When a fast bowler delivers a short ball at the batsman's body or head height, and where the ball rises on a steep plane, the "pick-up" shot gives the hitter an elegant and safe way to access that ball rather than having to hook or pull it. Instead of swinging across the line, the hitter hits the ball in a vertical direction, guiding it over the heads of the infielders, working the wr... https://faairplay.ac/