Batting Mindset Quotes

When I grew up, I tried to score off every ball, be it a 10-over-match, a 20-over, or even a Test match. If I stay in the wicket for, say, about 30 minutes, I want to make the most of it and score maximum runs possible. You never know when you get out; try to score as much possible before that.

From a personal standpoint, my ability to play all around the wicket is more mindset than anything else.

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.

In this lineup, anywhere I hit, I don't care. I always go out there and swing the bat the same way.

I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.

The simple approach is that if I stay aggressive, I'll hit less often with two strikes in the count. I've been aggressive, but I've missed pitches. If I can put them in play earlier in the count, I eliminate the two-strike approach.

Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.

I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to swing. Everything in the strike zone, I'm going to swing. Doesn't matter if it's a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. If it's in the strike zone and it's something you like, you've got to swing.

I think my mindset and my approach is to hit the ball hard, whether it be first pitch or work the count.

I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.

If you look at our domestic scores in T20s, it is generally around 110-120. I think we all need to go back, step up our domestic circuit, take those scores to 140-150. If that is happening then all the batters will come with the same mindset of playing a fearless brand of cricket.

If you think like a batsman, you have an upper-hand over the man you're bowling to.