Recent content by James P

Hi all, just had my first pre-season net in the bowling machine and took a few videos with a phone camera. I'd appreciate any feedback positive or negative Thanks, James

Re: Batting Videos Great advice David. I can see your point after looking at the video again. It looks like i'm playing inside out rather than coming through nice and straight. I do grip quite hard with the bottom hand a lot - i've got an idea for an inner glove with a lump between my thumb...

Batting Videos Hi all, managed to get a friend to tape me batting for 2 buckets of balls in a bowling machine this weekend. The machine was set to 60mph and was swinging both in and out. I was trying to keep good shape rather than look for the perfect shot. I'm sorry about the quality...

Re: Keeping Cover Drive on the Ground I believe too many people think using your bottom hand is a sin. Cricket is a 2 handed game, not just top hand. You'll get a lot more power using your bottom hand on your drives but it needs to be used in conjunction with the top hand properly, both of them...

Re: left-armers Always remember that when playing balls on your pads/leg side (especially against left armer's who bowl over the wicket) that you don't need to take anywhere near as big a step forward as if you're playing balls on or outside your off stump. It also helps if you have an open...

Re: Whats the fastest you have faced? I faced an over of 90mph and one delivery of 96mph in the nets with a bowling machine once. I didn't know anything about the 96mph ball until it hit the net behind me :blink: but I managed to get bat on a couple of the 90mph deliveries. More out of self...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling My top spinner is my strongest variation and it's really effective after you've pushed the batsman back into his crease. Bowl it a tiny bit shorter than a leg break, the batsmans eyes will light up thinking it's a gimme but it bounces straight and a lot higher than...

Bowling Videos Hi guys Here are 3 videos of me bowling in the net near my house. I apologize in advance for the darkness of the video as it was getting dark by the time my brain engaged and thought it might be a good idea to film my bowling. I'll try and get some lighter one's in the day...

Re: Leg Spin Dave, just go to http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html?cid=us and choose 'Create Simpsons Avatar'. I did mine a while ago and it's good fun so I might have another go. James

Re: Leg Spin Not really Dave - It might be misleading the way i've described it. It looks the same in delivery as a top spinner with the hand 90 degrees to the batsman but instead of the hand going over the top of the ball before delivery I have a chopping motion where my fingers chop down the...

Re: Leg Spin I bowl it like a top spinner with the seam pointing towards the batsman and the top of the fingers pointing at the sky but instead of bringing the hand over the top of the ball I push the ball out the front whilst using my fingers, especially the index finger to whip down behind...

Re: Leg Spin I try and bowl in line with the middle of the stumps (not accurate enough to say middle stump all the time!!) so that it encourages the batsman to drive and the ball usually turns enough to give problems. I have a strong top spinner and try and get either a c&b or caught in close...

Re: Ebay cricket balls I've just bought a set of 6 balls from Ebay purely for bowling practice. They were £15 plus £4.50 for P&P. Hopefully they'll be fine for bowling at a stump in the nets. They are stated as hand stitched and UK made so hopefully they'll be suitable. I'll let you know how I...

Re: Leg Spin I'm glad it's helping you Dave. Sounds like it's added an extra dimension to your approach. I'm hoping to try a few more things out at nets on weds. I had a pretty good session last week with people trying to smack me out of the building and getting edges left, right and center...

Re: Leg Spin Hello Dave, i'm not too sure myself why this happens as it's a technical thing called the Magnus effect that all spinning objects in ball games have. I don't want to get too deep on it, I just know that when I bowl my top spinner with a lot of revs it dips a lot faster and with...