What is a square cut in cricket?
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Square cut in cricket is a horizontal-bat stroke played on the back foot to deliveries short and outside the off stump, both against pacers and spinners.
The ball’s pace is used to direct it square, through the open space between the cover point and point on the offside, or sometimes ever finer, behind point. Perfect timing, footwork, the right decision making as per when is the right time and ball to play the shot are necessary to master it.
Since the batter can free his or her arms, the power is maximum.
The square cut is a popular shot in modern cricket for its effectiveness in scoring runs off short deliveries and is frequently used by batsmen to capitalize on such bowling strategies.