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Originally Posted by nandeyanen
yeah the crowd will cheer a bowler as he runs in and whatnot...especially when a game is close and an important wicket could turn the game in favour of the fielding team.
but obviously the bowlers will mix up their deliveries like a baseball pitcher would...so sometimes they are aiming to provoke the batsman to hit a ball to be caught rather than directly at the stumps
thats exactly like how modern baseball cheering seems to work. tactics too, with the bowler aiming for the batter to do something, like groundout. i have another question, though. when the batter makes contact and like hits the ball on the ground to someone, are they out? or does it have to be a pop fly catch or wicket hit? what do you see the most?