England's Summer Of Cricket against New Zealand and AUSTRALIA!

[PTP]

he's talking arnish shaggy

[Shaggy]

Yeah, don't the fellas who use the bat get called the defence?

No! The bowling unit is often called the attack though...the bowling attack. They both attack.

[EwarWoo]

They defend their wicket, but they're also "the striker". The bowlers are referred to as "the attack" but they also defend the run total by bowling a tight line.

There's not really an offence / defence split.

[PTP]

tho some times the batsmen do defend

[Daniel 7]

Its just what I've picked up from SSN. They refer to the batter as the defence, which I found odd because they're essentially the scorers, which is usually what an attack does in other sports.

[Alex]

Hey guys! Do you all remember when Harv snapped? Do you think its because he is **** at Cricket too?

[EwarWoo]

Its just what I've picked up from SSN. They refer to the batter as the defence

They have 2 ways to play depending on the pace of the game, the ball that comes at them, newness of ball etc. They can "attack" and go after runs, or they can "defend" their wickets. Being able to do the latter successfully is called having a good defence.

I'm guessing you misheard a commentator referring to the batsmans defence, not the teams.

[EwarWoo]

Hey guys! Do you all remember when Harv snapped? Do you think its because he is **** at Cricket too?

Which one? When he wanted to hamstring one of their players with a knife or when he called Hollowman a cunt?

[Shaggy]

They have 2 ways to play depending on the pace of the game, the ball that comes at them, newness of ball etc. They can "attack" and go after runs, or they can "defend" their wickets. Being able to do the latter successfully is called having a good defence.

I'm guessing you misheard a commentator referring to the batsmans defence, not the teams.

It's like a boxer I suppose...can attack or defend depending on the situation. But the batters are absolutely not called 'the defence' in cricket.

[Alex]

You can have an attack or defense minded batsman. Trott is defensively minded, hates losing his wicket. But someone like Pietersen is attack minded and loves playing his shots.

[Alex]

Which one? When he wanted to hamstring one of their players with a knife or when he called Hollowman a cunt?

All of them

[EwarWoo]

You can have an attack or defense minded batsman. Trott is defensively minded, hates losing his wicket. But someone like Pietersen is attack minded and loves playing his shots.

Also where they play in the order should generally represent their relative strength.

A new ball on a fresh wicket moves very fast so can be more dangerous.

Opening batsmen are expected to defend to take the shine off it, so your openers should have the best defence. This is why the scoring usually starts slow. Although they often can strike the ball well these days, they're not expected to.

3 & 4 are generally halfway, they need to defend if your opener goes cheap, but usually by then you need them to start to attack and get runs.

By the time you hit 5 & 6 you want your players who are best at going after runs to get you a nice total..

Your bowlers then defend the total and attack the batsmen. The oppositions batsmen defend their wicket and attack the total.

5 days later you have a winner. If you're lucky.

[Hollowman]

Harvdouken!

[Daniel 7]

Nah they were definitely talking about the English defence when they were batting

[Shaggy]

Might've been referring to an individual English batsman's defence - no-one with a modicum of knowledge about cricket would ever refer to a team's batting as their "defence".