Off Drive??

[blazer-glory]

I was bored the other day ,and just got thinking about stuff, and one of the things that entered the enormous space between my ears was why an on-drive in the opposite direction is called cover drive and not an off drive?

Yeah I was definately bored that day!

 

[Chimp132]

some people do call it that dont they ? ive heard people call it an off drive

 

[angryangy]

There's only one term for an on-side drive, but an off-side drive can also be a cover drive or a square drive. The nice-sounding straight drive occupies much of the area between the on-side and cover, so the term off-drive is seldom used.

 

[andrew_nixon]

An off-drive is a shot to mid-off, and a cover drive is a shot to the covers.

 

[blazer-glory]

Thanks for the replies. I've obviously got to watch more cricket as I've never heard a commentator use that term.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Be pretty much a straight-drive wouldn't it?

 

[angryangy]

Be pretty much a straight-drive wouldn't it?

Well that's what I was talking about. Whereas the covers are a large area, mid off is just mid off. To one side, it's more likely to be called straight, to the other it will be called a cover drive. It's uncommon, but you do sometimes hear it called, mainly by radio commentators.

 

[mattfb]

A cover drive is a shot were you would get your foot on an angle and get your head over the ball and swing the bat on an angle.
Off-drive is one a bit more straight were you play the ball with a straight bat and your foot is straight. but you still hit it more on an angle.
A straight drive is basically past the bowler.
Thats what i think.

 

[aussie_ben91]

A Off Drive is just a straight drive which travelled along the off-side down the ground and not on the On-Side.

 

[mattfb]

Yes! That is the best explantion out of the lot