User question: How many of you have tried the reverse sweep and how has it worked for you?

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User question: How many of you have tried the reverse sweep and how has it worked for you?

Answer 1

The reverse sweep is my least effective and worse shot. In fact, my attempts at it are so bad that the last time I tried to do it I got tangled up and fell over, much to the mirth of everyone on the field (including the umpires) and my teammates back in the shed. Not a good moment for me I can tell you!

There is something about having to swing the bat in a low horizontal manner while reversing the bat half-way through the swing and sweeping the ball that confuses my brain. It's weird because I have no problem with a normal sweep shot (not that I ever use it much) and I actually know how to you're supposed to do the reverse sweep. It just doesn't work for me at all so I don't even try it anymore.

Answer 2

I've tried it like 3 times

first time i missed it horribly and looked dumb

second time i tried it off a quickie and got hit on the grill of my helmet (not cool)

Third time i hit it to the square leg boundary for a for

but i dont likr this shot and most other premeditated shots in cricket

Answer 3

I have tried many times and tried very well.

Answer 4

I honestly can't play that shot..........so tough..................hats off to Paul Nixon...............

Answer 5

Quite simply i cant play this shot!

I got bowled trying it recently! (after the KP switch hit lol) I just cannot play that shot!

Answer 6

I would never attempt the reverse sweep. In my opinion the shot should be outlawed. I am still haunted by Mike Gatting's reverse sweep in the 1987 World Cup Final. I crept out of bed at 4:00am to watch that match, with the sound on the TV on very low so as not to disturb my parents. All to no avail, as Gatting's reverse sweep lost us the game.

Ban it, I say.

Answer 7

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