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To: Peter Libra

If you have ever learned cricket from a basic level, you will know one of the first instructions to any batsman is this: Whether you are trying to attack, defend or altogether leave a delivery.....you need to KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BALL.

Taking your eyes off the ball makes an innocuous delivery lethal if not fatal. If you have watched all of the deliveries that were bowled to Morgan, you would have seen him do three very stupid things-1. He took his eyes off the trajectory of the ball before it left the bowler’s hand 2. He kept crouching in his stance, effectively reducing his height and increasing the chances of an injury (since he is not looking at the ball) and 3. He kept wandering around the crease like a drunkard.

All these three can get you hurt irrespective of a bowler’s intentions. What you saw at 1.31 was a combination of all 3 with the crouching part effectively increasing the height of the ball. The Tudor video you talked about features the same problem.

The short ball is both a wicket taking delivery and also a very effective scoring shot if you get your basics right.


57 posted on 12/28/2013 1:06:25 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
I was pleased to read your carefully thought out post. A real treat to get someone who really knows their subject. I smile as I remember the very first words back in wartime England, this when cricket was taught at school.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BALL.

Yes, Morgan (O'Meara) completely out of his depth. I will close with the idea that it is the wicket that is the target- not the man. (Chuckle).

58 posted on 12/28/2013 2:07:08 PM PST by Peter Libra
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