Cricket: How-to guides
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How to Play a Reverse Sweep in Cricket: Technique Guide
The reverse sweep flips your grip and stance to hit spin to the off side. Learn the exact technique, footwork, and when to use it in a match.
How to Bowl Faster in Cricket: Tips to Gain Real Pace
Bowl faster in cricket by improving run-up momentum, loading the body efficiently, and releasing with a full, high arm. Strength and technique add pace.
How to Bowl Reverse Swing in Cricket: Technique Explained
Reverse swing makes an old, scuffed ball curve opposite to normal swing. Keep the shiny side toward your target, angle the seam, and bowl at high pace.
How to Play the Periscope Shot in Cricket
The periscope shot is a vertical-bat stroke to short balls at the body, holding the bat upright to deflect it over the leg-side fielders. Learn the method.
How to Bowl a Teesra in Cricket: Grip and Action
The teesra is an off-spinner's mystery ball that goes straight on instead of turning. A pronated wrist and altered fingers deceive batters expecting spin.
How to Play a Straight Drive in Cricket: Technique and Timing
The straight drive is cricket's classic front-foot shot, played to a full ball on off stump and hit past the bowler. Learn the stance, grip, and swing.
How to Play a Perfect Square Cut in Cricket: Step-by-Step
The square cut is played to a short, wide delivery outside off stump. Learn the grip, back-foot movement, and bat swing to send the ball through point.
How to Bowl an Off Cutter in Cricket: Grip & Technique
An off cutter is a seam ball that cuts from off to leg into a right-hander. Grip across the seam and drag the middle finger down at release for movement.
How to Play a Pull Shot in Cricket: Grip, Stance, and Timing
The pull shot is a back-foot attacking stroke to short deliveries at waist to chest height, hit square on the leg side. Here is how to play it correctly.
How to Play the Dilscoop in Cricket: Step-by-Step Technique
The Dilscoop scoops a full pace delivery over the keeper's head for six. Learn the exact footwork, bat angle, and timing that make this shot work.
How to Bowl the Doosra: Grip, Action, and Technique
The doosra is an off-spinner's secret weapon, a ball that turns away from a right-handed batter instead of into them. Learn to bowl it safely and well.
How to Play the Leg Glance Shot in Cricket
The leg glance redirects a ball angled into the body toward fine leg with a subtle deflection. One of cricket's most elegant, effective scoring shots.
How to Play a Sweep Shot in Cricket: Complete Technique Guide
The sweep shot is a front-foot stroke to full-length spin, hitting the leg side with a horizontal bat. Learn the kneeling position, grip, and placement.
How to Play the Marillier Shot: The Slog Over Deep Fine Leg
The Marillier shot is a high-risk scoop to full or short pace deliveries, swatting the ball over fine leg for six. Learn the grip, timing, and technique.
How to Play the Reverse Scoop in Cricket: Full Technique Guide
The reverse scoop scoops the ball over the wicketkeeper or third man by reversing the bat. Learn the footwork, grip, and when this T20 shot is worth the risk.
How to Play a Hook Shot in Cricket: Technique and Timing
The hook shot punishes short-pitched deliveries, hitting them fine behind square on the leg side. Learn the grip, footwork, and head position to play it.
How to Bowl a Leg Cutter in Cricket: Grip & Technique
A leg cutter is a fast bowler's delivery that cuts from leg to off. Grip fingers across the seam, then drag the index finger down at release for movement.
How to Play the Ramp Shot in Cricket: Technique Guide
The ramp shot deflects a full or back-of-length ball over the keeper toward fine leg or third man. Master the wrist angle and head position for T20.
How to Play the Switch Hit in Cricket
The switch hit sees a batter reverse their stance mid-delivery to play as a mirror-image batsman. Learn to execute this bold shot safely and well.
How to Bowl a Yorker in Cricket: Step-by-Step Guide
A yorker pitches at the batter's feet, making it nearly impossible to hit cleanly. Aim a full delivery at the base of the stumps, in the block hole.
How to Play the Helicopter Shot in Cricket: Full Guide
The helicopter shot is a wrist-driven stroke to full or yorker-length balls on the leg side, flicked over midwicket with a high follow-through. Learn it.
How to Play the Paddle Sweep in Cricket: Technique & Tips
The paddle sweep is a delicate deflection to spin or medium pace, guiding the ball fine down the leg side. Learn the technique, footwork, and its best use.
How to Play the Uppercut in Cricket: Shot Guide
The uppercut is played to a short, wide ball outside off stump, cutting under it over third man for four or six. Timing and footwork are everything.
Dream11 Captain & Vice-Captain: How to Pick Wisely Every Match
Your Dream11 captain scores 2x points and your vice-captain scores 1.5x — so picking them wisely is the single biggest lever in fantasy cricket. Here's how.
How to Play the Cover Drive in Cricket: Technique & Timing
The cover drive is cricket's most celebrated stroke, a front-foot drive through the off side. Master the footwork, head position, and timing here.