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Editor's note
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“Boxing Day is now synonymous with Test cricket as much as it is with eating Christmas lunch leftovers, family road trips and shopping.
The Boxing Day Test is special, and an Ashes game can draw crowds of more than 80,000. For batsmen, the pressure is immense. To succeed on such a big stage, they have to make the right decisions, ball after ball, facing bowlers who can bowl over 150km/hr. It will take incredible concentration, emotional control and skill to score a memorable MCG century.
We asked Jonathan Connor, a specialist in skills acquisition with Cricket Australia, to explain some of the techniques and strategies batsmen use to cope with the temporal and mental demands of the game, and how they develop their batting expertise.”
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Emil Jeyaratnam
Multimedia Editor
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Top Story
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Elite batsmen seem to be playing their natural game, but are constantly adapting to the conditions and the opposition bowlers.
Digitally altered image. Original by Dean Lewins/AAP
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