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Sadly, back in 2014 in the Sheffield Shield - so the Australian State competition - Phillip Hughes, was struck by a bouncer from Shaun Abbot, and sadly, Phillip Hughes died from his injuries a few days later.
Yes, that was so shocking at the time and so sad. He was a great cricketer and good guy. It just brings home how dangerous short pitched bowling can be. Shame it took an accident that bad to remind everyone. But, this tragic loss did herald better head gear and concussion protocols which might save a life in the future.
Bouncers are a part of the game - a legitimate tactic. Helmets are a relatively recent addition to the game - just over the last 30 or so years - perhaps a little longer. People used to get hit without a helmet, but people say it was less often before the helmets were introduced. Intimidation and fear are what fast bowlers are trying to do, and recognised batsmen expect it and are supposed to be able to deal with them.
I was just about to post the same thing. Intimidation. In the 1930's Australia had a legend batsman, Donald Bradman. The English came up with a tactic to slow him down. Instead of bowling to the wicket, they bowled at his body. RUclips Bodyline.
@@RealFansSports In Test matches, the bowler is allowed 2 of these bouncers per six ball over. Only illegal if it exceeds number allowed. Onus is on the batsman to protect himself. If the batsman collapses onto his stumps, he's out.
Oh yeah I would agree that the uncertainty of the balls direction with the different types of spin put on the ball can truly make the unknown vary difficult to prepare for.
Yup. Cricket has a /huge/ strike zone compared to baseball, and the batter normally stands well inside that strike zone. And don't forget, the ball could also hit you in the nuts. Not fun, believe me.
not only that,because you bounce the ball, batsmen gotta have to adjust to two different reaction for the balls. one at the initial release and second after bouncing. depending on surfaces second one varies
In old times (before 40 years) they used to make sure they hit their head to intimidate. In one particular test series England Vs Australia (1932-1933) the English bowlers bowled just to injure australians. It was famously called THE BODYLINE series. They made a Tv series on it. It is a MUST WATCH.
Cricket pitch is 19.3 yards from bowlers "popping crease" to the batting crease (about 58 feet). Similar distance to baseball. Some argue that helmets have take some of the skill in avoiding short balls out of the game. Keep your eye on the ball and stay inside the line of it, was the old method. You'll see most batters getting hit when they turn their head away and take their eyes off the ball.
@@stevesalkas9128 22 yards stumps to stump is correct. However I was referring to the place bowlers front foot is at delivery and the batting crease. This is significantly shorter, and a truer reflection of distance relating to reaction time.
Love the reaction guys. Cricket can be a brutal sport at times. The batsmen has to be ready for a ball that can be pitched anywhere - short or on their toes, offside or legside, etc. Makes for a much more dynamic battle between bat and ball. Seeing guys hurt like this is not an everyday thing though.
Yeah we didn't believe it was an everyday occurrence and we understand accidents do happen especially in sports. Thank you for checking out the channel as well we truly appreciate you for that.
@@warrenbridges1891 Also Randall and Bhatti in 2013, and Lamba in 1998. Not struck by a ball, but rather an awful collision with a teammate whilst fielding, Ankit Keshi died in 2015, less than 5 months after Hughes.
Bowling at a batsman’s head is fair game, he can either try to get out of the way, or stand tall and try to hit the ball away for runs. It’s an important part of the game because it ensures that batting is a test of not just skill but also courage. Until the 1980’s batters didn’t even have helmets. That was genuinely dangerous, but batters were more adept at ducking and weaving to get out of the way and didn’t try to swing at many balls above shoulder height. Now that they have protection most batters will try to stand tall and score off the short ball. It’s more exciting to watch but they get hit more often.
The most important thing is it is illegal to try this against poor opponents as it is considered a deliberate attempt to hurt them when they are nowhere near the quality of your bowling. You instead are expected to just get them out (e.g. bowl at the stumps). Someone like Courtney Walsh - he was comically bad.
Prior to helmets we were taught to move back and across to play the bouncer. If you missed the ball it would pass behind your head. Now, with the helmet batters are facing directly at the ball therefore when they miss the ball hits your head. The helmet has significantly changed batting technique and we are seeing more people hit in the head in the last 20-30 years.
@@RealFansSports The reason for doing it is, it takes fraction of a time longer to move back and across. You could play it earlier when played in front of the face. The angle makes sure you could place the ball in a segment of the field much larger, by just delaying the shot by milliseconds. Down side is if it misses, it would take the face. The two attacking shots played against a bouncer in the line of the body are named hook and the pull. Hook is when the ball is fetched above the shoulder height, and pull is when it is below the shoulder (in relation to point of contact). Pull is the stroke where most of these injuries happen. Sometimes it can come of the top edge of the bat too. Then it would be disastrous as it would have gained the velocity of the swing in addition.
A cricket ball is a similar construction to the traditional baseball but it has to last a lot longer; they are not changed over and over as in a baseball game. It has a cork core, tightly wrapped with twine and then a stitched leather cover. Unlike baseball it has a raised equatorial seam with several rows of stitching which is an important element in how it is used. It is slightly smaller than a baseball but heavier.
Solid hardness from outside to inside. Even the outer layer on a baseball is made of a softer “leather” material. I have a 30+ yr old dent in my shin from fielding in a cricket game when I was young.
@@tempsitch5632 It's a really minor point, but always an interesting and instantly noticeable difference between UK and US sports terminology. In the US you say 'cricket game' or 'football game' whilst we would always say 'cricket match' or 'football match'. We would however say 'game of cricket' or football.
Yeah I am a nervous laugher as well, and it has gotten me in trouble in the past. If it hits the wicket it is out. It is counted at a regular ball, same as if it comes off the arm or anywhere else. If it was a full toss rather than a bounce then that is a completely different issue. Also, a player died due to one of these bouncers, and I was concerned it was going to be in this video due to the warning, but glad it wasn't.
Other commenters have already covered a lot of ground, but also: - The fastest bowlers bowl up very close to 100mph. Very few bowlers are quite that quick, but two of them (Shaoib Akhtar and Brett Lee) are included in this video. And yeah that's terrifying speed with a small heavy hard ball and with the batter standing in the middle of the strike zone (see below) - Batters doing silly things in the face of scary deliveries is completely understandable. I've never faced anything close to international pace, but I've faced plenty of terrifying fast bowling at a club level (and in practice with my older brothers as a kid). - I was a fast bowler myself, and I did once hit a batter directly in the middle of his face guard. Not fast enough to injure him, but it did freak him out. - Cricket does have an equivalent to the strike zone, when the ball reaches the batter. The zone goes from just behind the batter's back to a few feet in front of them, and from ground level either to waist level (if the ball hasn't bounced) or to the top of the batter's head (if the ball has bounced). If the ball is too far left or right then it's a wide: the batting team gets a point and the bowler has to re-do that delivery. If it's too high (or if the bowler oversteps) then it's a no-ball: batting team gets a point, bowler has to re-do, and these days the batter also gets a "free hit" where they mostly can't be out off that re-do delivery. The batter can stand wherever they like, but good technique usually means standing inside the strike zone - your body absolutely is in the line of fire, that's normal, and yeah it can be terrifying. Oh and bean-balls happen occasionally - that's head-high full toss deliveries at full speed - but I've never see anyone do it deliberately. It's just what happens if you're trying to bowl a really quick bouncer and the ball slips out of your hand a bit early. - If the ball hits the batter's body and that stops it from hitting the stumps/wickets, then that's generally out LBW (Leg Before Wicket). Usually that's shins (which are heavily padded), but it can be any body part except the hands/gloves (which are treated as part of the bat). In practice I've never seen someone actually get given out for just flinching and getting hit like this though, LBW is really more about using your body to defend your stumps. If the ball hits any part of the batter's body and/or the bat and then hits the stumps, then that's out "bowled" just like if the batter hadn't touched it. If the batter hits the stumps either directly or with their bat, then that's out "hit wicket" - that's why you see those guys in massive shock and pain still very carefully staying away from the stumps (mostly). If a batter is injured and not out, then they can retire hurt and the next batter will come out. That doesn't count as an out, but in a single inning we have every batter come in only once - if the injured batter isn't able to come back on before the team runs out of other batters, then the inning is over with only 9 outs instead of the usual 10. Though if the batter can bat but can't run, then they are allowed to have someone else come out and do the running-between-wickets for them. Oh that was the other thing: bowler's control of where the ball goes. Deflection off the pitch is a big deal with seam position and pitch variation and all, but still a good enough bowler can be very accurate. If you want to see that, look up videos of Glenn McGrath - he was incredibly accurate and consistent. Dude could reliably hit a coin on the pitch. Whereas Brett Lee, who he often bowled with, was much much faster but also way less accurate. They were known as "the meteor and the metronome", and they worked very well together.
12:04 He is Pujara. I remember this game, he took multiple hits to his face during the game but stood up like a champ. India won that game because of his performance.
He played that well; like a real batsman should. He swayed back late but the ball seamed and followed him and you just don't have time to do anything else by then.
