5 reasons why batsmen play pre-meditated strokes

#2 Need for instant boundaries

Clear the foot and heave over the fence

The slog overs, especially the last five overs in a limited overs contest, are meant for peppering the boundary ropes and also for finding the stands at regular intervals. While length balls become a curse, the good length doesn’t remain a ‘good’ length anymore.

Batsmen look to open their shoulders up and dismiss everything out of sight. Pre-meditated strokes are common at the dying stages of an innings. Batsmen generally look to slog in the death overs and everyone has a zone of their own. Some prefer the deep mid-wicket region, prevalently known as the cow-corner, and some fancy the V behind the wicket.

Playing pre-meditated strokes means that the chances of giving away your wicket rise alarmingly and it’s the very reason why teams tend to lose wickets in the end overs of T20’s and one-day cricket.