Key skills in cricket: 

The key skills that you will develop are: 

1. Batting (defensive) – front and back foot.

2. Batting (attacking) – front and back foot (drive, pull, hook, cut, sweep).

3. Bowling – medium pace or fast pace or spin (line, length, variation).

4. Catching in the field (from close, from distance) or catching as wicket keeper (standing up, standing back).

5. Throwing and ground fielding in the field (from close, from distance) or stumping and recovery work as a wicket keeper.