Some good learnings from the weekend battling my way to 37 of 70 rocks against a good bowling attack, bowling consistently to well set fields.
- In previous weeks my body (mainly forearms / upperback) was more tense than I would’ve liked, leading to me over hitting at times. This week through me anchoring to a new phrase I like pre ball, not only was I not over hitting but my clarity of thought was clearer (after keeping for 53 overs to) and therefore making better decisions!
- Don’t get me wrong, they bowled well, but it got to a point where the RR went up to 6’s. Spinners then came on and before I got out, me and my Mental Muscling partner managed to lessen the RR after a great few overs of taking some risks which lined up with my strengthens and the field. Next time I could be more proactive, earlier in my innings so it doesn’t get to this point. Using the width of my crease was an option that works well for me.
- Another small win for me has to be the way I handled chat. Night and day compared to a year or two ago. Having the perspective of they just want to win is why they’re saying the things that they're saying seems to dismiss any chat having an affect over me (from reflection). It wasn’t until a team mate mentioned off the field how much they were giving I realised I must’ve handled it well.