Not all that impressive. Bowled "two foot no balls" consistently for three deliveries, with the delivery that I was taken off being a waist high fultoss!
Am not all that disappointed - I consistently landed on the same spot! That mostly implies I marked a shorter run up, and I guess I did - 12 steps instead of 14. What we can learn from here is that small mistake cost us a lot! Don't be so careless about them!
Nishant told me about my unsteady head. Great! Proper feedback on the first day itself! Well, It's just getting back into rhythm of something I have barely done for two months - so am not worried about it so much. Found a drill for steady heads!
Fielding
Mostly catching practice - the "Slip style" and the high catches, both forward and backward run.
Got a few points in my head:
- If the catches are low in the slip catch practice, why bend only sidewards? Missed ALL of my low catches! Bend a little forwards as well!
- During the high catch practice, I observed a lot of guys giving up their "attack" in the last few milliseconds! I feel that is the most crucial time to correct your judgement - you know, kind of all's not lost attitude!
- Don't sprint from the beginning, especially if the ball's rising from a gloomy horizon. Advance towards the ball cautiously, and "go for it with full force" only after the highest point in the trajectory comes - or whenever the ball's not in the foreground of trees/dark objects and in the foreground of the clear sky.
- Disappointed about the bowling, but it's ok. You know your mistakes - you can work on them!
- Plus, no need to be unconfident just because you couldn't deliver! If insincere people can walk around with pride, we can too! Only that the pride should come from the fact that we are concerned enough and then that we act on our concerns!
