Recent content by offbreakdoosra

Cheers for the positive comments about the channel... Can't remember if it was a conscious choice, but I now realise that a theme running through the YouTube channel is 'How TV Presents Technical Analysis of Sports'. For example, a lot of my first uploads that hardly got any views, were of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW0gqieX9cs To give an idea of sky sports coverage, the above link is the audio from yesterday's spin bowling tutorial. (Youtube restricts the visual footage)

Anyone else being really impressed with Sky sports cricket coverage of this Ashes series? Must say, I have been... Seems like they have really kicked it up a notch. In particular, the umpteen tutorials on batting and fielding techniques within the "Ashes Zone" feature; usually broadcasted...

http://www.youtube.com/user/scgmac The real McCoy... (or should that be... the real Macgill)

Re second inning totals, you're of course right to say this is where the game is won or lost. However, an average of second inning totals would be less of a representation of a "batting target total" (which is what I was aiming to get an idea of in the original question) The amount of runs...

Very good response Sage, thanks a bunch for your input. This is almost exactly what i was looking for. You also provided some other good little stats and raised some interesting other points. Cheers again, OBD

By the by, If anyone does have any sort of answer to the question "Statistically, what is the average batting total for a team electing to bat first?" I would love to know.

cheers for your response here, can't disagree with your comments.

Cheers for you respose here. I reckon you are about right about the (test match) modern average, perhaps slightly lower. (I reckon 310-325) I wonder if anyone out there has got stats to back up what you and I think... The reverse question to ask is; If you elect to bowl first, what sort of...

Hello all, I wish to put the following question to all the cricket enthusiast out there... see if it gets any responses. What is a good batting total for a team electing to bat first in a test match? Is there such a thing? Is it completely subjective? Is it purely down to the...

I'm sure you all won't mind seeing this again for the millionth time... its that ball again. However there is some interesting chat here about the drift and turn Warne got. Ian Healy comments particularly; in regards to the line Shane Warne had to bowl. Good upload by kidbyers here.

Ah, Apologies if I've confused things here, from your newest post, I am now understanding that your stock delivery is an off spinner and the "reverse flipper" you call your wrong'un is a legbreak. (is that right?) I sort of picked up on this earlier, but the mention of the wrong'un automatically...

True again. The flipper is useful to have in any spinners armoury and particularly effective bowled to those not able to read it. I think ultimately many wrist spinners find the othordox flipper difficult enough to bowl, plus convention suggest it's part of the wrist spinners armoury hence...

It's an valid point. I can only suggest that finger spinners don't embrace the othodox flipper is due the fact that to release the flipper, you have to bowl with a leg break approach/action. Such as drastic change in action would easily be picked up by batsmen. That's why i'm rather...