There are multiple ways the ball can be delivered not all of which rely on speed and brute force. For example "spin bowling" as exemplified by the late Shane Warne from Australia. There are many videos on YT that show what a master of his craft he was. Be prepared to be stunned by his out of this world skill with the ball and enjoy 🙂
Helmet's came into the game in the late 1970's with a breakaway Cricket Competition called World Series Cricket. Before that, it was duck, hit or cop a smack in the head. 3 of the bowlers in this video were clocked at over 100 Miles per hour. That gives the batsman less that a .001 of a second to decide what to do. Another Australian Bowler from the past, Jeff Thompson was clocked at more than 110 Miles per hour. Batsmen didn't wear helmets back when he played. His famous quote was "If I don't know where the ball is going, what chance have those poor bastards got." Haha
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bouncers are apart of the game and the best way not to be hit is dont be there duck or hit it with the bat only reason they get hit is cause its a ball that there not expecting oh yes someone died by being hit just behind the ear at the base of skull he was an aussie and well liked all over the world his name was Phillip Hughes
Nice reaction, chaps. I think what I love most about cricket is the physical courage necessary to be really good at it. In any top flight innings in any format, you are almost certainly going to get hit by a fast bowler. It's a deliberate tactic to make a batter defend their body rather than the wicket and kind of defines cricket to me. The really good batters are able to overcome the obvious pain and fear and deal with another fast ball just seconds later...when I played cricket and took a 'nasty blow' to the ribs, nuts, elbow etc I wanted to dig a trench inside the popping crease and hide, which might explain why I became an artist instead. Keep up the good work.
'Short stuff' (i.e) "bouncers" is all part of a fast bowler's repertoire. Batsmen (especially in test cricket) are tested for 'bottle' as well as skill by fast guys. If you are seen to show weakness or lack of skill against this sort of attack; backing off, turning the head away and so on, you can guarantee you will get even more everywhere you play. Helmets give a good amount of protection but they are a compromise; visibility, comfort, weight are vital factors as well, particularly where the batter may be batting for hours in hot conditions. The essential thing, as always was before helmets came into general use, is 'keep your eye on the ball at all times'. If you do that your natural instincts will keep you out of trouble the vast majority of times so you can move the head out of the way, late in flight. Batsmen are more likely to get hit on pitches with bounce that is less reliable, as it becomes harder to assess where a ball is going to be when playing a shot at it, or ducking too soon and finding it doesn't bounce as much as you thought it would. Quite often there will be conditions where the ball will swing in the air with the seam acting like a rudder in flight and on those occasions the captain will not want to see his bowlers banging it in halfway down the pitch. A skilled fast swing bowler will pitch the ball much further up to get batters on the front foot playing forwards to balls that are deviating enough to get edges for catches to the wicket-keepers and slip fielders. These days Jimmy Anderson, of England, is one of the acknowledged masters of that style of bowling.
Helmets were first used in the 70s in the face of the quartet of West Indian fast bowlers. By the early 80s all Test sides batsmen were using helmets to counter intimidating fast bowlers. There was at least one exception - the great West Indian batsman, Sir Viv Richards who batted from the early 70s to the early 90s without wearing a helmet. He was simply the best batsman I had the good fortune to see in test matches in England.
bouncers balls are part of the game, blowers are allowed 1 or 2 bouncers in an over. Its is very effective weapon in bowlers arsenal. But there are batsmen out there who play bouncers very easily. Usually batsman utilize 2 types of shots to score runs on a bouncers, the shots are called 'pull shot' and 'hook shot'. If batsman either pulls or hooks and has good contact with the ball, it usually ends up a six or four.
These bouncers are legal "pitches" (using baseball terminology; in cricket "pitches" are called "deliveries" or "balls"). The term "pitch" in cricket refers to the (22-yard) strip of non-turf land between the batsman and the bowler. The cricket ball is pretty hard (feels like a rock). I am not used to the ball used in Baseball - but the Internet says that the cricket ball is harder and heavier.
It is, I watched a video of two professional baseball players trying out cricket for fun, and when they held the ball, they commented how it was so heavy and hard compared to baseball, though much smaller in comparison
2nd comment the reason why in cricket is that players run over if batsman gets hit is cause they all know each other by playing county cricket here in england and other counties
The ball gets replaced at intervals, when depends on the format of cricket played.They don't get replaced often tho.Certain bowlers prefer bowling with an older ball such as spinners or swing bowlers.If a ball is lost, they bring out a case of balls that has various "mileage" on it and try to find one that was as close as possible to the one lost. Bouncers are usually aimed at a batsman's head, the idea is to rattle the batsman.This works often,many batsman have been hit by a fast bowler and play a bad shit getting out a few balls later, bcos they worried about getting hit again. It's the batsman's job to play bouncers well, which will make the bowler give up on the bouncer, which is a taxing delivery
batsmen also prefer an older ball, flat out fast bowling is most effective when the ball is at its hardest so after the express bowlers have worn themselves down with the first few overs you tend to get the slower bowlers
1) Nowadays replacement player is provided if player is severely injured. Earlier if injury is more, then retired hurt, otherwise he may comeback on later stage. 2) If it hits wicket after hitting head or body, it is out.
@@RealFansSports International Cricket Council ( ICC ) : they do meetings. Sometimes new rules are implemented. Sometimes there is a reason behind new rule.. Sometimes no reason. - Here the main reason was to take care of an injured player. Medical Care etc.
Essentially, if you are worried about your safety, you are less worried about your wicket . Or a bowler might want to keep the batsman on his back foot for tactical reasons
Look at videos called BodyLine bowling by West Indies teams of yesteryears. They invented a very narrow channel bowling aimed at rib cages of batsmen, at high speeds . Those videos are visceral
Helmet only started to keep into the game in the 70's and took many years for every batter to take them up. It's worth checking out anything you can find on the Bodyline series 1932-1933 between Australia and England, leg theory was used by England to combat Don Bradman, as the led side was seen as his only weak point (still stronger than anyone elses), the series was brutal and caused a political stire and it brought about the banning of Leg theory. The bouncer is a deliberate ball aimed at un-nerving the batsman, it is a skill when used correctly, the West Indies were masters of it from the mid 70's to early 90's, Michael Holding was nicked named Whispering Death and he was not even the most deadly of them. There was one in the 80's where Malcolm Marshall (IMO the best quick bowler of all time) hit Mike Gatting on the nose, when he picked the ball up there was bone lodged in it.
It is part of the game. There are a certain number of legal Bouncers allowed per over. Some Batters are skilled at playing these balls and they play a shot called "Hook" Some Batters have such a great eye, that they duck and avoid it
Sir Vivian Richards the greatest Westindian batsman who played in an era where there were deadly fast bowlers.. But he never wore a helmet.. He would avoid getting hit by his brilliant batting skills and extraordinary reflexes.. If a bowler would try to bowl a bouncer, he would hit the next one into the stands..
Viv , was a superstar , but , he didn't have to face , Holding , Roberts , Marshall , Ambrose , Garner , Walsh , the only Genuine 100 MPH bowlers , and all in the one team , Viv might play one or two in a season of local cricket , that's why Steve Waugh is not only the most courageous player , he got hit from pillar to post , and would wear a ball to protect his wickets, that is batting , Australia had an ageing Lillee , Thompson , WSC then went and invented baseball, with help for Cricketing bodies , and shot selection vanished , the slog took over , shame
its a bowlers problem, but its not really a problem its just the bowler bowling a short delivery so it bounces up higher at the batsman, its called a bouncer or a short delivery and the purpose of it is to shake up the batsman or another word would be to intimidate the batsman, kinda like the fake throw at the face in basketball its to make the opponent shit their pants a little.
I have played cricket tournaments in California with level 5 Baseball. It is way too softer when compared with Cricket Ball (Hard-Leather covered ball).
If the ball hits the wickets and dislodges the bails (pieces of wood sitting loose on top of the wickets) it's out. Otherwise, the batsman is still in. They do have to get concussion checks now so they may have to go off anyway, or, if they are too injured they can retire hurt. If that happens, they can bat again later if they are up to it. Batsmen can also be out caught if the ball comes of the bat of gloves, and also out leg before wicket if their head is in line with the wickets when the ball hits them.
Bouncers are completely intentional by the bowlers. It is used to intimidate the batter, Its not a wild a "pitch" . The rule has change so Bouncers not as common. But back in the day this was Bowlers main weapon. If you get hit dust yourself off bat again unless the ball hit the wicket or it hits your bat or gloves and somone catches the ball. Legendary Viv Richards always said "You have a bat defend yourself" The rule change to one Bouncer per batsman per over due injuries and deaths. You react to Killer Bouncers in Cricket
you can duck if you see the bouncer coming and if you don't duck you see the ball and hit and if you miss, pray that your are tough enough to withstand the blow.
22 yards, 100 mph. I never wore a batting helmet, it was just a target if you wore one in country comps in the 80's. But then Australian cricketer Phil Hughes died in a domestic game after being hit in the head in 2014. That is why you see the fielding team checking they are ok.
A cricket ball is quite hard and does hurt especially at 80+ mph from 22 yards away. A funnier way of being hit is taking a blow to the "box" which protects the family jewels. That can bloody hurt.
Until the late 70s/early 80s, few batsman wore a helmet. But now it's more or less universal. Phil Hughes (Australian opening batsman) was tragically killed when a bouncer his his neck and split an artery.
