Complex sentence: As a result Barrington gave up fielding in the slips as he felt it required too much concentration and interfered with his batting and to counter his perceived weakness against fast bowling he opened his stance so that he faced down the wicket.
Split into simpler sentences: As a result Barrington gave up fielding in the slips as he felt it required too much concentration and interfered with his batting. To counter his perceived weakness against fast bowling he opened his stance so that he faced down the wicket.