Futherest you have hit a cricket ball

[Hbk4894]

For me about 100m

 

[fredfertang]

Not far enough

 

[Bijed]

I don't tend to hit the ball very far - it's often a lottery as to whether I get any bat on it at all - but I've been hit absolutely miles. Several times in one over, as it happens.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I don't tend to hit the ball very far - it's often a lottery as to whether I get any bat on it at all - but I've been hit absolutely miles. Several times in one over, as it happens.

Sounds similar to me on the rare occasions I bowled.

As for batting, I never hit a six in all the years I played. Just didn't have the strength, and preferred to hit the ball along the ground anyway.

 

[Zinzan]

Miles mate, bloody miles.

 

[vitalogy83]

I've cleared the inner circle a few times with some lofted drives over cover - so lets say 50m. Then it went to the fence so another 50m, let's say. So I think I will put down 100m.

 

[Burgey]

Fmd you play on some big grounds.

 

[_Ed_]

Hit a one-bounce four once, during my legendary and career-best innings of 12.

 

[vitalogy83]

Fmd you play on some big grounds.

There may have been some slight massaging of the truth. Although some fields I've played on in Syd have been pretty big.

 

[Daemon]

Hit a few in the nets that would've gone about 150m

 

[cnerd123]

Hit a few in the nets that would've gone about 150m

Pfft

I reverse swept one of our quicks the other night. Clearing 200m easily. Wasn't even off the middle tbh

 

[StephenZA]

I cleared the backyard fence once...

 

[Burgey]

Pfft

I reverse swept one of our quicks the other night. Clearing 200m easily. Wasn't even off the middle tbh

Aren't you Bangladeshi? You vegetarians don't have any quicks

 

[Daemon]

Aren't you Bangladeshi? You vegetarians don't have any quicks

Bangladesh is a Muslim country you numpty

But your theory holds because he's Indian

 

[Burgey]

There you go. I stand corrected and rightly admonished.

 

[Shri]

The levels people like us play at, bowlers usually don't bowl fast enough for us to clear the ropes with a well timed hit. However, that didn't stop me from trying and I got caught regularly at long on/long off. Our college ground was uneven and the leg side boundary was shorter, which meant a lot of the bats including me cleared that side of the field for six. We usually pulled spinners in that direction.

Once in college, we borrowed a bowling machine, brought it over to our pitch once evening and set it at the max speed setting. We took turns facing it and none of us could middle anything. The highlights of that session were a few edges that took off. One guy nailed a straight drive and hit it a mile after we reduced the speeds slightly though.

 

[Daemon]

The levels people like us play at, bowlers usually don't bowl fast enough for us to clear the ropes with a well timed hit. However, that didn't stop me from trying and I got caught regularly at long on/long off. Our college ground was uneven and the leg side boundary was shorter, which meant a lot of the bats including me cleared that side of the field for six. We usually pulled spinners in that direction.

Speed helps but its really not that hard to pump slow bowlers for six, especially if you use your feet. We practice six hitting once in a while where you get a throwdown and try to hit it straight. Usually get about 1 in 5 to clear the ropes because I suck but the good batsmen do it easily.

 

[Shri]

Speed helps but its really not that hard to pump slow bowlers for six, especially if you use your feet. We practice six hitting once in a while where you get a throwdown and try to hit it straight. Usually get about 1 in 5 to clear the ropes because I suck but the good batsmen do it easily.

Using your feet isn't easy. Unless you have made an effort to come down the wicket in the nets and during games through a season, holding your head still is difficult and you completely miss the ball more often than not. Opening up your stance and having a swing is easier and more effective nine times out of ten.

 

[Shady Slim]

yeah i'm a fan of planting the front foot and having a swing, it can get me pretty far but i'm horrible at estimations so i couldn't give a figure

 

[Daemon]

Using your feet isn't easy. Unless you have made an effort to come down the wicket in the nets and during games through a season, holding your head still is difficult and you completely miss the ball more often than not. Opening up your stance and having a swing is easier and more effective nine times out of ten.

Doesn't work on Astro unfortunately. Diff strokes for diff folks.