Your Cricket Playing yorkers

[Insomniac]

I could score 400 on most days as long as a bowler doesn't bowl a yorker or a very full ball to me or a yorker. Anyone have any obvious idea as to why this is? I have every shot in the book but as soon as a bowler of ANY speed pitches it at yorker length I tend to miss the ball.

I suspect it is because I keep my head still, but too still, so I don't watch the ball onto the bat? In 7 innings I have been dismissed 6 times bowled and 1 time LBW all to yorkers or very full deliveries.

Anybody have any suggestion as to how to play these dang yorkers before I become as good as a club side #11 batsman?

I honestly think it has something to do with how I watch the ball because I am excellent with anything pitched on a length or even sharp bouncers - I magically pull them for four or six.

 

[Leggie]

Well don't move your head for starters, the more you keep your head still, the better. Try batting with moving your head, you will find it difficult.

I'm a Number 11, and I do generally survive fast swinging yorkers. What I do is move my feet away from my bat (towards the legside) and place my bat vertical parrallel with the stumps. It works 4 times out of 5 for me, you're a Number 7 so you probably have this kind of technique too, but It works for me.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

I could score 400 on most days as long as a bowler doesn't bowl a yorker or a very full ball to me or a yorker. Anyone have any obvious idea as to why this is? I have every shot in the book but as soon as a bowler of ANY speed pitches it at yorker length I tend to miss the ball.

I suspect it is because I keep my head still, but too still, so I don't watch the ball onto the bat? In 7 innings I have been dismissed 6 times bowled and 1 time LBW all to yorkers or very full deliveries.

Anybody have any suggestion as to how to play these dang yorkers before I become as good as a club side #11 batsman?

I honestly think it has something to do with how I watch the ball because I am excellent with anything pitched on a length or even sharp bouncers - I magically pull them for four or six.

Do you move your feet away as the ball is coming? Try to make it into a full toss by taking a bigger stride in.

 

[SciD]

Dont come forward. Instead go back and make it half volley.

 

[Leggie]

Dont come forward. Instead go back and make it half volley.

Nah. Better to go forward, more risky going back as you could mess up with footwork.

 

[King Pietersen]

Probably because your back lifts too high, meaning you can't get down on the ball quick enough.

 

[shubhrayu]

To play Yorkers it's easy just don't let the ball be a yorker.In a yorker the ball pitches near the crease in that case you got chances of being bowled,So to play it Step out 2 steps from your batting position and Drive it or hit as you treat a full toss.

 

[Insomniac]

I've tried the "coming forward at the ball"

All that happens is me getting stumped or completely missing the ball.

I will try the going back and driving the ball though, because I do bat a fair bit forward

Also, if it helps, I am 6 ft 1 in.

 

[Jit]

I've tried the "coming forward at the ball"

All that happens is me getting stumped or completely missing the ball.

I will try the going back and driving the ball though, because I do bat a fair bit forward

Also, if it helps, I am 6 ft 1 in.

well all u need to do is make a big stride forward but keeping your back foot in the crease that wont get u stumped and try to concentrate really hard. u r problem has happened to me but i got it solved by taking a big stride forward and keeping my eye on the ball

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Dont come forward. Instead go back and make it half volley.

If you go on the back foot, most probably your going to be covering your stumps and chances of LBW are increased.

 

[Insomniac]

Dont come forward. Instead go back and make it half volley.

If you go on the back foot, most probably your going to be covering your stumps and chances of LBW are increased.

Here's something I realized....

Is what Misbah-ul-Haq does to full length balls (goes back and lifts it over the top) what you guys are talking about?

What I'm talking about is in the T20 WC - Nathan Bracken to Misbah, he bowled it, and Misbah went back and then back onto the frontfoot, hit the ball over long on for six (2nd longest six of tournament)

Is this the type of shot you guys are talking about or have I lost it?

 

[Jit]

i dont think so u wanna play a big shot for yorkers make a big stride for a full length ball and turn it into fulltoss

 

[tassietiger]

Just stick a dead bat in the way of it. Every batsman has a weakness, it's just a matter of how well they can cover it.

 

[Insomniac]

Just stick a dead bat in the way of it. Every batsman has a weakness, it's just a matter of how well they can cover it.

Thats what I usually do, but the problem is when the dead bat misses the ball by miles (remember Waqar's banana swinging yorkers - somehow the bowler bowls something similar and I'm out each time)

 

[Jit]

Thats what I usually do, but the problem is when the dead bat misses the ball by miles (remember Waqar's banana swinging yorkers - somehow the bowler bowls something similar and I'm out each time)

if it swings then u gotta get front a long way to cover the swing possibly