Ask any legendary fast bowler the key to taking wickets, and the answer is always the same: **consistency**. Bowling a single unplayable delivery is easy, but bowling six deliveries in a row on the exact same spot is what forces batsmen into mistakes. CricsApp's **Pitch Delivery Scatter Maps** are designed to help you track this metric scientifically.

Reading Your Landing Plots

Whenever you bowler in a match scored on CricsApp, the app charts the exact pitching coordinate of every single delivery. By looking at the Bowling Analytics tab, you get a visual scatter plot divided into three lengths:

  • Good Length (Green): Pitching between 6 and 8 meters from the batting wickets. This is the "corridor of uncertainty" where batsmen struggle to choose between playing forward or back.
  • Short Length (Red): Pitching further back, enabling bouncers or pull shots.
  • Full / Yorker (Yellow): Pitching right at the batsman's feet, useful for death-overs containment or targeting stumps directly.
"A scattered map indicates lack of control. Your goal is to compress the scatter dots into a tight, dense cluster in the green Good Length region."

Locking in the corridor

To improve your bowling line, compare your scatter maps across matches. If you see dots spreading wide on both sides of the wickets, focus on your wrist position during release. If your dots are spreading vertically (too short or too full), review your front foot landing spot to ensure a stable, repeatable delivery stride. Over a season, aiming to keep 60%+ of your deliveries in the good length zone will dramatically lower your economy rate and capture more edges.