DARREN STEVENS

Last week we spoke about the expanding variety of slower balls employed by fast bowlers in T20 cricket and how deceptive they are when there is no giveaway in the bowler’s action and arm speed. So let’s put the shoe on the other foot: what can batters do when it’s so difficult to know what’s coming next? Is it the off-cutter or the knuckle ball? Which way is the seam pointing? Is the shiny side on the left or the right?
James Whitaker was my first captain at Leicestershire and early on he gave me some advice which stuck with me for the rest of my career.
James asked me what ...