Recent content by SomeblokecalledDave.

We've always been pretty much the most active part of the forums, I reckon we'll be going a little longer!

I'm guessing you're all done (Antipodeans)? I've been watching the women's cricket in NZ, that's been good from an England perspective, there's been some good games. I get the impression the games are being played right at the back end of the season over there? We're approach the season - 3...

Yeah I've done that - whatever you do nothing goes right. Brain fug?

Yeah I think forums like this have seen their day... These are the death throes of them we're seeing now. This one only survives because of the effort of the people involved put in and the fact that what we do is pretty niche, there's not that many people out there that do it with this amount of...

It's okay - doesn't make a lot of difference.

Yeah I went through a phase of trying to increase 'Arm speed' but I concluded that was a younger persons approach. I don't think it's something that is advocated, it seems to be that generally people bowl at their optimum arm speed within the limits of your own body, so to consciously push it...

I caught up with the end of the India/Eng test today and Kuldeep Yadav got man of the match. He was then asked about what he'd done to improve so much and I found his answer interesting "I've been working on my length, totally focused on the length and getting that right and compeletly ignoring...

I find it does the batsman all ends up, easy to see when you've got it coming out well.

Someone asked about drift? Man I struggled getting my head around that. It'll be interesting seeing what you come up - I eventually settled on the explanation I came up with that's on here somewhere.

It good to see that someone else at last has latched on to the potential of the flipper! I think you need to read Brian Wilkins chapter on it, in his book "The bowlers art". Plus the three Grimmett books if you can get hold of them. Be good to hear how you get on in your last games. Do you keep...

Yeah just watched it, yeah he seems to have as he says a high in the fingers action which is pretty much the way that I have to bowl my top-spinner, but I've noticed that I've only got to get the wrist presentation slightly wrong and I end up with a nice - big turning leg-break. So with a bit of...

"You could effectively just become a flipper bowler and turn it in all directions with slight adjustments in wrist angles" Yep that was one of Grimmetts observations.

Welcome aboard mate. Where in the UK are you?

Oh yes! Skin em, and then boil them for 5-10 mins. Then let them go cold in then put in the fridge and the jelly forms. Serve with vinegar and white pepper. Lovely.

Generally it's a back-spinner. If you look around Youtube I think the videos by Warne, Jenner, The Kiwi leggie (can't remember his name at the moment) and a whole bunch of coaches only ever demo the back-spinner. All the others are as obscure as hell. I think Benaud's is bowled with 'Flying...