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Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) First game of the season was on Sunday. Friendly warm up against a local club. From a personal perspective I had quite a good game although my team lost narrowly in the end. Batting-wise I was a bit scratchy but hung around for 20 overs and was...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) Thanks for the welcome. Looking forward to learning from you guys who seem to be a long way down the road that I'm just starting out on .... I haven't read this - although judging from this forum it seems to be the legspinners bible. Will order a copy...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) I know that this is the right advice but half of the fun of bowling legspin is learning to bowl new deliveries - reading some of the ideas on this forum makes me feel like a kid in a sweetshop and it's so tempting to try some ideas out!! You're...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) Bear in mind we are talking about lower league cricket here - mainly IIs and IIIs. Any half-decent first teamer would take me to pieces!

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) Hi there everyone – this is my first post on this forum so be gentle with me. By way of background I returned to playing cricket last season after nearly 20 years out of the game. I was drafted into my local club side as an opening batsman and I had a...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Thanks for this advice - really appreciated. In particular the answer to (1) is very interesting. As I understand your answer, the more side-on I am at delivery, the more spin is likely to be generated. But ... the more side on I am the more likely I am to shoot the...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Thanks for this advice - really appreciated. In particular the answer to (1) is very interesting. As I understand your answer, the more side-on I am at delivery, the more spin is likely to be generated. But ... the more side on I am the more likely I am to shoot the...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Hey guys I've been reading this thread with real interest. I started playing cricket again after a 12 year break (I'm now 35) and have started turning out regularly for my local club. I've always played as an opening batsman and that's the position I'm filling at...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Hey guys I've been reading this thread with real interest. I started playing cricket again after a 12 year break (I'm now 35) and have started turning out regularly for my local club. I've always played as an opening batsman and that's the position I'm filling at...