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Matter of time now unfortunately.

No one is disputing the necessary uninterrupted airflow up to the seam for swing (or interrupted before the seam for reverse swing). Drift is accepted as a result solely of the magnus effect, does a scrambled seam inhibit the magnus effect for a cricket ball? (My guess is yes). If this is true...

Damn good call, only 1 run away from being bang on!

You'd be a YouTube god Dave. I've read only one specific reference to it and that only gave a guess from a scientist rather than anything that was tested and proved. He stated that he thought a scrambled seam would produce a greater average rough area for the magnus effect to take hold, that...

I'm not saying you're wrong but I haven't seen or read any scientific proof that bowling with a non-scrambled seam is better for the magnus effect than a scrambled seam. If you produce a link to something that would be cool.

Excusing your bestest belligerent friend, the professor is talking specifically about swing and not the magnus effect (drift) and that doesn't prove or disprove any magnifying effect that a perfect spinning seam position has on drift. Do like the point about the 3 factors that make a good...

Don't come to NZ then, unless you happen to own a goldmine or two.

Exactly, bowl with a 180 degree+ pivot and the Olympics beckon.

I agree. To me the 180 degrees should be used to help people realise the sensation of a pivot but in the end you should only settle on it if that's your thing.

I pretty much agree with that idea. If you look at quicks, spinners and even dibbly dobblies the best exponents always have a loose grip, limber wrist and a relaxed natural action. Main faults are usually the opposite of that, tight grip, stiff wrist and a rigid action. Most of these come from...

180 degree pivot is not necessary, you only need enough of a pivot to add or aid in putting spin on the ball. In terms of arm speed Yasir is applying similar techniques to Qadir and Mushtaq. Personally I think the 180 degree pivot is over taught and recommended by coaches, there's usually other...

I agree that your follow through can effect how your arm comes over and thus how the ball comes out. But I'm still certain that Yasir follows through at his target as it gives him accuracy and enables him to maximise spin on the ball. The drift is a result of him maximising the spin.

Fundamentally I'm pretty sure more revs equals more drift, Yasir following through in the direction that he wants to land the ball is purely for accuracy and has nothing deliberate to do with drift.

This is a different one, the one I'm talking about compared the field plans for Sodhi and for Yasir. Sodhi's field had a slip, leg slip, point, square leg, shortish cover, shortish midwicket, mid off, mid on and I guess they'd ask the 9th fielder to step off the field so they could keep the...

Fully expecting him to roll through us and give Ish Sodhi a lesson in accuracy while McCullum gets a lesson from Misbah about field settings for legspin. There was one weird field where the off and on side were mirror images, as one of the commentators said "...where is McCullum asking him to...

Babar isn't really a newbie, more a seasoned FC player. My only observation is that on dusty, slow tracks you're better off bowling 'undercut' spinners rather than the overspin style that works well in Aus. Just like how the 'undercutting' Asian bowlers that visit Aus and get out bowled by the...

Shehzad, f***'n hell, what a bad way to go.

You've got to be worried when NZ say the pitch is low and slow! In saying that Pakistan win in the UAE because they keep their discipline with bat and ball, the pitch hasn't really played any tricks to aid them during their wins there. Hopefully NZ can show the same levels of concentration.

So you're happy for any lazy statement or accusation to be made about something that you genuinely care about? I find that surprising. Still, I appreciate the post you've made to explain your position.

The system he is part of and dedicated a great part of his life to has been called bigoted by Cleanprophet with zero evidence other than England doesn't seem to produce as many outstanding cricketers as Australia. He naturally reacted angrily to this and had a counter-shot at Aus (and NZ for...