11:21 In cricket also they change ball after specific overs (only 1 time) depends on captain if he want to use it or not. Sometime if ball is so damaged then umpire himself will change it.
aiming at the head and body, but not on the full, is a legitimate part of the game. Sadly, a few players have been killed. Up until about 35 years ago, the players wore a cloth cap and still got the ball aimed at the head. The most famous example of bowling at the body was the infamous bodyline series between England and Australia in 1932-3 which caused a diplomatic incident. Here's a documentary about it. ruclips.net/video/IsldQF43yyM/видео.html
the good bowlers have full control over where the ball going the modern batsman don't duck the head out of the way like they did before head protection. Brett Lee broke a lot of helmets on his first tour overseas he was very dangerous
@@RealFansSports You can understand why the slips and the wicket keeper stand so far back so if the pitch is bouncy with the fast bowlers in action as not to break there hands or fingers the cricket ball is a rock compared to the baseball.
13:15 Getting hit doesn't usually mean anything specific. They might have to do a concussion test and the batter has to go off the field "retired hurt" which is technically not out. They can come back if they are cleared by medical team. There's a famous incident a long time ago where a batter got a broken jaw from a bouncer and came back out bandaged up. "Kim Hughes" was the batter. The safety standards are a lot higher nowadays! Nonpfixion yes you are correct... the ball going on to hit the stumps is bowled so that is indeed a situation where they are out.
Until relatively recently batsmen wore no protection. Even when helmets were introduced after a couple of serious injuries and a death, many batsmen still resisted the use of helmets arguing they impaired vision and spatial awareness. The bowlers are supposed to bowl on the wicket but a bit of intimidation is all part of the game, aimed at unsettling the batsman.
In first class 3 or 5 day matches, each innings typically starts with a new ball. The captain of the fielding side may demand a new ball when the number of overs, excluding any part overs, is at least 80 overs. When the new ball is taken, the umpire at the bowling end informs the other umpire, the batters, and the scorers. If, the ball cannot be found, happens sometimes when a 'six' is scored, or recovered or the umpires agree that the original ball has become unfit for play through normal use, the umpires are allowed to offer a replacement ball which is already worn in a way comparable with the lost or damaged ball. A box of substitute ball is kept for this eventuality.
Bouncers are mean to create fear in batsman. And all the bowlers you saw bowling are retired except the Last one (Josh Hazzelwood an Australian player) . Now a days ,A rule is there to prevent bouncers, You can only bowl 1 bouncer in 1 over and repeating it will cause a NO BALL(a free run to the score board and a free hit as well, you can hit the free hit even you got caught or clean bowled(the ball hitting the stumps) , You will be given not out except a run out )... And Its a No z if the bouncer hits the batsman it is not out unless the ball gets hitted with stumps or the ball touches the bat and get caught.
Ya, the ball made of solid wood with metal or concrete core. A ball comming 150+ kmph , if hits critical unprotected area, one might die. (It happened)
I have 14 stitches on my bothe lips. Lucky that i don't loose any teeth but cracked 2 of my front tooth. Also once i almost lost my left eye. Hahahah One of the most fun game. Like playing chess.
Short pitched balls are bowled intentionally targeting the batsmen chest up..more likely the head. The batsman is expected to know how to handle such deliveries..duck, sway out of the line of the ball or use his batting skills to hit the ball and score. It's a test of skill for the bowler and for the batsman it's a test of courage and skill both.
Unlike Baseball, in cricket, ball bounces on the pitch. So hardness/dampness/wetness of the pitch plays a crucial part in deciding the overall trajectory/swing of the ball. The pitches in ANZ and South Africa are hard and have more grass on it, hence the ball bounces and swings much more as compared to most of the Asian sub-continent pitches.
This video explains how cricket balls are made. They are slightly smaller, but a lot harder, than a baseball. As others have said… Phillip Hughes was killed by being hit in just the ‘right’ spot by a cricket ball during a Sheffield Shield (Australian competition between the various states) match in Sydney in 2014. ruclips.net/video/4acrj2LlpF8/видео.htmlsi=OQCzUwedXbRAS_s9
Cricket pitches are of 22 yards in distance and cricket ball is msde of leather and it weighs around 110gms and bowl speeds ranging from 130-160kmps i.e 75-100mph....
It is a legal delivery to intimidate the batsman. Only one above above the shoulder per over (6 balls). Duck if you are quick enough. The ball is called a rock for good reason. The ball has six stiches to add to the variation. The fastes bowlers are comparable to baseball 95 to 100 mph. The length of the pitch is 22 yards (1 chain). This is a standard road easement on a country road. The spinners bowl about 50 to 60 mph. The ball lasts 80 x 6 ball 'overs'. Even at school they bloody hurt... a lot. 2 week bruises. In no way am I degrading baseball because I like baseball. I saw Red Sox play Yankees at Fe❤nway 2004!
In baseball, their is a hitting area and a non scoring out of play zone. In cricket , there is no out of play zone....... hit the ball over the boundary to score 6 runs. Before helmuts were allowed to combat Lillee, Thompson, Holding and Roberts in the mid 1970’s...... most good batsmen loved short pitched bouncers....... they were an easy boundary, either 4 or 6 runs. As kids we were taught to be brave..... stand your ground and smack the short rubbish to the boundary for 4 runs, or over it for 6 runs. Use the bat to hit the ball, not your body. Once Tony Grieg donned a motor bike helmut to face Lillee and Thompson, the game changed ....... batsmen didn’t have to be SO brave anymore...... but the bowlers still had to bat and the gentleman’s agreement about bouncers to bowlers was removed..... so now the BOWLERS had to be brave. Of course, many fielding positions will always require supreme courage.
Bowling bouncers is a part of the game. Bowlers do it to get a wicket or distract the batsman. I have played both baseball and cricket; the distance between the pitcher and the batsman is 60’6” in baseball, but in cricket, the distance between the two creases is 58’. A cricket ball is made out of pure leather, so it can be used for more than 50 overs. Usually, in test matches, we use a red ball, and they use the ball for 80 overs. But in white-ball cricket, they use it only for 25 overs. Both games have similarities, but from experience, I say they require two different skill sets. A good batsman in cricket can be worse in baseball, and a good batter in baseball can be worse in cricket.
This is called a Bouncer, a legal part of cricket. One ball per over is allowed in white ball cricket and 2 balls per over in red ball. You have to react quick on these, good players of these balls have capability of hitting 6s as well One important thing, bowlers have to precise as if ball goes over head it give run to batting team as well as you can no longer ball bouncer in same over again plus batsman gets a free hit next ball - which means he cannot get out. I want you guys to provide your reaction to 2019 ODI world cup final between England and New Zealand. Specially last 30 to 45 minutes. That's the best white ball cricket match at international level
@Nonpfixion's take about bowlers not really having control of where ball is going, its the opposite actually. International level bowlers are extremely in control of the ball, and have practiced pitching it at different lengths 1000s and 1000s of times. So the bouncer is absolutely deliberate.
React to Mohammad Asif The Magician best seam bowler in the history of cricket who ruined his career by himself His bowling display in England vs Aus: ruclips.net/video/X3p51PYj0zM/видео.htmlsi=ElhP3lI_Y_0BZxcY Must listen to the commentators while he's bowling..
@4:10 "Now guys in the comment, is this avoidable...?". Very easily avoidable... Just duck... (The good) Batsmen generally avoid several (even hundreds) of bouncers before they are copped in the head by one odd one and that usually happens when the batsman is going full on, blazing guns and the adrenaline is rushing through the veins and the batsman decides I'm god of batting and I'm not ducking any delivery... Another reason is the batsman has just arrived to the crease and is not fully awake... Ofcourse there is a third reason and that is the batsman is garbage...
Until 80s there were no helmets and pitches suited bowlers even more. Batters in those times were warriors. The Aussies and Westindians and some Pakistanis bowlers were really quick. Facing those without helmet was no joke, Sir Viv Rickards refused to wear a helmet even when they became available in 80s, such was his ego. Watch "Fire in Babylon" a great documentary on the great West Indian team of 70s. They went from a weak team to the strongest team ever. Its quite a story.
How do you avoid it? Try ducking. These are legitimate deliveries in cricket limited to one per over (6 deliveries). The ball is moving at around 87 - 90 mph when it hits the batsman. A cricket ball is small 9 inch circum at 5 and a bit ounces made of cork wound with twine and a stitched leather cover which is very. very hard.
It's completely fine to intimidate batsman this way. Fast bowlers often "soften up" batsman to set them up for dismissals. The shorter the format, the more the bowler is limited in how often they're allowed to do it. In Test cricket (5 days) you can work away at the batsman throughout a day. Only "beamers" are completely prohibited (balls that don't bounce and reach the batsman above hip height). It's called "Test Cricket" for a reason :)
They are not out if they get hit unless they hit the wicket when falling or the ball touches the bat and it is caught. When the ball is new the fast bowlers get it and it has more bounce. As it gets older they give it to the spin bowlers because it turns more when it hits the ground.
This is the game my friend. The fast bowlers are trying to intimidate you and this is a standard tactic... you just have to be good enough... You cannot take your eyes off the ball. Most of these guys are being hit because they are taking their eyes off the ball or trying to duck and the ball follows them.. NASTY!!!
