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Opening Batting - Getting Bowled (inswing)

Hi I open the batting for my team and have been getting bowled a substantial amount of times more often then not early in the innings Generally a straight ball/ in swinging to the right hander.I am coming forward to it but seems to misjudge it and ball is generally going between bat and pad although I am thinking I have it covered. Take guard on middle and bat one foot in the crease.Thanks for your help Regards

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Alex MartinCoach, England

I would suggest that rather than playing on the front foot, play on the back foot until you are comfortable with playing swing in the game, I would suggest that maybe if you took guard on leg then you would know that you will be best off hitting everything that comes from the off side. You could try to just block out a few overs until you are comfortable before trying to play other shots, my only other help is that you could try to expect the swing and change the way you might play the ball, so have your bat closer to your pads even if you think the ball hasnt moved, I think personnaly that in cricket you need to be prepared to take risks to survive.

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