The sweep has become the favored shot against spinners, especially by England's batsmen.
It is a cross-batted shot played to a delivery on or around leg stump behind square on the leg side.
There's an element of risk when you play the shot, so read on to make sure you don't give your wicket away needlessly.

STEP ONE
Lead towards the line of the ball with head and front shoulder.
Place the front pad into the line of the ball and then bending the front leg and collapsing the back leg.

STEP TWO
With your head over the front knee, bring the bat down and across from a high backswing.

Strike the ball in front of the pad with the arms outstretched and both shoulders facing directly down the pitch.

Roll the wrists on contact to keep the ball down.

STEP THREE

Follow through so that the bat finishes in a high position with the hands close to the front shoulder.

Over the years batsmen have developed different ways of playing this particular shot. Besides the regular sweep mentioned above the paddle sweep or just guiding the ball on its way on the leg side is also played regularly. (Hussey playing a similar stroke in the picture below) This particular way of playing the sweep is based on the judgment of length. Since one uses the pace on the ball, one must judge the length to perfection, too full or too short can result in missing or top-edging the ball.