@4:55 "I think it's just a bad bounce..." WRONG, these bowler are snipers and they have absolute control over the bounce and swing and they ARE trying to smack the batsman in the head and it's perfectly legal... You guys reacted to runouts and you know they can hit the wickets from the outfield... It's upto the batsman to avoid it... @13:10 "Is it out, is it a run...?" It's not out... If it ricochets off the helmet and the ball is still in play and the batsmen complete a run, it's a run... If it ricochets off the helmet and reaches the boundary it's four runs... If it ricochets onto the wickets it's out... "Do they switch batsmen in...?" In recent times it is a consideration but most probably the team physio comes and does a concussion check and the game goes on from there... Back in the days of the wild, wild west if a batsman lost a couple of teeth like you saw there the physio would come in at his leisurely, stately pace bandage the remaining teeth with sticky bandage, give the batsman a pat on the back and say "Continue, you're good to go..."
A point to note - ball only gets changed if it loses shape or get altered by players through scratching it etc. The Umpires have a ring through which they fit the ball. If it can't go through the ring it gets changed. Scuffing of the ball through natural play is allowed. The players generally work one side of the ball, trying to keep it shiny and the other side dull. You will note that outfielders try and bounce the ball back in to the wicket keeper to assist with roughening / softening the ball. That allows for the reverse swing as the dull side has more friction with the air, shaping it either in or out from the batsmen. Spinners prefer an older ball as it allows more grip in the hand / fingers.. If you were Shane Warne however, you could spin any ball..🙂
It's really amusing, watching two young lads reacting with such horror to something that is just part of the game in first class cricket around the world. What you're seeing is the bowler pitching the ball into the ground a long way short of the batsman, deliberately, in an attempt to get the ball to bounce much higher than is usual. The batsman usually ducks in order to avoid the ball, but, as you saw several times, this move sometimes backfires. On the wicket measurement thing, it's 22 yards from one wicket to the other. This is where I'll get really geeky. 22 yards are also called a chain. Eight chains is known as a furlong, and 8 furlongs equals one mile. But of course, you guys are Americans, and you still use the old imperial system, so I'm sure I'm teaching you to suck eggs. Anyway, my pizza has just arrived, so I'll shut up now. Good video, thanks for the laugh😊
Short pitched fast bowling is a tactic employed against some batsmen. It is intended to intimidate. Some batsmen relish taking the bowler on and the tactic isn't often used against them although it is used as a surprise, and gets results. Other batsmen don't deal with it well at all and they can be targeted as a result. Bowlers are limited as to how many can be used, but its still a valid tactic. The pitch is 22 yards from wicket to wicket. The batsman will have fractions of a second to decide how to play if the bowler is genuinely quick. That would be someone who bowls at 90 mph. Yes 90 mph!!!
Perfectly legal. I would bounce batsmen if I thought it could get them to either raise their bat trying to defend, or they'd try to hit it and it'd bounce off the top edge of their bat and pop up for a catch. A common 1-2 punch is to bounce them and then the next ball to bowl a yorker (low ball aimed at their feet). Also to note, back in the day they didnt wear helmets, and it was still legal. Lots of guys got hit straight on in the head and kept playing. No rule against it, but its generally considered poor form to bounce any batsman who isn't good enough to defend their stumps (usually bowlers coming out to bat). If you can't get them out, then its game on for bouncers. Easiest way to avoid it is to duck under it, usually going towards the ball. In cricket the more you avoid a ball the more it seems to follow you. Pro cricketers can read balls going 140KPH+, but amateur cricketers aren't as good and maybe a 110kph bouncer is enough to be scary. Really depends on your level how capable you are of avoiding bouncers. But sometimes you just misread it, and you duck a ball that isnt that low, or you get hit cos you read it too late. There is an infamous dismissal where a guy tries to duck a ball and gets given out LBW.
These deliveries are part of the game. It’s a legitimate delivery in the bowlers’ arsenal. Some bowlers specializing in intimidating batters with bouncers. How to avoid? Hit the ball with a hook shot or duck 🤷🏽♂️
watch the ball close and take evasive action if you can. distance for ball to travel is 22 meters and some ore over 150kph. You have less than half a second to decide and react, so most of the shots are premeditated. If you get it wrong you get hurt.. Also, helmet get replaced after receiving a hit..generally.
Bit of “chin music” get them ducking around, or “badging” when you get the team logo. All part of the game. Remember the batsman is there in a defensive roll to the stumps, scoring runs in the process. the fielding side is trying to break the wicket.
That’s because all baseball throws are ‘full tosses’..They never touch the ground.The condition of the ball is important in cricket, because a new ball versus an old ball behaves differently when bouncing off the pitch ( ground) in front of the batsmen.
Top class bowlers can hit any part of the pitch, short pitched balls bounce the highest, bouncers are intentional. The ball weighs 5 1/2 ounces and is very hard, it stings when you catch it if you have poor technique, only the wicket keeper is allowed to wear gloves. Fast bowlers pitch at 95-100 MPH. There have been deaths on the pitch when a player has been struck by a fast ball, these days batters are better protected, but broken fingers are not unusual and aggressive body-line bowling can lead to serious bruising. Some limited overs cricket is played with a white ball which is easier to see and works for games at night under floodlights. First class cricket uses a red ball, harder to see which helps Captains set up more aggressive field placings.
It's legal to bowl at the body. There was a death a few years ago (one of the Aussie top players) that resulted in redesign of the helmet. There is a limit on hour many bouncers you are allowed to bowl in an over (6 balls / pitches).
In cricket it is perfectly legal, and also common to bowl directly AT the batter. A bouncer is a specific type of ball that rises around head high, usually it's easy to spot as it bounces around midway down the wicket. Some bowlers can make a ball rise unexpected high without bowling particularly short; these are often the dangerous ones as the batter isn't expecting it. There's a bat stroke called a hook, which you see here been used (or attempted) to hit a bouncer. There are no real rules, but in general bowlers only bowl bouncers at recognised batsmen, i.e. at the tai end you get the bowlers come in to bat, it's considered bad form to bowl bouncers at these guys as they really don't have the skill to deal with it.
its a 22 yard strip between bowler and batsman. cricket ball is 5 and a half ounces. In test match format bowler is allowed to ball 1 bouncer whcih I guess is also the same rule in t20 and 50 over match. cricket ball is much harder than a baseball. we have loads of protection gear in cricket from pads, helmet, abdomen card or nut guard. we have elbow guard which is barely used these days. we have thigh pad as well. cricket has changed a lot over last 25 years or so .
There is something to be said for batsmen playing the short ball worse with helmets, so many turned their heads in fear in this video, taking their eyes off the ball. This is the worst thing you can do. Watch it all the way, move late, after it has done whatever it is going to do off the pitch. I don't wear a helmet (amateur UK cricket - adults still have the choice). It's often better to not duck, to keep the hands low so you can't glove off, wear it on the body if you have to and just sway the head away at the last moment if necessary. I have had the cap knocked off my head, and have worn one on the chin in 20 years of playing. That was our young quick bowler working with me on his pace in the nets, I was winding him up to see how quick he could go after sorting a run up issue out. Only 17 and he bowled me a ball that I never saw between his hand and my jaw. I walked down the track straight into it. Fortunately no more damage than a golf ball sized swelling and a nice bruise. He messed his back up bowling that ball and only bowled again last week.... At about half the pace :(
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Sadly, back in 2014 in the Sheffield Shield - so the Australian State competition - Phillip Hughes, was struck by a bouncer from Shaun Abbot, and sadly, Phillip Hughes died from his injuries a few days later.
Such a freak accident RIP Phillip. 🙏
Yeah, it was horrendous. Such a great young man.
Yes, that was so shocking at the time and so sad. He was a great cricketer and good guy. It just brings home how dangerous short pitched bowling can be. Shame it took an accident that bad to remind everyone. But, this tragic loss did herald better head gear and concussion protocols which might save a life in the future.
Even when the body line tour came even back then that's when rules came to cause of how dangerous it was
So glad they didn’t show it
Bouncers are a part of the game - a legitimate tactic. Helmets are a relatively recent addition to the game - just over the last 30 or so years - perhaps a little longer. People used to get hit without a helmet, but people say it was less often before the helmets were introduced.
Intimidation and fear are what fast bowlers are trying to do, and recognised batsmen expect it and are supposed to be able to deal with them.
It's called intimidation. Puts doubt in the batsman's mind.
Oh yeah we can see that.
I was just about to post the same thing. Intimidation. In the 1930's Australia had a legend batsman, Donald Bradman. The English came up with a tactic to slow him down. Instead of bowling to the wicket, they bowled at his body. RUclips Bodyline.
@@RealFansSports In Test matches, the bowler is allowed 2 of these bouncers per six ball over. Only illegal if it exceeds number allowed. Onus is on the batsman to protect himself. If the batsman collapses onto his stumps, he's out.
@@kirra72 Yeah. We called it Bodyline. The Brits called it "leg theory". Leg theory my arse.
@@RealFansSports It also tests their 'bottle', technique, and shot selection relative to the match situation.
That Is Why I Think Cricket Is Harder Than Baseball Because You Don't Know That The Next Ball Is Gonna Crush Your Toes Or Gonna Crush Your Helmet.
Oh yeah I would agree that the uncertainty of the balls direction with the different types of spin put on the ball can truly make the unknown vary difficult to prepare for.
