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What's the best cricket workout for an all rounder?

cricket workout ( training ) for All rounder

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Timothy HuttonPlayer, Australia

Hi Prajwal, training an all rounder can be both difficult and easy at the same time. It can be difficult because there are so many parts of a players game that you need to work on but easy at the same time as there is always somewhere that a player can improve.

The first thing I'd recommend doing is working out a player's biggest strength, and their biggest weakness, so that you know which part of their game needs work, and which part is already strong.

From here, divide your time between working on all aspects, such as fielding, bowling, batting etc. and work more on the skills that need the more work.

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Ian MarshCoach, England

Here's a drill I've had success with in the past:

Ball Retrieve Fitness

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Player 1 starts on the middle cone, and aims to collect all 4 balls in as quickly as possible. Player must go out to retrieve the ball and back to the middle, before moving onto next cone. Once all the balls have been collected in, player then reverses the drill, putting all the balls back out onto the cones. Player 1 has now finished set 1, and returns to the back of the queue to recover. Player 2 begins and so on... Players perform 3 sets each and then change over.

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