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Hello all, hope you're all well and I was sorry to hear about Dave's kid getting hurt. Anyway, I'm wondering what it is I'm doing wrong when it comes to learning the wrong 'un, and whether it really ought to be taking me this long to get it. My problem at the moment is I just can't bowl one...

If you lot are all going to start threads about various spinners, I'm not going to let my beloved Mailey be forgotten! Arthur Alfred Mailey was a right-handed leg-break/googly bowler for NSW and Australia playing First Class cricket from 1912 to 1930 during which he played 21 Tests from 1920...

I've recently finished reading a very good book, "Bounce" by Matthew Syed, and it's one of those books you read every now and then that completely and irreversibly changes your mindset in some important aspect. I really recommend that as many of you as you can get hold of this book and read...

Hi all, in the nets last Sunday I kept finding the outside edge with such regularity to all types of bowlers (all right-handers though) that I'm convinced it must be a technical problem with my action. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do about this? the outside edges of all my bats...

Hi all, I'm working on getting my rotator cuffs ready for a busy season to prevent any recurrence of my regular injuries to them from overloading them. I'm not sure exactly the best way to work them - I know I don't need to use any great force, but should I be trying to do lots of fast...

We had our first nets on Sunday and I seemed to be bowling 75+% of my balls wide on the off side. It was remarkably consistent in its extent (I seemed to land all of them within half a metre of each other) and the length was about right and consistent, so I was wondering if anyone had some tips...

Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing OK. Thought I'd pop in and say hello as our winter nets are starting soon and no doubt I'll have plenty to discuss with you all in terms of my action!!! I'm afraid I've been rather lazy... Since the outdoor nets were taken down last Autumn I haven't...

AERO cricket kit experiences Hi all, I recently got some Aero "strippers" thigh pads and I'm very impressed with them, so was wondering what people's experiences were of their other kit, particularly the batting leg-guards. The Wisden Cricketer calls Aero "the Mongoose of protective equipment"...

How to prepare a ball for the swing bowlers Hello all, I'm not on this part of the forum much as I'm a spinner, but we've got one or two excellent swing bowlers in our club and I wanted some tips on how I can help them in preparing the ball so that it swings. I've asked one of our swing bowlers...

Tips on what to do when waiting to bat I was playing yesterday at #6 and after a few early wickets went down I found myself next in to bat, but such was the success of our 4 and 5 that I was waiting a full hour and three quarters to go in, whereupon I was out first ball. Can someone give me...

Question about bat weights I'm wondering whether to buy a new bat, and was wondering whether it's sensible to change bat weights just as the season begins. I'm pretty much a beginner, and I bought a cheapo Kashmir bat to start with. It's becoming clear that even though it's not unusually...

Tips to prepare for flipper/googly I've read the Philpott book and seen someblokecalleddave's very helpful videos, and these have been very helpful in showing a way to practise the hand and wrist movements required for a leg break by just spinning a ball from right hand to left. It's been very...

A long-overdue update on my bowling Blimey, it's such a long time since I've been on here you've opened up a whole extra section... I've had loads of things getting in the way of my bowling, not the least of which was a car crash a few weeks ago (not my fault and whiplash the only injury...

Wrist-spinner shoulder problems I'm having issues with my shoulder at the moment. I haven't been playing long so I'm wondering whether it's just my body being unused to the strains I'm placing on it in such a way that I just need to keep going until I build up more strength, or whether I've...

Is it a No Ball if you bend your elbow? The text of the relevant law is below: (http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-24-no-ball,50,AR.html) Clearly it's a No Ball if you STRAIGHTEN your elbow, but is it acceptable to bend (i.e. un-straighten) your elbow? I'm a budding...

Stud configurations Can someone explain to me what stud configurations different types of players typically use and why?

footwork, balance, timing... Last week I was in the nets batting for the first time in many years and not surprisingly I seemed to have a number of issues to sort out. I've described them in greater detail here, but the basic problems seem to be lack of footwork, leaning back too much, and not...

Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) Actually the balls in the picture are the plastic "supaball" type, lighter than a proper cricket ball and softer too, which is just as well as I've come pretty close to breaking a few things round the house... I have ordered a dozen Slazenger Crown balls now, 3...

Willow grades question Can someone tell me exactly how much difference there is between Grade 2 and Grade 1 willow? When the bat makers divide up their stocks what do they look for to differentiate between the grades and why, and when you're playing, what is the difference then? I'm looking...