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    Umpiring And Scoring Questions

    It's not always easy when you have two very similar batsmen in identical kit. Also in our league we're supposed to bowl our overs at 17 per hour, and if a team gets a bit behind to start with you can find that later they're getting through their overs so fast that you're really rushed. In those...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Well so far it's been a little frustrating for me, we played our first game of the season against our own 4th team, then had two games abandoned because of rain and another game called off because the team we were playing couldn't find a team. We did play this weekend but I only had 10 players...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Hey Dave, hello all. Been a while... Don't know if you've read my blog lately but by coincidence I've also been promoted to a captaincy role, looking after Stafford's new 5th XI on Saturdays. I know what Dave's saying about politics and those one or two individuals who "know better", that's as...
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    Umpiring And Scoring Questions

    The reason you'd want to record whether they crossed or not is so you can read the full narrative in the scorebook. It comes in very handy if you need to unpick a mistake as to which batsmen scored which runs, for example. I agree about dots next to batsmen, and I've found since I've started...
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    Umpiring And Scoring Questions

    Yeah it's a curious one, I've had a good look through Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring and it doesn't mention what to do with the bowling analysis. All I could definitively say is that to put a 'w' would be wrong. It's recommended by TMCUaS that you underline bowling entries where the...
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    Drift

    I think there's a big difference in that the wheel is tethered and a cricket ball isn't, so while the ball may move in the air it's a sideways force over the whole ball rather than a rotation caused by torque. Like Leftie600 said it's more relevant to what happens when the ball pitches. I could...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I wasn't laughing much at the weekend. We were doing a warm-up and had moved on to high catches, and I was in the process of trying to catch a ball when the skipper started giving me instructions, which was just enough to distract me resulting in a dislocated little finger on my right hand. Had...
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    Drift

    Did someone say they found the ball drifted more when wet? I may have figured out why this is... I'm sure you'll mostly be aware that swing bowlers tend to find overcast conditions help them swing the ball, but the traditional explanation for this (that the air is more humid and therefore more...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Yeah, I think I said as much to him at the time! I'm hoping to educate him as the season goes on. He's a batsman, and a nice guy who's prepared to listen to be fair to him, but last year I was captained by his brother, a seam-up bowler, who was every bit as naive when it came to captaining spin...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    It was about 120 for 1 after 18 overs (out of 40) when I came on to bowl. I think I was entitled to think it was "buy a wicket and don't haggle" time...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I think my captain is trying to give me an aneurysm. He called me on to bowl my first over of the season on Saturday, against a guy with a huge bat who was spanking everyone to all parts. I bowled a couple of reasonable if very slightly (VERY slightly) loose balls to start with and the batsman...
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    Left Arm Chinaman

    According to "Twirlymen" South Africa's Paul Adams used a grip where he held the ball with thumb and middle finger wrapped around the seam which allowed him to spin both ways with only a small adjustment, but I don't think he's a bowler you'd want to model yourself on!
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    To Tall To Be A Spin Bowler?

    I would say it's a bit topsy-turvey this one, we assume tall players should be at a disadvantage bowling spin because spinners tend to be shorter, but actually I think it's more that short bowlers have a very definite disadvantage bowling pace so tend to bowl spin instead. I think coaches like...
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    Help With The Wrong 'un

    I'm bowling with a higher arm now, party for consistency but also to facilitate the Wrong 'Un at a later date. I'm not sure how high though, haven't filmed it recently. My biggest turner is still a little on the low side but it's a variation now rather than the stock ball.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Haha! Poirot would have made an amazing spinner, for he has the little grey cells... :D If you're bowling full tosses why not just aim a little shorter? I probably do with my back-spinner but I do it so instinctively now I don't even notice.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I had a true sticky at the weekend... but didn't get a bowl! Would have had it hoofing around all over the place but couldn't guarantee landing it right, and we were only defending 36* :eek: We had nets this evening and my bowling was probably the best it's ever been, so I'm ready now. Have to...
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    Help With The Wrong 'un

    Yeah but... Dave, I think you'd feel a bit inadequate if you couldn't bowl the flipper because your icon is Grimmett. My icon is Mailey, and he had an excellent wrong 'un. Know what I'm saying? I don't want to make out I'm spending hours on the wrong 'un though, if I do a two hour session I...
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    Help With The Wrong 'un

    I've got it, I've read it at least five times cover-to-cover, and I've tried doing it as the book says! I'll have another look but I could probably recite the whole thing by heart. I had a word with our club pro, a very nice Indian guy who bowls left-arm finger-spin. I was hoping he might have...
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    Big Or Small Target?

    I think the faster you bowl and the more you spin it the bigger the area you have within which to land a good ball, but for the purposes of practise you need a target that challenges you without being impossible. Set your target as large as it has to be for you to hit it six out of ten without...
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    Drift

    The axis of the ball should stay virtually constant. Since it's spinning it acts like a gyroscope and has a lot of stability. As it drops though, while the axis of spin stays the same the direction of motion changes, so the axis of spin relative to the airflow does change and this is what causes...
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