Young_Desy
New Member
Hi all,
Sorry it's been a while since I last posted but ive got a niggling problem that I need to address, regarding the optimum speed at which to successfully bowl a stock leg break.
After a good start to the cricket season which yielded several wickets, I was taken apart by a top batsmen, and hit for many sixes.
After this plastering I came to the opinion that the reason I was hit was because I simply bowled too slow, and that any batmen could handle my pace.
I reverted to quickening the pace at which I bowled legbreaks believing that I would be harder to face with the extra speed. If only I could have realised what I was doing, as increasing the pace is possibly the worst thing I could have done.
These new quicker legbreaks or 'Darts' simply skidded onto the batsmen at a gentle pace, and came well of the bat. I was milked for many runs. The the increased speed also resulted in less turn as there was less time for the ball to grip on the surface of the pitch, as well as less loop, flight and drift.
After recently reading Peter Philpotts book and several articles across this thread, and other websites ( I found this one particularly useful http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510863.html) I quickly found out what I was doing run. However I am now struggling to get out of the habit of trying to bowl to fast and the beliefs the "More speed = More turn, and harder to face".
Any ideas or personnel experiences on finding the right mix would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Sorry it's been a while since I last posted but ive got a niggling problem that I need to address, regarding the optimum speed at which to successfully bowl a stock leg break.
After a good start to the cricket season which yielded several wickets, I was taken apart by a top batsmen, and hit for many sixes.
After this plastering I came to the opinion that the reason I was hit was because I simply bowled too slow, and that any batmen could handle my pace.
I reverted to quickening the pace at which I bowled legbreaks believing that I would be harder to face with the extra speed. If only I could have realised what I was doing, as increasing the pace is possibly the worst thing I could have done.
These new quicker legbreaks or 'Darts' simply skidded onto the batsmen at a gentle pace, and came well of the bat. I was milked for many runs. The the increased speed also resulted in less turn as there was less time for the ball to grip on the surface of the pitch, as well as less loop, flight and drift.
After recently reading Peter Philpotts book and several articles across this thread, and other websites ( I found this one particularly useful http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/510863.html) I quickly found out what I was doing run. However I am now struggling to get out of the habit of trying to bowl to fast and the beliefs the "More speed = More turn, and harder to face".
Any ideas or personnel experiences on finding the right mix would be much appreciated.
Thanks