (at 10overs each)
I can't get much over 30runs for all out in a match.
Basically to some it all up, I suck.
Can anyone give me some pointers, using basic newby term's if possible.
Thank you!
ok i personally found the nets to be useless i was hitting "ideal" zone all the time then went to play a game and got no where near hitting anything, my solution was to forget the nets and do a test match, though others say the nets helped them greatly and for them i think it did, i think it is a individual thing.
Tips that work for me..... (others may have different or more that suits them)
Yorkers and anything you think is a bit dodgy or your not sure on BLOCK even when your confidence is high still block those types of shots. I always use "S" block shot i have never had to use the "W" block shot.
Anything just outside or on off stump to a right hander i find the following works very well....."down arrow & right arrow held down" and press "S" just before ball hits bowling marker it may take you a couple of shots first off to get the exact timing down but believe me you will find it very easy after an over or two, this shot will then hit the ball through mid on and 90% of the time you will get a 4. it works very well for a new batsmen as the CPU does not put a mid on there at all until you have scored about 20-30 runs for that batsmen. so this shot will get your confidence meter up to about halfway before they will put a midon fielder there, after that happens you will need to play a mixture of front foot drives and mid on shots to get past them probability of that shot getting past would be about 50-70% now.
anything short and on your middle & leg stump you can "Leg Glance (RIGHT arrow & W) this will if timed correctly (remember just before ball hits bowling marker) get you 4 nearly all the time.
Once your confidence meter is up to say about 80% or more you can start playing all the other shots without too much diffulcuty remember you can still get out even if you time it perfect if you choose the wrong shot, only way to know what type of shot to play for any ball is through experience so just keep at it and you will be running up big totals in no time like me.
my 4th game just completed 1st innings 398 all out in just under 1 days play with top individual score of 99 before i got out to choosing wrong shot because i actually got nervous beleive it or not when he was on 99 LOL, oh well i will get it next innings i am sure of it.
*remember these are just tips that i found worked great for me but everyone is different and there is no right or wrong way plenty of other guys will have good tips that work for them too. my advice is too try a few different suggestions from people and see what suits you.
Anyhow hoped these tips from me will help you and GOOD LUCK!!! I know you can do it.
