Where the main shots go

Stance Cricket^™Stance Lab · Batting

Front-foot

Back-foot

Sweep

Modern

The batter as Stance tracks him, a right-hander, with the bat in both handsThe shot being played: its ball's path, its range of the field, and the region it goes toEvery other shot's direction: solid along the ground, dotted usually in the airThe fielding circle; studs mark the regions the guide namesSeen from high behind a right-handed batter, with the bowler's end at the top and the off side on the right. Each solid button plays one shot from the guide's table, from a shared stance and backlift, and the view closes in on the batter for the stroke, then follows the ball out to its region (drag across the ground to scrub). The off drive, on drive, back-foot punch, late cut and hook are posed as variants of the drive, square cut and pull, each to the guide's own description of it. The dashed buttons light a shot's direction only, with the batter in his stance, because those shots are not posed here. Every button shows the foot the shot is played off (FF front foot, BF back foot) and its side; the ball goes where the guide says the shot goes, and the region lights. The leg glance can be played off either foot; it is shown off the front foot here. The ground is not to scale: the batter and the striker's end are drawn much larger than the field, the pitch is shortened, and the circle and region positions are approximate, so each line shows a direction, not a distance. Directions change with line and length: the pull goes anywhere from mid-on to square leg by line, and the sweep and hook from square leg to fine leg; the path shown is one illustrative line inside each range. Ball speeds, lengths and travel times are illustrative. Mirror everything for a left-hander.