The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying their sport – by giving plenty of simple practice drills and showing how the star players do it. Cricket: Batting aims to teach the basic skills needed to become successful with the bat. It teaches young players how to: – Control the bat – Face a bowler – Play all the shots – Read a bowler – Understand the field – Run between the wickets Clearly illustrated and written by a professional coach, this book will give every player all the skills they need to enjoy cricket.

All the Cricket books in the Know the Game Skills series are written by a fully qualified coach who has many years’ experience teaching children at all levels.