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Do you not find it difficult maintaining consistency bowling with so many different balls, that all have a different feel in the hand? Whenever a ball is lost in a game, it takes me a couple of deliveries to find the right grip and release point for the new ball.

To say nothing of unemployed?

Lets all guess: I reckon if you have 6 balls, an over takes ~2 minutes, so 500 balls is just under 3 hours.

That sounds ok. If you get any pain or soreness, stop for a few days. In terms of development, bowling by yourself is useful if no-one is around as you can experiment freely, nets are ~ok, but nothing comes close to the rhythm and feedback of actually bowling in matches. The more you bowl in...

When I was a kid (9-13), I used to practice for hours on end, every day in the summer holidays. 50% batting (throwing a golf ball against a wall) and 50% bowling at the stumps. I'd bowl 6 balls, sprint to collect them, sprint back, and repeat. Even though I was barefoot, I wore a series of...

Is the "art" of spin bowling not the ability to out-think and dismiss batsmen by spinning the ball? If you're not actually interested in the bowling aspect of spin-bowling, why not just play with a yoyo or something?

Why? Leg spin is really not that hard. Most kids pick it up far easier than finger spin, it's far easier to get dip and drift, and googlies are easier than doosras. You just have to bowl full and not too slow and batsmen will struggle.

Its a matter of personal priorities. If you're mostly interested in developing some party tricks to show off down the nets, then focus on working on 20 different variations, with massive spin, and make sure to bowl them short enough that we all get a chance to see how far they turn before the...

You're knocking down a strawman. I don't know anyone who discourages 12 year olds from trying to bowl fast or spin the ball hard. If anything, coaches get carried away in the other direction and constantly try to produce the next Shane Warne or Brett Lee. If you're 12 years old, practice...

Didn't Chris Rogers lift up his bat like that?

Most (professional) batsmen start out in a side-on position, and then rotate to more of a front on position as they hit the ball.

What were your feet doing before? Most batsmen lift their bats up towards 2nd slip, this is not a problem. The key is to keep your hands in nice and tight to your body, then if you do decide to play a vertical bat shot, as you move into position you dip your front shoulder at the ball, which...

In terms of troubling the batsman, there is a trade-off between spin, accuracy, pace and cunning. As you have identified, the slower you bowl, the smaller the margin of error you have, particularly on the short side. Against a moderately competent amateur batsman, a bowler who bowls under 45mph...

Spin bowlers don't tend to bend their backs, because their bowling action is typically rotational, rather than linear. Some fast bowlers bend their back - its safe as long as they have reasonably early back foot rotation and front-on hip alignment at FFC - otherwise its potentially dangerous and...

Because if it breaks the first time you use it, you don't have a bat? I've given up buying bats. I just use the club bats.

Thank you. Flexion, not extension, of the wrist, therefore a leg cutter, not a leg break. Point proven, I think. I accept your apology.

How are your basics? Have you at least read the Wilkins book that we've talked about on here about 100 times?

Good luck with that. I've been subjected to racial abuse and threatened with physical violence on here, and they did nothing about that, so I don't suppose they're going to care a huge amount about you throwing your toys out of the pram.

Because we no longer play on uncovered pitches? Seriously, its not rocket science.

No, its the definition used by cricket coaches, players, and experts. I've been to plenty of workshops and conferences on spin and seam bowling, this is something that everyone understands and agrees on. Out of the goodness of my heart and the generosity of my spirit, I am taking time out of my...