Originally posted by s-brooks
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I would still prefer ratings to remain mostly hidden. What does need improving is more information on the batsman other than just aggression, front/back foot and off/leg side preferences. Same applies to bowlers which we know even less about other than their bowling type and figures. Is a fast-medium a hit the deck bowler to seam the ball or prefers to pitch the ball up to swing the ball. This would also help us judge the right bowlers for the conditions that are played in.
If a batsman has preference for front foot and leg side it doesn't really tells us if they are weak on the back foot or off side. Currently some one thats strong on off side and strong on front foot does not tell us which is weaker of the two. This is where coaches should come in and inform us that the batsman is strong on the front foot, but he is not weak on the back foot even though he has strong front foot preference, but need to improve his leg side more than his back foot. The only way the player can determine this himself is through looking at where he is scoring his shots and how he is playing and missing or getting out. But, this does not automatically determine anything as man batsmen miss or get out from playing to their strengths.
More feedback from training is required to inform us if there are signs of improvements being made other than a message that may or may not ever appear telling us that they've improved on a weakness or strength.
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