I have made a game where a ball goes in a random direction and a player(not you) has to go and "fetch" it. If you dont understand I this is what it is like below.

(FETCHER) ball (goes in random direction past fetcher)

instead of the fetcher just moving towards the ball which doesnt work unless the ball is going straight to the fetcher(the ball just bypasses them and the fetcher just runs after it), I want him to move sideways into the direction of the ball just like you would in real life in a cricket game or baseball etc.

thankyou so much if you can help me.

P.S. i am using flash 8 proffesional if that makes a difference.