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Do try to control your temper Chino. You were incredibly rude to magic Dave, and you're really not contributing constructively to this website.

Why don't you try to become a coach?

Maybe I didn't explain simply enough. A batsman can reach out further with his bat - to play a horizontal bat shot - a good 3 feet further than he can stride. You know, that, right? This is just basic stuff. As is the fact that if a batsman leaves his crease, you don't try to beat him off the...

Slightly opening the face makes a nick more likely, not less.

A simplistic and naive theory, because of course if you pitch the ball too close to the batsmen, he won't simply wait conveniently for it to drop, pitch, and take his edge, he will simply reach forward and wallop it on the full toss. You need to keep the landing point at least a bats length from...

Just out of interest, when have I ever said that it isn't a fundamental part of spin bowling to generate plenty of revs on the ball?

Position the bat diagonally? Is that a new technique you have invented? How wide is a cricket bat? Divide that number by two. That's how much you have to turn the ball to find the edge. You may argue that a good batsman will simply play for the turn. But think about it. That just leaves him...

You're spot on. The answer is, you can't really. A canny batsman will just be sure to position his pads so as to cut off the line of the stumps, and then use the angle you have given him to get the ball away into the gaps. I coach batsmen on how to play spin, and one of the first lessons is how...

Chino. This is a new poster who is asking for our advice and asking some interesting questions. There is absolutely no need for you to be so rude to him. I know you're only a young lad, and we all know you have a temper, but if you can't keep it polite, don't post.

You're not a coach, you're not even a bowler, you don't know what you're talking about. As soon as you turn the ball more than the width is the stumps, then bowled and lbw are out of the equation and the batsman can just take aim at the nearest car park in compete safety. Against a half way...

Warne got over 700 test wickets. Probably less than a dozen of then were from balls that turned seriously big. 90% of his dismissals would have come from balls that turned less than six inches. The same can be said is any professional spin bowler. Do you play on day 5 test pitches with...

Stop knocking down strawmen, Chino.

You should probably list your coaching qualifications and high level cricketing experience for magic Dave so that he understands just how relevant your advice is. You've outlined the difference though. If he is interested in bowling in games, taking wickets, contributing to his team, and...

Big spin and big turn are two very different things! Turn is only one weapon of the spin bowler. Dip, drift, pace, bounce, angle all all just as important

1st step is to learn how to bowl - well enough that you are able to get the ball to the batsman without hitting the side netting. You can do this without a batsman, all you are trying to do is bowl 5 balls out of 6 in roughly the right place. Get your run-up and your basic body action...

Well, I learnt to bowl largely from bowling at a set of stumps on my back lawn. I would practice all year round with cheap cricket balls - if you bowl in the snow, its like an automatic pitch-mapping system. Its not ideal, because its too far away from match situations, but its ok. However it...

When I was younger you could buy cheap cricket balls that were basically painted cork for about a fiver. They wouldn't last long in a game situation, but they were fine for practicing bowling with, and they didn't get water-logged. Alternately, if you can't find them, try hockey balls - the...

If you teach yourself a bowling action with light wind balls, it will be very difficult for you to adjust to heavier cricket balls and your action will be out of synch. It will be harder for you to bowl in nets than if you hadn't practiced at all. Don't even buy wind balls. They're designed for...

Firstly - it wasn't sarcasm. I couldn't understand how it was possible to play that many overs in a day. It was a genuine question. I know a bunch of guys who played a 48 hour cricket match under floodlights a few years ago. That was an impressive feat - I was wondering if the young lad had been...