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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM




7. Create Something From Nothing

"You use the same feint twice. Having reacted to the first and often the second feint as well, the enemy will be hesitant to react to a third feint. Therefore the third feint is the actual attack catching your enemy with his guard down. "






18. To Catch the Bandits First Capture Their Leader

"If the enemy's army is strong but is allied to the commander only by money or threats then, take aim at the leader. If the commander falls the rest of the army will disperse or come over to your side. If, however, they are allied to the leader through loyalty then beware, the army can continue to fight on after his death out of vengeance."








27. Feign Madness But Keep Your Balance

"Hide behind the mask of a fool, a drunk, or a madman to create confusion about your intentions and motivations. Lure your opponent into underestimating your ability until, overconfident, he drops his guard. Then you may attack."

Vermuelen, Symonds, Shoaib, Bhajji....you get the drift.

33. The Strategy of Sowing Discord

"Undermine your enemy's ability to fight by secretly causing discord between him and his friends, allies, advisors, family, commanders, soldiers, and population. While he is preoccupied settling internal disputes his ability to attack or defend, is compromised."

Media can play a role in this Machivellan machination. They can inflate and balloon up a small-affair and make a mountain out of a molehill in print of such sagas as opponents joining rebel group and create negative propaganda.

34. The Strategy of Injuring Yourself

"Pretending to be injured has two possible applications. In the first, the enemy is lulled into relaxing his guard since he no longer considers you to be an immediate threat. The second is a way of ingratiating yourself to your enemy by pretending the injury was caused by a mutual enemy."

Bring in an runner while pretending to be injured. Opponents may not be aware that your three-men subterfuge is more coordinated then their fielding reaction which is not used to this type of anomalies.

35. The Tactic of Combining Tactics

"In important matters one should use several strategies applied simultaneously. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; in this manner if any one strategy fails you would still have several others to fall back on."

Self-explanatory.
16. To Catch Something, First Let It Go

"Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack. To prevent this you let the enemy believe he still has a chance for freedom. His will to fight is thus dampened by his desire to escape. When in the end the freedom is proven a falsehood the enemy's morale will be defeated and he will surrender without a fight."

There is also an art on when to give 'loose' balls or juicy full tosses. Remember there is no 'good' or 'bad' deliveries rather it entirely depends on situation, bowlers mentality, field setting and oppositions mental state.

these are very useful...kinda practically.

VI. Stratagems for desperate situations

31. The Strategy of Beautiful Women

"Send your enemy beautiful women to cause discord within his camp. This strategy can work on three levels. First, the ruler becomes so enamored with the beauty that he neglects his duties and allows his vigilance to wane. Second, other males at court will begin to display aggressive behavior that inflames minor differences hindering co-operation and destroying morale. Third, other females at court, motivated by jealousy and envy, begin to plot intrigues further exasperating the situation."

Afridi and some Pakistan players complained about cheerleaders. Also a batsman should be aware if any of his adversaries is distracted by any cheerleaders. Also, if the theory is not taken too literally then they should preserve sexual energies instead of partying and clubbing the night before so that they don't become sapwood.

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excellent find..well cricketing explanation inclusion, judging the points...green light given