Pitch types

[vladiator]

How do you prepare your club's pitch? I started playing Hampshire and decided to prepare the pitch for spinning for Warne. Warne is doing OK, but my batsmen doen't bat to well. I tried to change it to batting pitch: my batsmen performed much better, but then Warne didn't and he is my only good bowler...

So, what kind of things you take into account for preparing the pitch?

 

[sammy22]

You need to take into account what will suit your team overall. For example if I was going to prepare a pitch for spinners I would ensure I had at least 2 quality spinners playing in that game, and possibly 3.

If preparing a good batting pitch ensure that you have players who can take advantage of the conditions, whilst making sure you still have bowlers who are going to be able to get a result for you.

It is also worth looking at your opponents, and the type of side they are. If a team has a couple of quality spinners then it might be worth preparing a seamers pitch and choosing players accordingly, thus limiting the sucsess of their players.

That's what I do anyway.

 

[vladiator]

Thanks sammy. I will analyse teams a bit more.

Can I ask just two more question.

1) The ''keep strike" option for a batsman: if I tick it for a batsman what exactly will it do for him and for his partner.

2) You can see a above view of the pitch left of every comment during a match. The pitch has a red and a grey dots. What do they mean?

Sorry for stupid questions. I am just new to cricket and cricket games.

 

[Hoggy31]

1) The keep strike option will keep the batsman whose one u ticked on strike for the majority of balls

2) The red dot is where the ball pitched, not sure about the grey but

 

[vladiator]

1) The keep strike option will keep the batsman whose one u ticked on strike for the majority of balls

2) The red dot is where the ball pitched, not sure about the grey but

Sorry again, but what do you mean by "keep the batsman on strike for the majority of balls"? Will he attempt to score on every ball thrown to him or does it mean that he will attempt to score high runs, i.e. 4s and 6s?

It's just very often my batsman is out in the same over when I tick the 'keep strike'.

 

[cricketfreak200]

keeping strike means that the batsman which you put a tick on will try to play most of the balls in the over, hogging the strike and not allowing the other batsman to play. This can be done to keep a worse batsman off-strike or a new batsman off-strike so he can gain form. And about getting, well, you probably dont know when to use it, thats the problem. Try building up a strategy that works for you.