Batting is no guessing game

A scientific study claims that top batsmen can predict the sort of ball a bowler is going to deliver before it even leaves his hand.

A report by Dr Sean Müller of RMIT University in the latest issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology states that the best batsman can predict how a ball will swing and where it will bounce well before it's airborne.

"[Experienced players] can pick up ... cues that the intermediate and novice players don't or aren't sensitive to."