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So none of you have tried this or something similar? I'm quite surprised. Fundamentally you are asking the bowler at training to consider their plan for their spell/batsman/situation, what to do after each and how you can use what has happened to your advantage (even if you've bowled a bad...

The pitch. The softer the surface (green, mud or dusty) the more it will favour 'underspin' (ever wonder why those part-timers get extravagant turn? This is normally why). The harder and 'flatter' the surface the more it will favour 'overspin'.

And now he's the fastest Pakistani spinner to 50 test wickets (9 tests). One of the commentators said that he's the fastest spinner of all time to 50 test wickets, is this true? Still needs to see how he'll go outside of the middle east and south Asia though. Hopefully he'll succeed where Qadir...

There's many ways to fix things, for me it is getting away from the team and practicing in the nets bowling to a complete stranger. Why? The stranger will treat my bowling with respect and I'll respect him and bowl to a genuine plan. Your full toss issue is usually due to inconsistency in your...

And here he is versus Bangladesh:

get the nagging doubt this guy will keep producing the highlight reels!

A while ago a team we were scheduled to play against withdrew as 1 of their players had died in a car crash after their Thursday practice. We got in contact with their club and said that we'd forget the game and split the points, they said don't worry about and that they would find another team...

Aside from disguise as mentioned by boogie you really have to pick your moment. Assuming it is well disguised the batsman will still see the change in trajectory, speed and revs on the ball. There are also pitch considerations, how quick is the pitch? Also, a faster ball will usually pitch...

McClenaghan still bowls rubbish though, good on him for always getting amongst it but this may be disguising the fact that he's not that good. Again, hope he comes back though. Nathan McCullum has always been a stopgap, unfortunately the other NZ spinners haven't done enough to keep him out of...

Could this series be the end of McClenaghan? Or will he do a Mark Craig and step up when the vultures start circling? Amazing how good England can be when they just pick they best players (excluding KP of course).

Calm down Dave, pretty sure it wasn't Ronchi that stopped England picking Rashid in the past.

Next you'll be talking about how many furlongs you cover while fielding...

And North America. Just annoying that they all don't change, would make things easier.

My bad, I wasn't clear. Cock the wrist at the hip but make sure it helps with the flick at the end. I use the term loose as although cocking the wrist gets everything in the starting position I need to make sure the wrist helps with the flick and isn't stiff and rigid at delivery. Some people...

The foot thing is not a concern, just concentrate on pivoting and following through. Work on flicking the ball from hand to hand ans actually see what effect the wrist position and ball position in your fingers has. After that start bowling and get a 'feel' for what gets you that 45 degree...

Give it a go if you want, remember that if you don't like it or it just feels wrong go back to what feels right. Just one thing about bowling. The biggest mistake that people make is that if they feel like they are straining their muscles when bowling then all that effort must be helping their...

1. Practice, find a grip and ball position in your hand that means the ball will come out as you want. 2. You are not releasing the ball the same way (hence why I'm seeing you bowl topspinners and straight ones) 3. Loose enough so you are relaxed but in control. If you grip the ball too tightly...

Nope. Strange from England, appreciate that a draw gives them the series but if the try that against Aus they'll be giving Harris, Johnson and Starc a free ride.

Great to see Mark Craig fight back and put in a decent bowling effort...but why didn't Cook and Lyth take him on? They had already put on a good opening partnership, if they had destroyed Craig NZ would've had to tire one the seamers out to repair the damage.

OK, just keep in mind that when bowling the same variation at 100% you need to be getting the follow through as consistent as possible. Changes in the follow through are a sign that you are doing something different. This is the first thing I noticed and when I saw what the ball was doing it...