Cricket Basic Number 64 (Batting): Don't Go the Tonk Too Soon at the End

64. Don’t go the tonk too soon at the end. When batting first in a limited overs match and trying to score quick boundaries at the end of the innings you must first ensure that your team bats for all the available overs and is not prematurely bowled out. Try and hit boundaries in the least protected areas of the field and let the ball determine the shot. However, still assume you are going to lose a wicket every over when slogging at the end. This means you should never start going the tonk unless you have one wicket in hand per over left. For example, if you are five down in a fifty over match you stick to the “hit singles to the outfield” policy until the forty-sixth over, if you are seven down you wait until the forty-eighth over.