Switch hit

A switch hit is a modern cricket shot believed to have been first used by England cricketer Kevin Pietersen on 15 June 2008 in a one-day international against New Zealand. Pietersen actually played the shot for the first time of Muttiah Muralitharan in a test match against Sri Lanka in 2006. The test occurred May 25-28, 2006. Despite the shot becoming a fad due to Kevin Pietersen (there is certainly no argument about that), it is believed that Jonty Rhodes actually executed this shot first for a six. He hit a switch-hit six off Darren Lehmann in a one day international between Australia and South Africa on March 27, 2002. A switch hit involved effectively changed from a right-hander to a left-hander just before the ball was delivered by the bowler for the purpose of executing the shot. It is a variation of the reverse sweep, in which the stance is changed during the bowler's delivery action, has been compared to switch-hitting in baseball. Australia's David Warner is a notable user of this shot and was endorsed to use a double-faced bat in Twenty20 cricket.