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1 - I wish! Our home pitch is synth anyway , but I'd love a bit of rough out there, you righties don't know how lucky you are 2 - This is probably the main reason - it's a very different angle, one that you don't really get from any other form of bowling, you can pitch it so wide and still...

Apart from the wider angle, I don't consciously do anything to get side on - I need to video my action again as I think it's probably changed a bit. I've sort of come from the opposite direction to you, as rather than being a medium pacer who's had to learn to slow down, I've been a slower...

For a left-arm wristspinner bowling over the wicket, this makes a lot of sense - while conventional spin wisdom is that you should have everything moving towards the target, no left arm wristie that i've seen does this. When over the wicket, I start a couple of yards wide of the crease , and...

Belated Welcome to you @slingylefty - great to have another lefty around. Your action reminds me a lot of my own, with a slower approach and a much stronger front arm; I suspect that's from your heritage as a medium pacer. I can't bowl a googly either, so my major variation is a fingerspinner...

Hi Josh - sorry this didn't get a response at the time - come along into the Wrist spin bowling thread, there's a lot of info in there!

Jesus, that sounds rough - glad you're still with us! Figures looking pretty reasonable there - it can't be bad for a leggie to have the tightest economy. Very much my experience - I've spent the season playing mid-week T20s only. We're a one team club - single Sat league side & midweek T20...

it's amazing how basic technical things can get away from you - I was bowling in the nets yesterday and turning absolutely nowt, I eventually realised that I really wasn't rotating my wrist at all, as soon as I made a point of emphasising it as I spun the ball pre-delivery, I started turning it...

yeah, they definitely do it after a few dot balls, especially if struggling with turn - it's a Get out of jail move. Batsmen on my own team give me the charge all the time in nets, and very often fail to get to the pitch - unfortunately in games it tends to lead to a missed stumping. I think...

good question, and while I definitely get a feeling that I'm about to get charged, I'm not sure what the cue is, and I don't normally react to it in time if I'm bowling wristpin - if I'm bowling SLA, I'll send it wide, but my action for wristspin seems a lot more "grooved". Thinking about it, I...

I've got a fairly low action & see it fairly often when I'm on song - I'm also making a big effort to keep my head up during release and follow-through to mitigate my tendency to fall away to leg, which probably helps with seeing it. Just finishing 3 months of indoor nets and oddly while the...

If you find anything that helps I'd love to hear it - I don't get the yips as such, but I definitely tense up, which is really unhelpful for legspin - I bowl best when I'm really loose & relaxed. You should hear my Mrs! I do take my fitness pretty seriously now, and my desire to play cricket...

For the midweek t20 side I turn out for, not really - it's a development XI & my ability to drive & give lifts would be enough to earn my spot, being able to deliver 4 legal overs quick enough to avoid playing in the dark is a bonus. Being able to umpire & not minding batting 11 doesn't do any...

I've read endless discussions on this subject on this forum and elsewhere - everyone agrees that high revs are essential, and then argue for ages about the seam position - the "it's just Magnus Force" hardliners arguing that the seam is irrelevant, others saying it's very important. I'm more...

Spin bowling all rounders, or even good part timers are so valuable - I'm a big fan of Heads bowling, he's a pretty complete spinner for a part timer, but he'd be even better if left handed. I'd be disappointed to see Australia become a venue where you can routinely go without a specialist...

Very kind of you, but I should be OK - my bro had let his TNT Sports subscription lapse, the selfish ************, but he's seen sense now that we're playing NZ, so I should be able to catch a bit of the day-nighter - likely to be more interesting than what transpires over the Tasman. I wonder if...