Batting Strategy Quotes

Once it gets to two strikes, it's time to battle, put something in play, and try to get the job done.

In T20, even when you are in form and you feel like you are making good contributions, you are going to only face 30 or maximum 40 balls in the position where I bat in the middle order.

As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at how many runs I can score.

I just try and earn my right to get on top of the bowlers, and that is how I play every game.

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.

If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.

I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

In 50over cricket there are different ways of playing. It's not all about smacking it over the top. It's important someone bats through the innings. That would be one of the options for me.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.

Obviously, when I go in at No. 11 it stands to reason that we will have a better chance of scoring runs or batting out time if the batsman at the other end takes most of the strike. That's because, as my place in the order suggests, he is a better batsman than me.

Those curveballs are always coming-eventually, you learn to hit some of them.

There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?'

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

Kohli scores so freely. He's like Joe Root in that before you know it, he's on 30 off 20 balls. He is also the master of the chase - he calculates so the risks so perfectly.

Well, I've always prefered playing spin off the back foot because, to my mind, it takes short leg and silly point out of the equation.

Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.

This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing and entertaining, you still need batsmen whose first instinct is to be patient.

Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.