Search results

Dr. tran - thanks a lot for the reply. Can you please clarify a minor detail in your response so that I can see if I have understood your point right? - The back lean that you mention,does it happen when I land my backfoot at the popping crease and is it starting with my head? i.e if I have...

Hey guys, I've posted this in highesteem's thread, but posting it here again. Please take a look at this and let me know what improvements can be made. My main issue is control over length. I tend to bowl 1 or 2 waist high fulltosses in a spell and quite a few long hops that spoil the effect...

Hey Guys, I've often talked about spin from the perspective of a moderately successful middle-order batsman. This is me facing one of our legspinners -https://www.dropbox.com/s/bs0gxz3wun2gyq5/Srikar%20Batting%20Masterclass.mov PS: Any inputs about his bowling ( this is his bowling...

Hey Liz, Here's a video of my bowling action. I just asked my friend to shoot consecutive deliveries so obviously not all of them are good, and the inconsistency in landing obviously points to an action that hasn't yet been internalized completely. But, here is the link on dropbox...

Not a criticism, but a further question to all - I notice highesteem has a small pause at the top of his delivery stride. Isn't that cutting down the momentum generated by his runup? I ask this because I find myself bowling better when I give myself short pause (when my back leg lands)too. But...

I have been (and believe still am) in a similar situation, so bear with me for a bit. I believe this "mishit" happens because you are basically trying to hit the cover off the ball. Ofcourse, you have Symonds, Watson, Dhoni, pietersen who whack it a bit, but there are also touch players like...

Guys, We are having a bit of a problem with broken fingers at our club - the practice balls we get seem to either lose the shine within 2 overs or be hard enough to break fingers while practicing catching. Looking for suggestions on good brands for cricket balls (4 piece) Thanks.

Yeah, in the end it was a good win, but we should never have let them in so close. There were 4 runs to defend in the last over. With spin, I can get a wicket, but I need an in and out field, so wasn't confident of stopping singles too. Moreover, I am not entirely confident of the length I bowl...

You are right in the sense of placing best fielders at most important positions. (without being modest), I am the best catcher in the team, so to all other spinners, I field at long on (took three catches in this match, two diving forward and the third - converted a six into a catch on the...

New season - first game could've been worse. We scored 222 in 37 overs, the other team got to 218/9 with one over to spare, and I bowled seam up to get the last wicket to win with 4 runs. Before that I bowled three overs of leg spin when I beat the batsman on 50 twice (both times trying to whack...

very true - (I thought I talked about the size of ground, but missed it in my rant :) ) The ground we play on has a good 75m on each side to the boundary. Might not be big by international standards, but certainly is for club cricketers. And most of the time, the catches are taken a good 10-15m...

Actually, I'm one of the boundary riders myself (a successful one so far), so I feel the need to defend some of my brethren. You see, we are used to the loneliness of a distance runner- but what we are not used to is decoding the priority order between bowler and the captain. From the boundary...

I don't know if it will be helpful, but instead of trying to decide which shot you want to play, decide on a couple of shots you definitely will not play. This is a bit like professional players decide not to cut early on in the innings or decide not to pull on some pitches. Sachin Tendulkar's...

Brilliant! And I understand the dilemma facing those batsmen: We know it won't spin, but we have trained our instincts to such an extent that if the bowler rolls his fingers in one direction, we expect the ball to spin in that direction, It is very very difficult to get rid or put that instinct...

Perhaps this is helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Slazenger-Cricket-Training-Ball-Senior/dp/B00633U4XG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1335440875&sr=8-7 (I've often found that really old balls afford very little grip and make it frustrating to concentrate on other aspects of bowling.) Theoretically, an...

Insightful as always GA. Haven't heard much from you in the recent times, how is your legspin progressing?

Here is a very simple thing that is often missed by leg spinners (I see a few offspinners still using this tactic though). Use similar trajectory, same flight, but start off by delivering at the bowling crease and bowl a nice juicy half volley. Then slowly, draw the length back, not by varying...

Tahir gets most of his wickets from googlies and top spinners (lbw and so on). And most of his wickets are tailenders. Anyway, the next part is from the point of view of a middle order batsman who has played a lot of spin bowling. Yes, you will get players who don't pay attention out. But...

Googly is the most overrated delivery in cricket ever! It is very easy to pick, difficult to disguise, too strenuous and on most occasions has a very different trajectory to the legbreak with much less bite off the wicket. An offspinner's topspinner and arm ball are a lot more dangerous than...

Glad it was useful, and welcome to cricket. (Practice makes perfect - will become easier and easier as you go along)