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The most important aspect of a stance is that it must be easy and relaxed.
The feet must be parallel to the crease with the right foot inside the
crease and the left foot outside. The legs must be spread apart
comfortably, about shoulder's width.
The front foot may be opened out slightly but care must be taken to ensure that the body is always in the side-on position to the bowler with the weight equally distributed between the feet.
The knee should be slightly bent and the batsman's weight must be on
the balls of the feet.
The toe of the bat rests behind the last toe of the back foot and the
left glove rests lightly on the thigh of the front foot.
The left shoulder points down the pitch and the head is turned fully
to face the bowler with the eyes level. Too upright or too crouched a
stance should be avoided.
The stance should be such that the batsman is ready to move quickly
either on to the front or back foot and be able to transfer his weight
from one leg to other comfortably.
Here too, individual variations are allowed so long as the body
position remains mostly sideways while playing the ball.
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