The rest of us would be looking for a hole to hide in if our first two deliveries had been pummelled for six.
Not Bradley Scott.
The Otago left-armer is able to shrug off those moments in a match.
Experience helps and the 36-year-old Green Island stalwart certainly has plenty of that.
In a career spanning 14 years, Scott has amassed 97 one-dayers, 65 first-class games and 52 twenty20 appearances.
That said, the pressure must go on when Auckland's Colin Munro has just whipped your first delivery over midwicket for six and smashed the next, a slower ball, over your head for a tremendous six.
That was exactly the situation Scott found himself in at Eden Park Outer Oval on Sunday afternoon.
The cameras were rolling too and no doubt some of his pupils at King's High School were watching their maths and physical education teacher being punished on television.
They fist-bump him in the hallway when games have gone well but this particular game was not going well.
But, somehow, Scott had the fortitude to return to his mark and he clawed his way back from a disastrous beginning to finish with one for 29 from his block of four overs.
''If you don't execute, you get smashed, especially now that I've dropped a lot in pace. I imagine I used to be a wee bit sharper. I don't think I was always this slow,'' Scott said, chuckling.
''We try to stay as calm as we can. It's twenty20, so you are going to get hit for six.''
Scott went back to his mark and back to the plan, which involved keeping Munro off strike in the hope he would ''go cold''.
That is sort of what happened. Nathan McCullum came on and bowled a tight over and removed the dangerous Colin de Grandhomme.
When Munro got back on strike, he hit out for 45 from 17 deliveries.
Otago was arguably favourite to win from that point but, as so often happens, the scoreboard pressure got to the chasing side and Auckland defended well to win by one run.
It was close but once Otago's top four had been removed, the target appeared a lot more distant.
In the past, the Volts have had Ryan ten Doeschate coming in to close games.
But this season, the middle order is choking with all-rounders and perhaps missing another specialist batsman.
Scott is not convinced a change is necessary. And the Volts have stuck with the same 12 for their match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve this afternoon.
''The top four has been doing the job and the lower order has not had a bat for a couple of weeks,'' Scott said.
''We fell one run short, so I don't think we were too far off. We have a plan which we believe in and we are going to keep using that blueprint.''
Otago (16 points) leads the tournament with four wins from six games, so it is hard to argue with Scott's logic.
Northern Districts and Auckland are next on the list with 14 points apiece.
Auckland has a game in hand, though.
Central Districts is in fourth place with 10 points, while Wellington (8), also with a game in hand, and Canterbury (6) round out the final two places.
Otago beat Wellington by seven wickets earlier this month and Scott played an important role with three for 25.
Opener Neil Broom anchored the chase with an undefeated 70.
A key to Otago's success so far has been its ability to chip out wickets.
McCullum (9), Jacob Duffy (9) and Warren Barnes (8) have 26 wickets between them and fill the top three places on the list of leading wicket-takers.
Broom is in the No1 spot for runs scored with 230.
Twenty20
Otago v Wellington
Basin Reserve, today, 4pm
Otago: Anaru Kitchen, Neil Broom, Michael Bracewell, Brad Wilson, Nathan McCullum (captain), Derek de Boorder, Josh Finnie, Sam Wells, Bradley Scott, Jacob Duffy, Warren Barnes, Michael Rae.
Wellington (from): Michael Papps (captain), Michael Pollard, Stephen Murdoch, Craig Cachopa, Matt Taylor, Alecz Day, Luke Woodcock, Jeetan Patel, Dane Hutchinson, Brent Arnel, Jade Dernbach, Tom Blundell, Anurag Verma.
