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Played against former Pakistan Test cricketer Hasan Raza ( http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40378.html) I bowled a bunch of rubbish balls in between some good stuff at him. He was unhurried, but didn't seem intent on putting away the bad balls either. Guess it was just the stage of...

My season so far 8 games 22.5-0-154-9 Avg -17.11, Econ- 6.84, S/R 15.22 Of the dismissals I have are 3 stumpings, 1 hitwicket, 1 caught at slip, 1 Caught at deep square leg, 1 short midwicket, 1 caught keeper, 1 caught sweeper extra cover Impossible for me to get a bowled as ball bounces too...

A Decent field, but I do wonder if you need protection to save boundaries, if silly point will be effective? Perhaps a better use for that would be short extra cover - the gap in covers should still entice batsmen to drive, and if they don't reach the pitch, the drives tend to go in the air in...

Sad that Mcgain has lost his state contract. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/bryce-mcgain-loses-bshrangers-contract/story-e6frfg8o-1226084575284 Well played, Sir!

Another tough game this weekend - Folded out for 146 after being in a strong position 102/2. So when it came to defending that total it was all hell breaking loose. Opening bowlers didn't get a breakthrough until 8 over . score was already 38 by then. and the one down batsmen basically took...

Highesteem- The kid in your videos has most of the action including the elbow tuck properly sussed out so you don't have to worry about it. It was for people like me who gave up bowling for a while and then had to come back to it- We haven't yet got to the point where our entire action is...

On the contrary dave, he does tuck in his elbow very nicely. If you notice, his leading arm goes to the inside of the right leg that ensures a tuck. He then follows through and rotates around the right foot so that the arm goes behind. As I was not tucking in my elbow properly, to ensure that I...

Guys, A Breakthrough of sorts. in this sunday's match, I got hit 4-0-39-2 with my last over going for 15 runs and the one before that for 10 runs. Before that my analysis read 2.1-0-14-2 . Unfortunately, I came under pressure due to a hitter taking me on and bowled a bunch of crap going for 10...

Perhaps I'm not as competent as some of the others here to comment on this - but his left arm seems a bit weak to me. He tucks it in well, but to add pace when he bowls, perhaps he can have a stronger arm leading into the delivery.

I think Gangly's coach might have come from the Richie Benaud's school of thought in wrist spin bowling- If you look at the video Goldenarm posted on his blog - Richie benaud specifically tutors a leggie to grip it tighter and further into the palm. Either way, it is "Wrist spin" so your wrist...

For optimizing drift, dip and turn, the seam should point to ~10 degrees with respect to flight of the ball. Too much spin generally tends to miss the edge anyway. That's why the traditional "seam towards second slip" position while bowling spin.

Not a very good day the past sunday for us. Lost to a team we should have beat. Batting first we scored 178 in 40 overs and they chased it in 38.5 with 4 wickets to spare. I realized how tough it is to bowl a leggie as I bowled myself only 1.5 overs. Their best bat was a leftie and as the mat...

I don't know Dave, but the moment someone starts with the horizontal bat, I love it. As it is, I get many many top edges on short pitched balls (unintentional ofcourse). So, any sweep shot, I'd shelve some of the side spin for more overspin and watch the magic happen. Hit them on the chest...

Not to mention lets you bowl longer- as pressure on finger causes skin to rupture

I play in a league where the batsmen are really aggressive and fancy themselves against spinners a lot - that combined to my woes starting a spell means I have decided that I will start off with just 4 in the circle. deep square leg, deep midwicket, long on, long off, sweeper cover, short extra...

I bowl a couple before I run up to the crease, but it's taking me about 10-12 balls before my arm gets going properly. And I actually bowl a few overs before entering the field, but by the time I come on to bowl, usually half way stage in the innings, I would've lost all feeling of rhythm and...

Had a good game yesterday as a captain of the team, but nothing spectacular as a player - On a day with fog on the ground and then some rain, I opened the innings. we were 4/2 in second over, but I managed to hang around until 10th over getting 14(23) and got out when the team score was on 25...

Yesterday's session was productive. Bowled for nearly 2.5 hours straight and by the end of it, wrist and shoulder were a little tired. But, I learnt an important lesson yesterday - during matches when I bowl a couple of bad balls or get hit, I tend to rush through both in terms of action and...

This week, I have bowled every single day (since saturday). The more I bowl, the more I discover about my own bowling action, my own capabilities and limitations and am really humbled at the distance we have to go. Part of discovery being, in current state, I'm better off putting away the...

Bad first match captaining the new team- allowed opposition openers to put on 100 runs as we dropped three catches. I bowled myself in 20th over of the innings with no wickets down- first over went for 8 runs but as they called for powerplay, had to take myself off immediately. at this time they...