I'm Mark Ramprakash of Surrey and England and I'm going to show you how to play the square cut.

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It's one of the most attacking off-side strokes and you'll see it played a lot during the Cricket World Cup.

The square cut is played to a ball outside the off stump that is short and wide.

You have to move your backfoot across to the line of the ball, but keeping your front shoulder side-on to the bowler.

Have your arms fully extended as you hit the ball, keeping your head still and your eyes focused on the ball.

Roll your wrists over the top of the shot to keep the ball down and follow through so that the bat comes up above your front shoulder.

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