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Re: Say what you want about Ponting's captaincy... but I wasn't such a big fan of Ponting's captaincy from the start and always thought that Warnie should've been the captain after Waugh. Of the four modern captains australia had, I'd rate Taylor> Border> Waugh>Ponting. But I have to accept...

Re: Tips to prepare for flipper/googly I think flipper by definition has to be backspinning- topspin will make it bounce up and not shoot low. Whenever I try to bowl a flipper over 22 yards, my wrist moves and i end up bowling a topspinner -

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) I'd consider even getting a flipper to land properly an achievement worth celebrating - getting a wicket with it is out of the world!

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Didn't get to bowl at all on the weekend - but I did play two important knocks in the two matches that I played and we won! E Gordon Gee Trophy goes to Purdue University ! American College Cricket

Re: Googly Syndrome In my case, it might have had to do with hitting puberty- I learnt the googly quite early on - within two months of legspin bowling.(I was 12 and we used to play with the heavy tennis ball). I had very good control and would turn it miles bothways. A senior told me that...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Isn't bowling faster just being able to get the same flight effects at a higher pace ? It doesn't just mean bowling flatter AFAIK. To achieve that, along with increasing the speed, you'll have to coach him to 1) increase the revolutions on the ball 2)...

Re: Googly Syndrome Great work with the video dave! Count me amongst those who got rid of googly syndrome from your idea of karate chop method. However, I have one small addition - remember that bowling with a full runup exaggerates your technical flaws - and so is the case with googly...

Re: Googly Syndrome Jim, I can empathize with you now. Bowling googly seems a little difficult to me now that I have worked hard to get over the googly syndrome. I can still bowl one -only problem is that it is a lot more loopy than my normal leg break and I have to really concentrate...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Great to hear! good luck to the two of you! Perhaps you can turn your arm over at times in their nets sometime.

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) I estimate boundary by looking at the 30 yard circle. I field at point for the faster bowlers and at boundary for the spinners - so I tend to get an easy enough estimate while running up and down from the boundary to the circle. I guess when you have such...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Sad end to the season - Saturday played a semifinal - ground was too short square of the wicket - 50-55 yards each - and mis-hits and pickups were carrying over the boundary for a sixes. I did well first four overs getting a left handed opener to give a...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Dave - I'm not even close to understanding spin bowling - but the way your body is falling away somehow seems a bit off to me - As I see it- poise is an integral part of cricket be it batting, bowling or fielding. Entire theory of footwork, positioning etc...

Re: Videos and Links Very refreshing this interview with mcgain Bryce McGain: 'There's nothing better than being a legspinner' | Specials | Cricinfo Magazine | Cricinfo.com I'm guessing all of us can empathize with him.

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Where are you at in the US? You can just buy three balls or one of those soft pvc balls and use it to bowl on concrete/grass/ basketball courts- anything really. One day I went to the tennis courts to do a bit of bowling- It helps a lot because you...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Thanks a lot macca. We might have another session today before the big game tomorrow- I will try and get some video if we play today. Two things I've been making conscious efforts on - leading arm and follow through and the video confirmed my suspicions...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) This isn't much but this is all I have at the moment is one ball bowled during practice session this evening. I am the one in brown shirt bowling at 0:43 in this video. Let me know if you have any suggestions. YouTube - Purdue Cricket Practice From the...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) And our college medical system is setup such that I will be given an appointment with a sports specialist only if the first doctor recommends it. Oh well! Thanks a lot for the diagnosis- by soft tissue, do you mean the ligament or the tendon? Luckily it is...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Liz, As we are talking injuries anyway, can you please help me diagnose mine :). I dived to stop a ball (not unusual) but landed on my left shoulder last year. There was no visible swelling but for nearly a month, I felt that the shoulder was weaker than...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) Hey Dr.tran, If length of the stride is that important, why are spinners taught to shorten the stride to achieve better accuracy when they're starting out. Isn't pivoting and body rotation more important than the backleg drive? Also I remember from long...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Four) My method of practice involves drawing a square(12" x 12") at good length area with chalk or tape - approx 2 yards out of batting crease. I keep bowling the legbreak again and again and again trying to land it there and each time trying to give it a huge...