Yup. Cricket has a /huge/ strike zone compared to baseball, and the batter normally stands well inside that strike zone.
And don't forget, the ball could also hit you in the nuts. Not fun, believe me.
not only that,because you bounce the ball, batsmen gotta have to adjust to two different reaction for the balls. one at the initial release and second after bouncing. depending on surfaces second one varies
Or crush your nuts!
Ball is very very hard too
In old times (before 40 years) they used to make sure they hit their head to intimidate. In one particular test series England Vs Australia (1932-1933) the English bowlers bowled just to injure australians. It was famously called THE BODYLINE series. They made a Tv series on it. It is a MUST WATCH.
Wow that’s crazy! Do you have a website or anything that way we can watch it?!
@@RealFansSports you can just search bodyline series on RUclips
Notice even the opposition immediately show concern?!...
Bowlers especially!
For a reason.
Miss you mate.
RIP🇦🇺
Cricket pitch is 19.3 yards from bowlers "popping crease" to the batting crease (about 58 feet). Similar distance to baseball. Some argue that helmets have take some of the skill in avoiding short balls out of the game. Keep your eye on the ball and stay inside the line of it, was the old method. You'll see most batters getting hit when they turn their head away and take their eyes off the ball.
Turning your head is dangerous especially if the bounce is not consistent on a pitch
22 yards
@@stevesalkas9128 22 yards stumps to stump is correct. However I was referring to the place bowlers front foot is at delivery and the batting crease. This is significantly shorter, and a truer reflection of distance relating to reaction time.
@@stevesalkas9128 It is 58 feet from popping crease to popping crease. It is 66 feet from the centre of the middle stump to the same at the other end.
Love the reaction guys. Cricket can be a brutal sport at times. The batsmen has to be ready for a ball that can be pitched anywhere - short or on their toes, offside or legside, etc. Makes for a much more dynamic battle between bat and ball. Seeing guys hurt like this is not an everyday thing though.
Yeah we didn't believe it was an everyday occurrence and we understand accidents do happen especially in sports. Thank you for checking out the channel as well we truly appreciate you for that.
@@RealFansSports cricket balls can kill. and have killed.
@@thedisabledwelshman9266 Yep. RIP Phil Hughes.
@@warrenbridges1891 Also Randall and Bhatti in 2013, and Lamba in 1998.
Not struck by a ball, but rather an awful collision with a teammate whilst fielding, Ankit Keshi died in 2015, less than 5 months after Hughes.
@@eruantien9932 Thanks. I've seen similar incidences where broken legs and concussions were involved, but that's terrible.
Bowling at a batsman’s head is fair game, he can either try to get out of the way, or stand tall and try to hit the ball away for runs.
It’s an important part of the game because it ensures that batting is a test of not just skill but also courage. Until the 1980’s batters didn’t even have helmets. That was genuinely dangerous, but batters were more adept at ducking and weaving to get out of the way and didn’t try to swing at many balls above shoulder height. Now that they have protection most batters will try to stand tall and score off the short ball. It’s more exciting to watch but they get hit more often.
The most important thing is it is illegal to try this against poor opponents as it is considered a deliberate attempt to hurt them when they are nowhere near the quality of your bowling. You instead are expected to just get them out (e.g. bowl at the stumps). Someone like Courtney Walsh - he was comically bad.
Prior to helmets we were taught to move back and across to play the bouncer. If you missed the ball it would pass behind your head. Now, with the helmet batters are facing directly at the ball therefore when they miss the ball hits your head. The helmet has significantly changed batting technique and we are seeing more people hit in the head in the last 20-30 years.
Wow that’s brutal. I still wouldn’t want to take one of those to the head of I could avoid it lol
@@RealFansSports The reason for doing it is, it takes fraction of a time longer to move back and across. You could play it earlier when played in front of the face. The angle makes sure you could place the ball in a segment of the field much larger, by just delaying the shot by milliseconds. Down side is if it misses, it would take the face. The two attacking shots played against a bouncer in the line of the body are named hook and the pull. Hook is when the ball is fetched above the shoulder height, and pull is when it is below the shoulder (in relation to point of contact). Pull is the stroke where most of these injuries happen. Sometimes it can come of the top edge of the bat too. Then it would be disastrous as it would have gained the velocity of the swing in addition.
Geoffrey Boycott a former opening batsman for England and Yorkshire faced the feared west indian bowlers at the age of 40 without a helmet
A cricket ball is a similar construction to the traditional baseball but it has to last a lot longer; they are not changed over and over as in a baseball game. It has a cork core, tightly wrapped with twine and then a stitched leather cover. Unlike baseball it has a raised equatorial seam with several rows of stitching which is an important element in how it is used. It is slightly smaller than a baseball but heavier.
Solid hardness from outside to inside. Even the outer layer on a baseball is made of a softer “leather” material.
I have a 30+ yr old dent in my shin from fielding in a cricket game when I was young.
@@tempsitch5632 It's a really minor point, but always an interesting and instantly noticeable difference between UK and US sports terminology. In the US you say 'cricket game' or 'football game' whilst we would always say 'cricket match' or 'football match'. We would however say 'game of cricket' or football.
@@kingspeechless1607 I’m an american-australian initially raised in japan. My lingoisms are all over the place.
@@tempsitch5632 hahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
And it fucking hurts lol
Yeah I am a nervous laugher as well, and it has gotten me in trouble in the past. If it hits the wicket it is out. It is counted at a regular ball, same as if it comes off the arm or anywhere else. If it was a full toss rather than a bounce then that is a completely different issue. Also, a player died due to one of these bouncers, and I was concerned it was going to be in this video due to the warning, but glad it wasn't.
Okay good glad its not just me in some situations lol. Luckily it hasnt gotten me in any trouble just yet. lol
It was very much like the Steve Smith one at the start, getting hit in the side of the neck.
@@YobboBear Yes it was Joffra Archer bowled it.
@@kingspeechless1607 The sad part about the Phil Hughes death is that the bowler was supposedly one of his friends.
Other commenters have already covered a lot of ground, but also:
- The fastest bowlers bowl up very close to 100mph. Very few bowlers are quite that quick, but two of them (Shaoib Akhtar and Brett Lee) are included in this video. And yeah that's terrifying speed with a small heavy hard ball and with the batter standing in the middle of the strike zone (see below)
- Batters doing silly things in the face of scary deliveries is completely understandable. I've never faced anything close to international pace, but I've faced plenty of terrifying fast bowling at a club level (and in practice with my older brothers as a kid).
- I was a fast bowler myself, and I did once hit a batter directly in the middle of his face guard. Not fast enough to injure him, but it did freak him out.
- Cricket does have an equivalent to the strike zone, when the ball reaches the batter. The zone goes from just behind the batter's back to a few feet in front of them, and from ground level either to waist level (if the ball hasn't bounced) or to the top of the batter's head (if the ball has bounced). If the ball is too far left or right then it's a wide: the batting team gets a point and the bowler has to re-do that delivery. If it's too high (or if the bowler oversteps) then it's a no-ball: batting team gets a point, bowler has to re-do, and these days the batter also gets a "free hit" where they mostly can't be out off that re-do delivery. The batter can stand wherever they like, but good technique usually means standing inside the strike zone - your body absolutely is in the line of fire, that's normal, and yeah it can be terrifying. Oh and bean-balls happen occasionally - that's head-high full toss deliveries at full speed - but I've never see anyone do it deliberately. It's just what happens if you're trying to bowl a really quick bouncer and the ball slips out of your hand a bit early.
- If the ball hits the batter's body and that stops it from hitting the stumps/wickets, then that's generally out LBW (Leg Before Wicket). Usually that's shins (which are heavily padded), but it can be any body part except the hands/gloves (which are treated as part of the bat). In practice I've never seen someone actually get given out for just flinching and getting hit like this though, LBW is really more about using your body to defend your stumps. If the ball hits any part of the batter's body and/or the bat and then hits the stumps, then that's out "bowled" just like if the batter hadn't touched it. If the batter hits the stumps either directly or with their bat, then that's out "hit wicket" - that's why you see those guys in massive shock and pain still very carefully staying away from the stumps (mostly). If a batter is injured and not out, then they can retire hurt and the next batter will come out. That doesn't count as an out, but in a single inning we have every batter come in only once - if the injured batter isn't able to come back on before the team runs out of other batters, then the inning is over with only 9 outs instead of the usual 10. Though if the batter can bat but can't run, then they are allowed to have someone else come out and do the running-between-wickets for them.
Oh that was the other thing: bowler's control of where the ball goes. Deflection off the pitch is a big deal with seam position and pitch variation and all, but still a good enough bowler can be very accurate. If you want to see that, look up videos of Glenn McGrath - he was incredibly accurate and consistent. Dude could reliably hit a coin on the pitch. Whereas Brett Lee, who he often bowled with, was much much faster but also way less accurate. They were known as "the meteor and the metronome", and they worked very well together.
12:04 He is Pujara. I remember this game, he took multiple hits to his face during the game but stood up like a champ. India won that game because of his performance.
He played that well; like a real batsman should. He swayed back late but the ball seamed and followed him and you just don't have time to do anything else by then.
