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Should the 'Switch hitting' Sweep be banned?
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I think this shot should be allowed. If only so few can do it, why ban it?
As for wide issue, it should be in regards to thier original stance. If they start righty and shift to lefty, a ball outside the righty's offstump which would be a wide for a lefty would be considered fine, but outside the lefty's offstump which is the righty's legstump will be a wide. So a batsman could start forcing a bowler to bowl into his pads by peppering the offside boundary, then switch and hit the legside delivery over the offside again. A bowler could also just keep bowling outside offstump as to stop the batsman playing that shot against them.
But since batsmen can swtich hands in between a delivery, I think bowlers should be able to too! I'm a righty, and can bowl okay lefty, so I think with some practice there will be a lot of bowlers who would be able to bowl right arm offies one ball and left arm offies the next, without needing to tell the batsman. Imagine the chaos in the middle then! A left hander switches to a right hander, only to have the right arm seamer start bowling left-arm leggies! Tons of new possibilities will now be available. It gives bowlers more chances to confuse batsmen. You can change angle, flight, pace and movement, and now can change bowling hand, all using the same runup.
It would also be nice if bowlers could choose to bowl over or around the wicket without needing to tell the umpire. They could just run up behind the ump, and then suddently deviate left or right to bowl the ball. Another great way to confuse the batsmen...
As for wide issue, it should be in regards to thier original stance. If they start righty and shift to lefty, a ball outside the righty's offstump which would be a wide for a lefty would be considered fine, but outside the lefty's offstump which is the righty's legstump will be a wide. So a batsman could start forcing a bowler to bowl into his pads by peppering the offside boundary, then switch and hit the legside delivery over the offside again. A bowler could also just keep bowling outside offstump as to stop the batsman playing that shot against them.
But since batsmen can swtich hands in between a delivery, I think bowlers should be able to too! I'm a righty, and can bowl okay lefty, so I think with some practice there will be a lot of bowlers who would be able to bowl right arm offies one ball and left arm offies the next, without needing to tell the batsman. Imagine the chaos in the middle then! A left hander switches to a right hander, only to have the right arm seamer start bowling left-arm leggies! Tons of new possibilities will now be available. It gives bowlers more chances to confuse batsmen. You can change angle, flight, pace and movement, and now can change bowling hand, all using the same runup.
It would also be nice if bowlers could choose to bowl over or around the wicket without needing to tell the umpire. They could just run up behind the ump, and then suddently deviate left or right to bowl the ball. Another great way to confuse the batsmen...
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Anyone else see Mal Loyes attempts? The first one was funny 
, second one went for 6 though i think. How do tehy get so much power on it?
, second one went for 6 though i think. How do tehy get so much power on it?
DPRA
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Anyone else see Mal Loyes attempts? The first one was funny
Yep, I was there.
Tried it too many times tbh. 1 or 2 attempts, yeah, but he tried it like 6 times!
:laugh have a look at this:
"Shame about the weather, but on a more sprightly note, I hit the nets last night with a few mates and the entire evening was spent attempting the KP Switch Hit. I think 10 out of around 1,000 balls actually made a decent contact and now my right leg looks like that of a Dalmatian due to the powerful combination of my pasty white British legs and lots of switch-hitting cricket bat-induced bruises! We bow to you KP! Take a bow son! Take a bow!"
Jon, Northampton, in the TMS inbox
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He's not a wanker, he's just an idiot. For a start, we all know he's going to have a hard time swapping hands and slogging a pace bowler like that, but the reason Pietersen played the shot in the last match was because NZ were stacking the onside and bowling at the pads. That's about as bodyline as a medium pacer can do without looking completely ridiculous. If Styris had been bowling outside off to a conventional off side field, this shot would have been far less tempting. Of course, conventional shots are quite tempting against Scott Styris' bowling, so they look for the defensive approach.
Holding had a great point. What happens when they turn at the start of a match. You have 3 leg slips or something. Or else when happens if you take guard as a right hander. A new player could try it actually. The captain would set the field for a right hander and if he was a left hander, he can turn around and have no slips.
This won't probably happen against pace bowlers until we get a batsman who can bat with both hands, however, it'll probably start happening to spinners or bowlers like Stryis.
This won't probably happen against pace bowlers until we get a batsman who can bat with both hands, however, it'll probably start happening to spinners or bowlers like Stryis.
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Thats the only thing he could do to try and contain the opposition
I remember Ashley Giles bowling a negative line to Tendulakr during England's tour to India in 2001/2.
If you have 3 slips at the start of an innings to a right hander, you will be bowling outside offsump. If he switches, just bowl it outside the righty's offstump. That shouldn't be called a wide, and there is hardly any way a switch-hitter can hit that.
And if you do bowl around legstump with 3 slips, you deserve to be switch hit over midwicket!
And if you do bowl around legstump with 3 slips, you deserve to be switch hit over midwicket!
Annoyingdevil
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I think it should be banned because it's not fair on the bowler.
the bowler always want the batsman to hit to the slips and the captain put the field out for the batsman.
but if the batsman switch to a left harder then it not fair on the bowler and the fielding side.
the bowler always want the batsman to hit to the slips and the captain put the field out for the batsman.
but if the batsman switch to a left harder then it not fair on the bowler and the fielding side.
Because this wasn't actually a reverse sweep, he actually became a left hander with his grip.Reverse sweep and reverse half pull have been played before KP did it. Why the all fuss?:
I'm a bit late, but my view on it is this. Its inventive, and quite brilliant really, so obviously should be allowed. Something needs to be sorted about where it leaves the LBW rule and wides, though.
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