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Both feet comfortably apart. Neither too close nor too wide. Do keep the weight on the balls of your feet not on the heels. Weight equally divided on both feet. Front shoulder pointing straight down the pitch, in line with the stumps at the opposite end. Knees slightly bent, head still, eyes steady and leveled. Bat grounded just around the toes of your back foot.
Its Simple:
A good stance is a well balanced stance ! You may not fulfill all the requirements of the
ideal stance mentioned above, but if you feel nicely balanced and relaxed in your position
to face the ball, that’s your stance! Greg Chappell, great batsman with a great balance
once told me about a gentleman who taught him a few new things on balance but after he
had retired! "Oh! I could have easily got a lot more runs in my career if I had met
this man earlier." Thank god for that I can hear the bowlers saying. That’s how
important balance in this sport is. Do not complicate things by worrying about each
aspect of the stance.
The idea is to be just well balanced. If you feel even slightly
off balance, it’s not the stance for you. Before the ball is delivered many young
batsman commit the mistake of lifting the bat straight, in stance. This is in an
effort to keep the bat straight but this will unbalance you. Allow yourself to
lift the bat, in stance, from the direction of 3rd slip or gully as the bowler
runs in. It helps exceedingly in the balance. But remember, when the bat comes
down to meet the ball it must come down as straight as possible as shown in Pic.
This is vitally important to survive at the highest level. So remember good balance,
Bat feeling a part of yourself, weight on the balls of the feet so you are quick to
react. These are the things you concentrate on with your stance.
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