World Twenty20: Jimmy Anderson, Kumar Sangakkara and Kevin Pietersen masterclasses
Watch our experts' masterclasses...
Last Updated: 26/03/16 2:38pm
Sky Sports' ICC World T20 Zone is full of experts and we've got masterclasses on power hitting, playing spin and bowling seam!
Throughout the course of the tournament, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara and many more will supply tricks of the trade, so make sure you stick with Sky Sports to watch them...
Seam bowling demo
The ball is disappearing around the park and you're about to start a new over? How do you get your side back in the game? Broad and Anderson discuss the importance of reading the wicket and adapting to conditions before deciding what to bowl - and then backing your skill and achieving the all-too important elements of disguise and surprise! Also, find out a top tip from Broady about how he keeps his front arm straight! Click here to watch the video.
Kumar's batting clinic
When Kumar Sangakkara - a man with 12,400 Test, 14,324 ODI and 1,382 T20I runs respectively - talks batting, you listen. The former Sri Lanka star, though, has been mightily impressed by the likes of Joe Root and Chris Gayle in this World T20 and entered The Zone to show how they score runs with conventional batting strokes and don't rely on slogs to play match-winning innings. Click here to watch the video.
Playing spin
Pietersen dissects how India's Virat Kohli - or 'The Freak', as he calls him - uses his wrists to power the ball to the extra-cover boundary, as well as how England can use his mentality to rotate the strike against slow bowlers. Pietersen also looks at how picking length is crucial and how Rahul Dravid had a profound impact on the way he deals with spin. Click here to watch the video.
The helicopter shot
MS Dhoni is the originator of the helicopter shot, with Afghanistan opener Mohammad Shahzad a keen player of it, too, but do Anderson and Shane Warne have it in their armoury? The Burnley Lara and the Australia legend go up against the Sky Sports bowling machine to find out... Click here to watch the video.
Power-hitting demo
Ed Joyce and Michael Atherton examine how senior players have had to adapt to muscling the ball over the ropes, both mentally and physically, as T20 cricket has become more prominent. Ed then demonstrates how a baseball stance helped him hit sixes, while Athers wonders whether playing other sports has helped England's Jos Buttler bat so dynamically. Click here to watch the video.
The orthodox and reverse sweep
Joyce explains how batsmen must keep their head dead straight, while his former Ireland colleague, Kyle McCallan, reveals how he would look to bowl against a sweeper - keep the ball straight, cramp the batsman for room and, if you can, try to generate some bounce. McCallan also looks at how DRS has helped spinners against sweeping batsmen. Click here to watch the video.
Bowling and fielding with a wet ball
England's bowlers struggled with the dew factor in Mumbai as West Indies supremo Chris Gayle bashed them to all parts while scoring a 47-ball ton, so how do you cope with a wet ball? Former Australia all-rounder Marcus North explains how drying the seam, rather than the whole ball, and why altering your bowling grip can be key, while Matt Prior assesses how fielders and batsmen are impacted. Click here to watch the video.
Batting like 'Boom Boom'
Shahid Afridi cracked 49 from just 19 balls during Pakistan's win over Bangladesh, leading Prior to look at how the veteran's movement at the crease helped him find boundaries off the seamers - and how his static stance allowed him to smack the spinners. Click here to watch the video.
Bowling in the first six
England Women's Kate Cross explains how she approaches bowling in the first six overs of an international T20 match, and why it is particularly challenging in the women's game. Kate ran us through the specific drills she likes to practice in order to perfect her yorkers or bouncers, and how to best adjust your delivery should the batsman's movement be pre-meditated. Click here to watch the video.
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