Are batsmen finding it difficult to hit full-tosses to the boundary?

[akmalfamilyfan]

I am not extremely knowledgable about cricket, so please do excuse me if this post doesn't make sense. But to me it seems like as time has passed full tosses have become harder to hit.

I am fairly young so I have only been watching cricket for 12 years or so. To me it has seemed like before full tosses used to be bashed around the park regularly, and now it seems like full tosses almost always end up in a batsman holing out to a fielder.

Is this just me, or have other people started noticing this to?

(Used to hit these out of the park everytime)

 

[slice]

ah yes I have noticed it too.Actually even Afridi used to get out on full tosses a lot.I think to correctly hit fultosses you need more proper batting technique,which maybe seems to be disappearing nowadays.

 

[akmalfamilyfan]

Afridi was probably out on full tosses more than any other batsman. But I remember that was mostly after hitting a couple to the boundary at least. Unlike batsmen today who seem to be hitting length balls and half volleys out of the park and then hole out to mid off on a full toss. Weird times. Hopefully other people lend their voices.

 

[gazza619]

Good observation. I am not sure why guys are failing to hit the full toss out of the park. I always found full tosses easy to hit.

 

[akmalfamilyfan]

Yes, especially in gully cricket or school cricket; full tosses were candy to us. I thought it may have just been my misconceptions. Maybe there is some reasoning to this. Because the argue that batsmen don't have the right technique doesn't sit well with me. As in general batsmen are gearing towards playing T20 cricket and other shorter formats. Which means that although their general technique may not be as great, they should be able to smash full tosses way harder than older players from ODI and Test eras.

 

[iPakistani]

Yes I've noticed this too full tosses are never hit also free hits are being missed alot or only being hit for a 4.

One other thing is I rarely ever see a bowler bowl over 145 kph consistently, a few years ago it was nearly every fast bowler bowling 145 minimum.

 

[hadi123]

Some times a full toss can deceive a batsman, and it's embarassing getting out to one. But it's very risky as more often than not, a good batsman will smash it but the odd full toss may deceive someone.

 

[mastersaan10]

Well if you think about it, I don't think batsman will practice against full tossess but against everything else they will practice so when the ball comes as waist height you are not letting the body carry out an action which has been practiced.