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86 on the off side. If, as sometimes happens, the wickets are pitched near one boundary, don't put your slow bowler on the end where an airy sky-scraper will fall over the boundary—put him on, instead, at the end where there is plenty of room for the deep fields to get a catch. Another bit of policy, I think, is sound—that is, not to be in a hurry to change the bowling. Some captains, I notice, seem to change at nearly every over. The hitter is much more likely to get out to a good bowler than he is to an indiscriminate collection of bad length bowlers; for, naturally, bad length balls are what the hitter revels in, though I am well aware that Jessop, for instance, appears to be able to hit a good length ball in a way that is quite amazing. Lastly, take it easy as to time. See that your fields are in their proper places before the bowler begins the over; and bear in mind the golden rule of all—to tell your bowlers to bowl a good length wide of the off stump; there are more hitters got out if they adopt this policy, caught on the off side