There are multiple ways the ball can be delivered not all of which rely on speed and brute force. For example "spin bowling" as exemplified by the late Shane Warne from Australia. There are many videos on YT that show what a master of his craft he was. Be prepared to be stunned by his out of this world skill with the ball and enjoy 🙂
I really hope they check out Shane Warne soon!! RIP Warnie
Helmet's came into the game in the late 1970's with a breakaway Cricket Competition called World Series Cricket. Before that, it was duck, hit or cop a smack in the head. 3 of the bowlers in this video were clocked at over 100 Miles per hour. That gives the batsman less that a .001 of a second to decide what to do. Another Australian Bowler from the past, Jeff Thompson was clocked at more than 110 Miles per hour. Batsmen didn't wear helmets back when he played. His famous quote was "If I don't know where the ball is going, what chance have those poor bastards got." Haha
Sir Please React To A Match Highlights. Like 2019 Cricket World Cup Final Or 2023 BBL Final . All These Are Available On RUclips.
We will look I to these and hopefully we can do them.
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In Test Cricket Bouncers Are Intentional And A Comman Thing. But What You Saw In This Video Doesn't Happens Daily.
Interesting!
bouncers are apart of the game and the best way not to be hit is dont be there duck or hit it with the bat only reason they get hit is cause its a ball that there not expecting oh yes someone died by being hit just behind the ear at the base of skull he was an aussie and well liked all over the world his name was Phillip Hughes
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true cant wait for it
it destroys test cricket
Nice reaction, chaps. I think what I love most about cricket is the physical courage necessary to be really good at it. In any top flight innings in any format, you are almost certainly going to get hit by a fast bowler. It's a deliberate tactic to make a batter defend their body rather than the wicket and kind of defines cricket to me. The really good batters are able to overcome the obvious pain and fear and deal with another fast ball just seconds later...when I played cricket and took a 'nasty blow' to the ribs, nuts, elbow etc I wanted to dig a trench inside the popping crease and hide, which might explain why I became an artist instead. Keep up the good work.
'Short stuff' (i.e) "bouncers" is all part of a fast bowler's repertoire. Batsmen (especially in test cricket) are tested for 'bottle' as well as skill by fast guys. If you are seen to show weakness or lack of skill against this sort of attack; backing off, turning the head away and so on, you can guarantee you will get even more everywhere you play. Helmets give a good amount of protection but they are a compromise; visibility, comfort, weight are vital factors as well, particularly where the batter may be batting for hours in hot conditions.
The essential thing, as always was before helmets came into general use, is 'keep your eye on the ball at all times'. If you do that your natural instincts will keep you out of trouble the vast majority of times so you can move the head out of the way, late in flight. Batsmen are more likely to get hit on pitches with bounce that is less reliable, as it becomes harder to assess where a ball is going to be when playing a shot at it, or ducking too soon and finding it doesn't bounce as much as you thought it would.
Quite often there will be conditions where the ball will swing in the air with the seam acting like a rudder in flight and on those occasions the captain will not want to see his bowlers banging it in halfway down the pitch. A skilled fast swing bowler will pitch the ball much further up to get batters on the front foot playing forwards to balls that are deviating enough to get edges for catches to the wicket-keepers and slip fielders. These days Jimmy Anderson, of England, is one of the acknowledged masters of that style of bowling.
Helmets were first used in the 70s in the face of the quartet of West Indian fast bowlers. By the early 80s all Test sides batsmen were using helmets to counter intimidating fast bowlers. There was at least one exception - the great West Indian batsman, Sir Viv Richards who batted from the early 70s to the early 90s without wearing a helmet. He was simply the best batsman I had the good fortune to see in test matches in England.
Thanks for sharing the history of the sport with us! It helps us understand so much more
A bouncer is supposed to make you nervous! haha. Check out different styles of bowling, swing bowling and then spin bowling.
10:32 It's A Part Of The Game. Bouncers Are Intentional.
Okay that's interesting to find out.
bouncers balls are part of the game, blowers are allowed 1 or 2 bouncers in an over. Its is very effective weapon in bowlers arsenal. But there are batsmen out there who play bouncers very easily. Usually batsman utilize 2 types of shots to score runs on a bouncers, the shots are called 'pull shot' and 'hook shot'. If batsman either pulls or hooks and has good contact with the ball, it usually ends up a six or four.
These bouncers are legal "pitches" (using baseball terminology; in cricket "pitches" are called "deliveries" or "balls"). The term "pitch" in cricket refers to the (22-yard) strip of non-turf land between the batsman and the bowler. The cricket ball is pretty hard (feels like a rock). I am not used to the ball used in Baseball - but the Internet says that the cricket ball is harder and heavier.
It is, I watched a video of two professional baseball players trying out cricket for fun, and when they held the ball, they commented how it was so heavy and hard compared to baseball, though much smaller in comparison
2nd comment the reason why in cricket is that players run over if batsman gets hit is cause they all know each other by playing county cricket here in england and other counties
The ball gets replaced at intervals, when depends on the format of cricket played.They don't get replaced often tho.Certain bowlers prefer bowling with an older ball such as spinners or swing bowlers.If a ball is lost, they bring out a case of balls that has various "mileage" on it and try to find one that was as close as possible to the one lost. Bouncers are usually aimed at a batsman's head, the idea is to rattle the batsman.This works often,many batsman have been hit by a fast bowler and play a bad shit getting out a few balls later, bcos they worried about getting hit again. It's the batsman's job to play bouncers well, which will make the bowler give up on the bouncer, which is a taxing delivery
batsmen also prefer an older ball, flat out fast bowling is most effective when the ball is at its hardest so after the express bowlers have worn themselves down with the first few overs you tend to get the slower bowlers
1) Nowadays replacement player is provided if player is severely injured. Earlier if injury is more, then retired hurt, otherwise he may comeback on later stage.
2) If it hits wicket after hitting head or body, it is out.
Interesting. What decided the rule change for that?
@@RealFansSports International Cricket Council ( ICC ) : they do meetings. Sometimes new rules are implemented.
Sometimes there is a reason behind new rule.. Sometimes no reason.
- Here the main reason was to take care of an injured player. Medical Care etc.
In the mid 80's, Mike Gatting got hit so hard from the ball that his nose was smashed to pieces. that was pre helmet days . cricket balls are SO hard
Essentially, if you are worried about your safety, you are less worried about your wicket . Or a bowler might want to keep the batsman on his back foot for tactical reasons
Bouncer over speed of 150 kph is not less dangerous than a bullet
Look at videos called BodyLine bowling by West Indies teams of yesteryears. They invented a very narrow channel bowling aimed at rib cages of batsmen, at high speeds . Those videos are visceral
Helmet only started to keep into the game in the 70's and took many years for every batter to take them up. It's worth checking out anything you can find on the Bodyline series 1932-1933 between Australia and England, leg theory was used by England to combat Don Bradman, as the led side was seen as his only weak point (still stronger than anyone elses), the series was brutal and caused a political stire and it brought about the banning of Leg theory. The bouncer is a deliberate ball aimed at un-nerving the batsman, it is a skill when used correctly, the West Indies were masters of it from the mid 70's to early 90's, Michael Holding was nicked named Whispering Death and he was not even the most deadly of them. There was one in the 80's where Malcolm Marshall (IMO the best quick bowler of all time) hit Mike Gatting on the nose, when he picked the ball up there was bone lodged in it.
It is part of the game. There are a certain number of legal Bouncers allowed per over.
Some Batters are skilled at playing these balls and they play a shot called "Hook"
Some Batters have such a great eye, that they duck and avoid it
Sir Vivian Richards the greatest Westindian batsman who played in an era where there were deadly fast bowlers.. But he never wore a helmet.. He would avoid getting hit by his brilliant batting skills and extraordinary reflexes.. If a bowler would try to bowl a bouncer, he would hit the next one into the stands..
Viv , was a superstar , but , he didn't have to face , Holding , Roberts , Marshall , Ambrose , Garner , Walsh , the only Genuine 100 MPH bowlers , and all in the one team , Viv might play one or two in a season of local cricket , that's why Steve Waugh is not only the most courageous player , he got hit from pillar to post , and would wear a ball to protect his wickets, that is batting , Australia had an ageing Lillee , Thompson , WSC then went and invented baseball, with help for Cricketing bodies , and shot selection vanished , the slog took over , shame
You’ve got a split second to decide what to do to stay alive and maybe score some runs when it’s a fast bowler
its a bowlers problem, but its not really a problem its just the bowler bowling a short delivery so it bounces up higher at the batsman, its called a bouncer or a short delivery and the purpose of it is to shake up the batsman or another word would be to intimidate the batsman, kinda like the fake throw at the face in basketball its to make the opponent shit their pants a little.
@05:04 it's not bad bounce or foul ball it's part of the game
I have played cricket tournaments in California with level 5 Baseball. It is way too softer when compared with Cricket Ball (Hard-Leather covered ball).
If the ball hits the wickets and dislodges the bails (pieces of wood sitting loose on top of the wickets) it's out. Otherwise, the batsman is still in. They do have to get concussion checks now so they may have to go off anyway, or, if they are too injured they can retire hurt. If that happens, they can bat again later if they are up to it. Batsmen can also be out caught if the ball comes of the bat of gloves, and also out leg before wicket if their head is in line with the wickets when the ball hits them.
