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Cricket · Level 3

Pre-Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 6 September 2026

Level 3 leaves the rulebook behind and works the craft of the game: batting craft, from stance and trigger to the front- and back-foot shots, playing spin against pace, leaving, running a partnership and the sweep family; pace bowling, swing against seam, the wobble ball, the yorker and the bouncer, reverse swing and what it needs, lines and lengths and the field for each; spin bowling, off spin and leg spin, the wrong'un and the carrom ball, flight against drift, bowling to a left-hander and using the rough; fielding, catching and keeping, the named positions and why they are placed there, slip catching, the outfield throw, standing up against standing back and run-out angles; and captaincy and match situations, reading the pitch, when to take the new ball, setting a field to a plan, chasing against defending, the tail and closing out a Twenty20.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 3.1Batting CraftThis sub-level teaches how a batter sets up and moves before the ball — the stance, taking guard and the trigger movement; the front-foot strokes built off the drive; the back-foot strokes, the cut, the pull and the…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 3.2Pace BowlingThis sub-level teaches how a fast bowler moves the ball and builds pressure — conventional swing, the grip, seam angle and shiny side that make it curve, and when it swings; seam movement and the wobble-seam ball…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 3.3Spin BowlingThis sub-level teaches how a spinner deceives a batter through the air and off the pitch — off spin, its finger grip, the stock off break, the arm ball and the doosra; leg spin, the wrist action, the leg break, the…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 3.4Fielding, Catching and KeepingThis sub-level teaches how a fielding side is built and run — the named catching and fielding positions and why each one sits where it does, the ring against the deep; slip and close catching, watching the edge, soft…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 3.5Captaincy and Match SituationsThis sub-level teaches the decisions that shape a match rather than a ball — reading the pitch and the sky, what a green, dry, cracked or two-paced surface means and how the toss follows from it; the new ball and…5 tests · 50 facts

Written from

ESPNcricinfo and its coaching glossary for technique and tactics; recognised cricket coaching material for stroke play, bowling actions and field settings; general cricket knowledge for match situations. Level 3 is skills and judgement, not the Laws, so the MCC code is cited only where a Law underpins a tactical point. Questions are authored from these sources, not reproduced from them.