It definately helps pointing toward the pitch of the ball when playing forward, just like real life 
on backfoot shot I tend to pull back and towards where I want my back foot to land, so for a right handed cut shot I pull back and to the right etc, or for a nice pull shot back and to the right as well to get inside the line for a pull shot. in my mind it works great, whether this is reality or not I cant tell as I have always played my shots emulating real cricket shots as I was a batter IRL
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