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Bouncers are completely intentional by the bowlers. It is used to intimidate the batter, Its not a wild a "pitch" . The rule has change so Bouncers not as common. But back in the day this was Bowlers main weapon. If you get hit dust yourself off bat again unless the ball hit the wicket or it hits your bat or gloves and somone catches the ball.
Legendary Viv Richards always said "You have a bat defend yourself"
The rule change to one Bouncer per batsman per over due injuries and deaths.
You react to Killer Bouncers in Cricket
Being hit with a cricket ball is similar to being hit hit with a house brick.
Just a bit rounder.
LOL ouch!
you can duck if you see the bouncer coming and if you don't duck you see the ball and hit and if you miss, pray that your are tough enough to withstand the blow.
22 yards, 100 mph. I never wore a batting helmet, it was just a target if you wore one in country comps in the 80's. But then Australian cricketer Phil Hughes died in a domestic game after being hit in the head in 2014. That is why you see the fielding team checking they are ok.
A cricket ball is quite hard and does hurt especially at 80+ mph from 22 yards away. A funnier way of being hit is taking a blow to the "box" which protects the family jewels. That can bloody hurt.
the guy at 6:50 died because of that bouncer
Listen to the commentary - bowlers don't try to hit the batsmen, but when they do it is usually a great ball.
Cricket is a game of accuracy. Those are not wild throws.. 😅
Lol! We understand that now’ what a crazy sport
Until the late 70s/early 80s, few batsman wore a helmet. But now it's more or less universal.
Phil Hughes (Australian opening batsman) was tragically killed when a bouncer his his neck and split an artery.
This is called as Gentleman game. Hence the concern of walking over to check
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In cricket also they change ball after specific overs (only 1 time) depends on captain if he want to use it or not.
Sometime if ball is so damaged then umpire himself will change it.
Its all part of the game most times the batter manages to duck the bouncers sometimes they get caught
Ahh that makes sense
aiming at the head and body, but not on the full, is a legitimate part of the game. Sadly, a few players have been killed. Up until about 35 years ago, the players wore a cloth cap and still got the ball aimed at the head.
The most famous example of bowling at the body was the infamous bodyline series between England and Australia in 1932-3 which caused a diplomatic incident. Here's a documentary about it.
ruclips.net/video/IsldQF43yyM/видео.html
Wow that’s interesting. We will have to watch that. I couldn’t imagine playing with just a cloth cap.
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the good bowlers have full control over where the ball going the modern batsman don't duck the head out of the way like they did before head protection. Brett Lee broke a lot of helmets on his first tour overseas he was very dangerous
I could only imagine. Even with a helmet it takes a lot of guts to stand in front of that ball
@@RealFansSports You can understand why the slips and the wicket keeper stand so far back so if the pitch is bouncy with the fast bowlers in action as not to break there hands or fingers the cricket ball is a rock compared to the baseball.
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13:15 Getting hit doesn't usually mean anything specific. They might have to do a concussion test and the batter has to go off the field "retired hurt" which is technically not out. They can come back if they are cleared by medical team. There's a famous incident a long time ago where a batter got a broken jaw from a bouncer and came back out bandaged up. "Kim Hughes" was the batter. The safety standards are a lot higher nowadays!
Nonpfixion yes you are correct... the ball going on to hit the stumps is bowled so that is indeed a situation where they are out.
Until relatively recently batsmen wore no protection. Even when helmets were introduced after a couple of serious injuries and a death, many batsmen still resisted the use of helmets arguing they impaired vision and spatial awareness.
The bowlers are supposed to bowl on the wicket but a bit of intimidation is all part of the game, aimed at unsettling the batsman.
checkout without helmet era when bouncers were hitting right in the flesh.
In first class 3 or 5 day matches, each innings typically starts with a new ball. The captain of the fielding side may demand a new ball when the number of overs, excluding any part overs, is at least 80 overs. When the new ball is taken, the umpire at the bowling end informs the other umpire, the batters, and the scorers.
If, the ball cannot be found, happens sometimes when a 'six' is scored, or recovered or the umpires agree that the original ball has become unfit for play through normal use, the umpires are allowed to offer a replacement ball which is already worn in a way comparable with the lost or damaged ball.
A box of substitute ball is kept for this eventuality.
Bouncers are mean to create fear in batsman. And all the bowlers you saw bowling are retired except the Last one (Josh Hazzelwood an Australian player) . Now a days ,A rule is there to prevent bouncers, You can only bowl 1 bouncer in 1 over and repeating it will cause a NO BALL(a free run to the score board and a free hit as well, you can hit the free hit even you got caught or clean bowled(the ball hitting the stumps) , You will be given not out except a run out )... And Its a No z if the bouncer hits the batsman it is not out unless the ball gets hitted with stumps or the ball touches the bat and get caught.
Ya, the ball made of solid wood with metal or concrete core.
A ball comming 150+ kmph , if hits critical unprotected area, one might die. (It happened)
its also part of the game but it is also a method used by bowlers to make a batsman show there place
I have 14 stitches on my bothe lips. Lucky that i don't loose any teeth but cracked 2 of my front tooth. Also once i almost lost my left eye. Hahahah
One of the most fun game. Like playing chess.
Short pitched balls are bowled intentionally targeting the batsmen chest up..more likely the head. The batsman is expected to know how to handle such deliveries..duck, sway out of the line of the ball or use his batting skills to hit the ball and score. It's a test of skill for the bowler and for the batsman it's a test of courage and skill both.
He bowler knows exactly what he is doing. This is part of cricket and batters develop skills to duck under, lean back or hir these balls.
Unlike Baseball, in cricket, ball bounces on the pitch. So hardness/dampness/wetness of the pitch plays a crucial part in deciding the overall trajectory/swing of the ball. The pitches in ANZ and South Africa are hard and have more grass on it, hence the ball bounces and swings much more as compared to most of the Asian sub-continent pitches.
This video explains how cricket balls are made. They are slightly smaller, but a lot harder, than a baseball. As others have said… Phillip Hughes was killed by being hit in just the ‘right’ spot by a cricket ball during a Sheffield Shield (Australian competition between the various states) match in Sydney in 2014. ruclips.net/video/4acrj2LlpF8/видео.htmlsi=OQCzUwedXbRAS_s9
Cricket pitches are of 22 yards in distance and cricket ball is msde of leather and it weighs around 110gms and bowl speeds ranging from 130-160kmps i.e 75-100mph....
It is a legal delivery to intimidate the batsman. Only one above above the shoulder per over (6 balls). Duck if you are quick enough. The ball is called a rock for good reason. The ball has six stiches to add to the variation. The fastes bowlers are comparable to baseball 95 to 100 mph. The length of the pitch is 22 yards (1 chain). This is a standard road easement on a country road. The spinners bowl about 50 to 60 mph. The ball lasts 80 x 6 ball 'overs'. Even at school they bloody hurt... a lot. 2 week bruises. In no way am I degrading baseball because I like baseball. I saw Red Sox play Yankees at Fe❤nway 2004!
In baseball, their is a hitting area and a non scoring out of play zone.
In cricket , there is no out of play zone....... hit the ball over the boundary to score 6 runs.
Before helmuts were allowed to combat Lillee, Thompson, Holding and Roberts in the mid 1970’s...... most good batsmen loved short pitched bouncers....... they were an easy boundary, either 4 or 6 runs.
As kids we were taught to be brave..... stand your ground and smack the short rubbish to the boundary for 4 runs, or over it for 6 runs.
Use the bat to hit the ball, not your body.
Once Tony Grieg donned a motor bike helmut to face Lillee and Thompson, the game changed ....... batsmen didn’t have to be SO brave anymore...... but the bowlers still had to bat and the gentleman’s agreement about bouncers to bowlers was removed..... so now the BOWLERS had to be brave.
Of course, many fielding positions will always require supreme courage.
Bowling bouncers is a part of the game. Bowlers do it to get a wicket or distract the batsman. I have played both baseball and cricket; the distance between the pitcher and the batsman is 60’6” in baseball, but in cricket, the distance between the two creases is 58’. A cricket ball is made out of pure leather, so it can be used for more than 50 overs. Usually, in test matches, we use a red ball, and they use the ball for 80 overs. But in white-ball cricket, they use it only for 25 overs. Both games have similarities, but from experience, I say they require two different skill sets. A good batsman in cricket can be worse in baseball, and a good batter in baseball can be worse in cricket.
This is called a Bouncer, a legal part of cricket. One ball per over is allowed in white ball cricket and 2 balls per over in red ball. You have to react quick on these, good players of these balls have capability of hitting 6s as well
One important thing, bowlers have to precise as if ball goes over head it give run to batting team as well as you can no longer ball bouncer in same over again plus batsman gets a free hit next ball - which means he cannot get out.
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@Nonpfixion's take about bowlers not really having control of where ball is going, its the opposite actually. International level bowlers are extremely in control of the ball, and have practiced pitching it at different lengths 1000s and 1000s of times. So the bouncer is absolutely deliberate.
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@4:10 "Now guys in the comment, is this avoidable...?". Very easily avoidable... Just duck... (The good) Batsmen generally avoid several (even hundreds) of bouncers before they are copped in the head by one odd one and that usually happens when the batsman is going full on, blazing guns and the adrenaline is rushing through the veins and the batsman decides I'm god of batting and I'm not ducking any delivery... Another reason is the batsman has just arrived to the crease and is not fully awake... Ofcourse there is a third reason and that is the batsman is garbage...
