someblokecalleddave
Well-Known Member
Fielding Positions for Wrist Spin
I'm a wrist spinner who primarily uses an attacking strategy on the Off-stump. I'm unusually accurate and have an average of 9.5, RPO of 5.09 and Strike rate of 13.8. At the moment my captain sets my fielding positions and I have no say in the matter at the moment as I lack experience and general cricket knowledge to make informed decisions. But I reckon that I could reduce my RPO enormously by having someone on the boundary behind the stumps because when I'm going through the porcess of sussing out whether the bat is any good on his legs by throwing some balls up the Leg-side or when I bowl wrong uns the wicket keepers often don't get across and I concede 4's from byes.
What's your suggestions for fielding placements for Leggies working primarily on the off-stump or perhaps is this primarily an issue of a lack of communication between me and the WK? Should I perhaps have some kind of discreet signal to show that I'm going to be putting a ball down that's going to end up on the legside?
I'm a wrist spinner who primarily uses an attacking strategy on the Off-stump. I'm unusually accurate and have an average of 9.5, RPO of 5.09 and Strike rate of 13.8. At the moment my captain sets my fielding positions and I have no say in the matter at the moment as I lack experience and general cricket knowledge to make informed decisions. But I reckon that I could reduce my RPO enormously by having someone on the boundary behind the stumps because when I'm going through the porcess of sussing out whether the bat is any good on his legs by throwing some balls up the Leg-side or when I bowl wrong uns the wicket keepers often don't get across and I concede 4's from byes.
What's your suggestions for fielding placements for Leggies working primarily on the off-stump or perhaps is this primarily an issue of a lack of communication between me and the WK? Should I perhaps have some kind of discreet signal to show that I'm going to be putting a ball down that's going to end up on the legside?