Recent content by AC222

I find a really simple thing for staying relaxed is being in control of breathing. I stand at the top of my mark and take a big breath out. That’s a moment’s pause where I feel like I’m in control, and the batter has to wait for me… I think you are more likely to get stressed if it feels like a...

Our winter nets don't start until April unfortunately, so not really winter nets. And while Surrey run nets at the Oval they have been closed for a massive refurbishment for almost a year... so no winter training for me, sadly. I hope Dave that your selection politics plays out okay. Dodgy...

I watch a fair bit of women’s cricket but about 95% sure I’ve never seen a flipper. Sobhana Asha bowls a front of the hand seam up in the WPL, but that’s about it.

The accuracy vs spin question… one thing that has occurred to me is that you never want that question to be live during a match. There’s too much to think about. I.e. if a good batter is coming after you then it would be strange to think - “well the way to get him out is to spin it less, that...

[/MEDIA] Well done for posting. Some beautiful deliveries there and really nice action on the ball. I think the main thing I noticed is your delivery stride is very long. You see it as the heel hits the ground first. The long delivery stride length makes it harder to keep your momentum through...

That does sound like atrocious management and captaincy. Tough to be on the receiving end of that. Does your club have a 2nd XI and why weren’t you picked for that if the 1s captain doesn’t want to give you a chance?

I’m off to my second game of the season later today. Got 2-31 off 9 overs last week which I was happy with. Welcome to Bobble. Never too old to start bowling leg spin. It will take some time like any skill in cricket or otherwise but given that people still play league cricket into their 70s...

So many times. Things don’t work so try some alterations and tweaks which make it worse. Three things I always say to myself. 1. Even the best have bad spells. 2. Success doesn’t happen in straight lines: I’m not always going to be better today than I was yesterday. 3. This has happened before...

Re: increasing pace - short answer is yes. Not particularly intentionally. Three things: faster run up, stronger front arm, and more power in the back leg hip drive through. I try not to worry about it though. 3rd / 4th team players say I’m bowling very quickly, at almost ‘medium pace’. When I...

I have tried a bit of the faster undercut (I.e flying saucer) leg break as another variation. The idea being if you undercut enough it will still drift towards leg but miss the seam when it bounces and instead bounces on the smooth side of the ball, going pretty much straight on. To the batter...

This was a great explanation of drift. Other observations I would add are that you get more drift the colder it is, and the less humid the air. Colder air is more dense, and dry air is (counterintuitively) more dense than humid air. The more dense the air the greater the effect and force on the...

There’s an interesting piece Sky Sports in the UK did with Rashid Khan where he bowls at Marcus Trescothick and then talks about his action afterwards. It’s on YouTube now. He seems to bowl out of the top of the hand using only his fingers to change the direction, but it does look like they...

I’ve found bowling a flipper seam up can be pretty devastating. If you keep practicing the wrist position you can get it to swing like a conventional seamer’s delivery; if the stock ball is a leg break an in swinging back spinner is very hard to play

I’m in Surrey. Grew up in the north west.

I have just been checking out this forum and amazed I hadn’t clocked this existed earlier, so thought I would say hello. Been bowling right arm wrist spin in club league cricket in England for 20 odd years and am no world beater but got a good idea of what I’m doing. Also am pretty obsessive...