Until 80s there were no helmets and pitches suited bowlers even more. Batters in those times were warriors. The Aussies and Westindians and some Pakistanis bowlers were really quick. Facing those without helmet was no joke, Sir Viv Rickards refused to wear a helmet even when they became available in 80s, such was his ego. Watch "Fire in Babylon" a great documentary on the great West Indian team of 70s. They went from a weak team to the strongest team ever. Its quite a story.
How do you avoid it? Try ducking. These are legitimate deliveries in cricket limited to one per over (6 deliveries). The ball is moving at around 87 - 90 mph when it hits the batsman. A cricket ball is small 9 inch circum at 5 and a bit ounces made of cork wound with twine and a stitched leather cover which is very. very hard.
It's completely fine to intimidate batsman this way. Fast bowlers often "soften up" batsman to set them up for dismissals. The shorter the format, the more the bowler is limited in how often they're allowed to do it. In Test cricket (5 days) you can work away at the batsman throughout a day. Only "beamers" are completely prohibited (balls that don't bounce and reach the batsman above hip height). It's called "Test Cricket" for a reason :)
They are not out if they get hit unless they hit the wicket when falling or the ball touches the bat and it is caught. When the ball is new the fast bowlers get it and it has more bounce. As it gets older they give it to the spin bowlers because it turns more when it hits the ground.
This is the game my friend. The fast bowlers are trying to intimidate you and this is a standard tactic... you just have to be good enough... You cannot take your eyes off the ball. Most of these guys are being hit because they are taking their eyes off the ball or trying to duck and the ball follows them.. NASTY!!!
baseball players shud wear a cricket helmet, 1 day a batter will be hit in the face and it won't be pretty
@4:55 "I think it's just a bad bounce..." WRONG, these bowler are snipers and they have absolute control over the bounce and swing and they ARE trying to smack the batsman in the head and it's perfectly legal... You guys reacted to runouts and you know they can hit the wickets from the outfield... It's upto the batsman to avoid it...
@13:10 "Is it out, is it a run...?" It's not out... If it ricochets off the helmet and the ball is still in play and the batsmen complete a run, it's a run... If it ricochets off the helmet and reaches the boundary it's four runs... If it ricochets onto the wickets it's out...
"Do they switch batsmen in...?" In recent times it is a consideration but most probably the team physio comes and does a concussion check and the game goes on from there... Back in the days of the wild, wild west if a batsman lost a couple of teeth like you saw there the physio would come in at his leisurely, stately pace bandage the remaining teeth with sticky bandage, give the batsman a pat on the back and say "Continue, you're good to go..."
A point to note - ball only gets changed if it loses shape or get altered by players through scratching it etc. The Umpires have a ring through which they fit the ball. If it can't go through the ring it gets changed. Scuffing of the ball through natural play is allowed. The players generally work one side of the ball, trying to keep it shiny and the other side dull. You will note that outfielders try and bounce the ball back in to the wicket keeper to assist with roughening / softening the ball. That allows for the reverse swing as the dull side has more friction with the air, shaping it either in or out from the batsmen. Spinners prefer an older ball as it allows more grip in the hand / fingers..
If you were Shane Warne however, you could spin any ball..🙂
It's really amusing, watching two young lads reacting with such horror to something that is just part of the game in first class cricket around the world. What you're seeing is the bowler pitching the ball into the ground a long way short of the batsman, deliberately, in an attempt to get the ball to bounce much higher than is usual. The batsman usually ducks in order to avoid the ball, but, as you saw several times, this move sometimes backfires.
On the wicket measurement thing, it's 22 yards from one wicket to the other. This is where I'll get really geeky. 22 yards are also called a chain. Eight chains is known as a furlong, and 8 furlongs equals one mile. But of course, you guys are Americans, and you still use the old imperial system, so I'm sure I'm teaching you to suck eggs.
Anyway, my pizza has just arrived, so I'll shut up now. Good video, thanks for the laugh😊
Short pitched fast bowling is a tactic employed against some batsmen. It is intended to intimidate. Some batsmen relish taking the bowler on and the tactic isn't often used against them although it is used as a surprise, and gets results. Other batsmen don't deal with it well at all and they can be targeted as a result. Bowlers are limited as to how many can be used, but its still a valid tactic. The pitch is 22 yards from wicket to wicket. The batsman will have fractions of a second to decide how to play if the bowler is genuinely quick. That would be someone who bowls at 90 mph. Yes 90 mph!!!
Perfectly legal. I would bounce batsmen if I thought it could get them to either raise their bat trying to defend, or they'd try to hit it and it'd bounce off the top edge of their bat and pop up for a catch. A common 1-2 punch is to bounce them and then the next ball to bowl a yorker (low ball aimed at their feet).
Also to note, back in the day they didnt wear helmets, and it was still legal. Lots of guys got hit straight on in the head and kept playing.
No rule against it, but its generally considered poor form to bounce any batsman who isn't good enough to defend their stumps (usually bowlers coming out to bat). If you can't get them out, then its game on for bouncers.
Easiest way to avoid it is to duck under it, usually going towards the ball. In cricket the more you avoid a ball the more it seems to follow you. Pro cricketers can read balls going 140KPH+, but amateur cricketers aren't as good and maybe a 110kph bouncer is enough to be scary. Really depends on your level how capable you are of avoiding bouncers.
But sometimes you just misread it, and you duck a ball that isnt that low, or you get hit cos you read it too late.
There is an infamous dismissal where a guy tries to duck a ball and gets given out LBW.
These deliveries are part of the game. It’s a legitimate delivery in the bowlers’ arsenal. Some bowlers specializing in intimidating batters with bouncers. How to avoid? Hit the ball with a hook shot or duck 🤷🏽♂️
watch the ball close and take evasive action if you can. distance for ball to travel is 22 meters and some ore over 150kph. You have less than half a second to decide and react, so most of the shots are premeditated. If you get it wrong you get hurt..
Also, helmet get replaced after receiving a hit..generally.
Bit of “chin music” get them ducking around, or “badging” when you get the team logo. All part of the game. Remember the batsman is there in a defensive roll to the stumps, scoring runs in the process. the fielding side is trying to break the wicket.
That’s because all baseball throws are ‘full tosses’..They never touch the ground.The condition of the ball is important in cricket, because a new ball versus an old ball behaves differently when bouncing off the pitch ( ground) in front of the batsmen.
Top class bowlers can hit any part of the pitch, short pitched balls bounce the highest, bouncers are intentional. The ball weighs 5 1/2 ounces and is very hard, it stings when you catch it if you have poor technique, only the wicket keeper is allowed to wear gloves. Fast bowlers pitch at 95-100 MPH. There have been deaths on the pitch when a player has been struck by a fast ball, these days batters are better protected, but broken fingers are not unusual and aggressive body-line bowling can lead to serious bruising. Some limited overs cricket is played with a white ball which is easier to see and works for games at night under floodlights. First class cricket uses a red ball, harder to see which helps Captains set up more aggressive field placings.
It's legal to bowl at the body. There was a death a few years ago (one of the Aussie top players) that resulted in redesign of the helmet. There is a limit on hour many bouncers you are allowed to bowl in an over (6 balls / pitches).
In cricket it is perfectly legal, and also common to bowl directly AT the batter. A bouncer is a specific type of ball that rises around head high, usually it's easy to spot as it bounces around midway down the wicket. Some bowlers can make a ball rise unexpected high without bowling particularly short; these are often the dangerous ones as the batter isn't expecting it. There's a bat stroke called a hook, which you see here been used (or attempted) to hit a bouncer.
There are no real rules, but in general bowlers only bowl bouncers at recognised batsmen, i.e. at the tai end you get the bowlers come in to bat, it's considered bad form to bowl bouncers at these guys as they really don't have the skill to deal with it.
its a 22 yard strip between bowler and batsman. cricket ball is 5 and a half ounces. In test match format bowler is allowed to ball 1 bouncer whcih I guess is also the same rule in t20 and 50 over match. cricket ball is much harder than a baseball. we have loads of protection gear in cricket from pads, helmet, abdomen card or nut guard. we have elbow guard which is barely used these days. we have thigh pad as well. cricket has changed a lot over last 25 years or so .
There is something to be said for batsmen playing the short ball worse with helmets, so many turned their heads in fear in this video, taking their eyes off the ball. This is the worst thing you can do. Watch it all the way, move late, after it has done whatever it is going to do off the pitch. I don't wear a helmet (amateur UK cricket - adults still have the choice). It's often better to not duck, to keep the hands low so you can't glove off, wear it on the body if you have to and just sway the head away at the last moment if necessary. I have had the cap knocked off my head, and have worn one on the chin in 20 years of playing. That was our young quick bowler working with me on his pace in the nets, I was winding him up to see how quick he could go after sorting a run up issue out. Only 17 and he bowled me a ball that I never saw between his hand and my jaw. I walked down the track straight into it. Fortunately no more damage than a golf ball sized swelling and a nice bruise. He messed his back up bowling that ball and only bowled again last week.... At about half the pace :(