Cricket Strategy – Bowling Line And Length

There is a practice drill all cricket bowlers must to concentrate on commonly. The practice is, as a cricket player would had learnt “HOW” to bowl, but not necessary “WHERE” to bowl.

Let us see what does LINE and LENGTH really means to in this holy grail of cricket bowling.

HITTING TARGETS

Cricket is a straightforward game of HITTING TARGETS. The direct line for a right hand bowler, bowling over the bowlers end stumps, to a right hand batsman, is that imaginary line that moves from the offside bowler’s end stump to the right handed batsman’s offside stump. This is the TARGET line FOR EVERY BOWLERS.

So the TARGET LINE is the batsman’s OFF STUMP. It’s also same for speedy bowlers, average speed bowlers, off-spin bowlers and leg-break bowlers.

VARIATION

If the bowler’s line remains unvarying, it’s easy to vary the pace of the ball.

This is called as bowling along the “corridor of uncertainty”, if the bowling length is precise. With the correct line and length, it makes ambiguity to the batsman, whether he hit the ball, defends the ball or merely allowed it go through to the keeper.

BOWLING LENGTH

Its not must to carry away too much with the bowling length, in the beginning stage of young cricket bowler’s preparation. On simply making them to land ball into a hoola_hoop on the ground to the face of the batting crease in line with off stump, not an issue what style of delivery ball he would like to bowl.

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