I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.
I don't think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit a ball through the middle or something. That would not be good. I'd pull every muscle in my body.
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.
As a batter, I would want to see that the best bowler is in my side so I don't have to face him.
It is difficult to master the skill of scoring runs from a 90mph delivery that is dug into your armpit or is fizzing past your nose.
Anything that a batsman cannot pick from the wrist is deception.
I began as a bowler and batting at No. 8 or 9 at Under-14, U-16 and U-19 levels, so to change myself was really difficult.
Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do.
For a batsman, scoring runs abroad is always a challenge.
