Brian Lara International Cricket (AKA Ricky Ponting International Cricket)
Bowling and Batting Guide


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Table of Contents

1.0   Bowling Types
 1.1  Bowling Techniques - Spin
 1.2  Bowling Techniques - Swing
 1.3  Bowling Techniques - Pace

2.0   Batting Types
 2.1  Batting Orders
 2.2  Batting Techniques - Openers
 2.3  Batting Techniques - Middle Order
 2.4  Batting Techniques - Tail Enders

3.0   Contact Information




1.0 Bowling Types


In BLIC (RPIC) there are three major types of bowling styles. These are Spin,
Swing and Pace. The techniques for each vary significantly and if used well 
can also be combined. This walkthrough was originally written to help people
with figuring out how to beat a batsmen properly without having to rely on 
luck.

One thing about any cricket game, whether in real life or virtual, is the 
limit of overs in ODI's. These are usually set to 50 or less overs. When the
openers walk out in a 50 overs game, they walk out with the mentality of 
staying in the middle for as long as possible. So taking catches from slog 
shots is less likely to occur at the start of any innings. But as the innings
progresses, The batsmen will becomemore aware of the "middle" of the innings 
and start playing more attacking cricket. This means they will start to run 
more and try to reach the top of their confidence meter to better their shot
selection and timing. the higher the batsmans confidence, the better the 
shots he plays. This is why it is imperative to keep the batsmen from 
blocking as much as possible and get them to play shots while their 
confidence is low. the lower it is the riskier the shots, the slower they 
become, their timing becomes eratic and they can't play as wide in the crease
as usual.

When it come to opening batsmen, the best types of bowlers are Fast to 
medium-fast bowling types to deliver quicker balls with less time to judge 
upon. For middle order batsmen, a medium pace or spinning bowler is ideal. 
Middle order batsmen find fast paced balls easier to glance or drive and will
play better shots from pace. Spinners slow the attack down and with more air 
time, they are harder to time well. Medium pacers have the same token as they
have more air time aswell. For tail enders, A fast paced to medium paced 
bowler with a high level of control (this makes swing movement in the air 
much wider) is ideal for swinging balls into their wickets, likely making 
them play late and making bad shot selections as their reach is much lower 
then that of an opening batsman. Varied selection of deliveries to any 
batsman is essential.




1.1 Spinning Techniques


the ablity of a slow paced bowler to spin the ball off the pitch is an 
exciting and necessary part of any game. The batsmen not only has to judge
where the ball is going to land on the pitch but also has to judge the 
movement of the ball in the air, off the pitch and the speed of the 
delivery. The best combintions for spin bowling are as follows:

Legspin bowling to a left handed middle order batsman
Offspin bowling to a right handed middle order batsman
Legspin bowling to a right handed Tailender
Offspin bowling to a left handed tailender

The reason they are reversed for Middle order and tailenders is because tail 
enders cannot judge a ball for their life and a ball spinning from behind the
line of their legstump coming into their wicket will cause them to become 
jumpy and make them try to play down legside. This means that any misjudgement
will result in a wicket.

The other way to play to a difficult tailender is to place a few on legside
and then place on armball (straight ball) on the line of middle stump.

The same works for Middle order batsmen. They get used to having balls 
spinning into their bat and to have one placed more towards their legside 
will cause them to try playing a risky legside shot and if placed correctly 
with a low enough batsman confidence, will cause them to mistime the ball and
miss it completely.




1.2 Swinging Techniques


The ability to swing relies solely on any bowlers level of control which 
can be checkad at anytime by going into the bowling statistics or bowler 
selection screen and pressing the more button to see their stats. This 
will show the level of control available to the bowler and the higher the
level of control, the wider the swing will be.

Swing bowling is comparitively easy compared to the other types of bowling
and Only needs to be placed close to the wicket but slightly wide and the 
swung in towards or out away from the batsman. Either ball is equally 
damaging if done correctly will hit the batsmans pads or his wicket. If lbw
is not given then the batsmans confidence level will drop considerably, 
especially if the team appeals to the umpire for lbw. The lower the batsmans
confidence the less likely he will be able to judge the amount of swing.




1.3 Pacemen Techniques


The ability to bowl fast paced and accurately is essential when opening the
bowling attack as the faster the ball is, the harder it is to judge the 
timing and the more likely they are to block. This is where swinging comes 
in handy with pace bowling. If you bowl fast paced slighly outside the line 
of offstump and then swing the ball away from the batsman, he will likely 
not reach the ball and the blocking opportunity. This will cause his 
confidence to drop. If done correctly, you can do this a few times and then
swing the ball back into the batsman and he will most likely miss the shot 
and will lose his wicket. Other very helpful ball selections are shots such
as in cutters and out cutters where the swing on the ball is opposite to the
way the ball will seam off the pitch. This is useful to lowering the 
awareness of the balls trajectory and makes and edge to the keeper or a 
mistimed left shot likely.

I hope this bowling guide helps you significantly in aiding your bowling 
attack and bowler selection. If you have found any othe helpful deliveries
then please email me with these and i will add them to the guide with a 
reference to you.

Thankyou.





2.0 Batting Types


Batting types are very easy to judge but i thought a guide to help you 
make a good batting lineup and increase playabilty for people who lack 
the knowledge of the game to do this adequately. There are three typed of 
batters. Opening batsmen, Middle order batsmen and Tailenders.




2.1 Batting orders


Openers are best for pacers and have a high level of skill against pace 
bowlers and any other bowler in general, and have very high legside and 
offside skill. They also must have a very high abilty in defense. These 
batsmen are in the opening spots at 1 and 2

Middle order batsmen are best at between positions 3-8 on the batting 
order. These should have high skill against swing, spin and pace and have
a moderate to high skill in legside and offside play. they dont need such
a high skill with defense because they are better at playing at the ball 
rather than blocking.

Tailenders are just plain old bad at batting and may have between a rating
of 5-30 and take up spots 9, 10 and 11.



2.2 Openers Techniques


When opening the batting there are three things to look out for. Defense 
when the ball is places at your feet infront of the stumps, cuts, drives 
and glances when the ball is placed wide of the stumps on either side and
at a medium length on the pitch. The last thing to look for is the no ball.
These can be slogged without a second look because you cannot be bowled or
caught out when playing these, but you can be run out so try not to take 
too many runs on these.



2.3 Middle order batsmen


You need not look too far on these guys, high level of skill, good timing
and great confidence. Theyre ability to slog on the offside and legside is
unparalleled. use these batsmen to hit short pitched balls out of the 
ground but only through the fielding gaps and any full pitched balls 
glanced away for a four on the legside or offside. use the block to build
up confidence only. try to play plenty of shots and you will get a higher
score than a defensive innings.



2.4 Tailenders


These are the hardest to bat with because their timing is bad and their 
coordination is even worse. You must place the directly in front of the 
ball placemarker and even then they have a high likelihood of edging the 
ball and missing it completely. another drawback of tailenders is they 
are highly likely to get out by lbw because of their placement directly 
in front of the ball. be careful and try to bat defensively with 
tailenders and glance your shots down legside. This is the easiestshot 
to play with a tailender and has a higher success rate of making runs 
than a drive or a slog shot.



3.0 Contact me

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