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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Pretty sure landing a ball on the match strip from any direction is going to be frowned upon. Can you not just bowl the ball down a neighbouring strip?
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Chris Bell gives good advice about mixing up your flight and pace, particularly topspin and backspin to try and get a top edge or lbw. Its worth noting that your can simply set the field to defend against the sweep. Leg gully, deep fine leg, and deep square leg should do the trick.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    How was your season, boogiespinner? Many match winning 5-wicket hauls?
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I always say, if you're lucky enough to have the athletic ability and powerful and efficient bowling action to be able to bowl genuinely fast, then why would you do anything else? Most people don't, hence the reason they learn to spin the ball, swing the ball, bowl tight lines etc.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Yeah, first key in a T20 is to try to avoid going for boundaries. Watch the batsmen closely before you come on, figure out what their strengths and weaknesses are, and come up with a plan to combat this. Stay ahead of the game - remember you only automatically have the element of surprise for...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Only one thing you can do, set your field to give you protection where you need it and then back yourself to beat them either in the air or off the pitch. Pick the battle you think you've got the best chance of winning. If you pitch it up they'll keep coming forward, but how long before you...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    One thing I can sympathise with is the tendency to drop the variations if you're not feeling 100%. This may or may not be the right thing to do, its hard to say. Its something I have also done in the past few seasons as I've had less time to practice and I've felt very rusty at times...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    err yeah, it was ok. I mainly played T20s this year due to family commitments at the weekends. I think I took 20 wickets at an average of ~10 and an econ of ~5. With the bat in the T20s, scoring 320 runs at an average of 80 and S/R of ~140. I played a couple of 40 over games but didn't do...
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    Off Season

    Do what I did when I was a kid and throw a golf ball against a brick wall from about 5-6 yards and then defend it. Concrete or tarmac floor works best. Bradman did this with a stump, but I recommend giving yourself a fair chance and using an actual bat. Throw it as hard as you can.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I would get involved in bowling in games as soon as possible. Obviously the absolute lowest standard possible to give yourself the best chance of success. Longer formats (eg 30 or 40 overs) might work better than 20 over games, in that its less of a disaster if you get a bit of tap Bowling...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Certainly if you're stiff, you will have an erratic length while you loosen up. Ultimately, the diagnosis isn't as important as the treatment - if you bowl better after 2 overs, then bowl 2 overs immediately before the game starts. If that doesn't fix it, we'll have to think again.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Purpose made for baseball, technically, but a great place to play cricket.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    3G Astroturf! We were also in Spain, which helped with the weather.
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Had first two games of the season this weekend, playing on a entirely astroturf pitch with small boundaries, which was a real experience, if something of a slog for the bowlers (there were well over 100 boundaries hit over the course of the 2 games). On the plus side, first 50 of the year and...
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    So a rotation that goes straight forward?
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Yes, we do these drills with our kids, and the point is to try to simplify things as much as possible, to reduce the number of moving parts and things that can go wrong, to fix them in the right body position (side on for leg spin, front on for offspin) so that it is easier for the kids to at...
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    Net Practice Vs Bowling Machine

    Yes. 2 month preseason, 6 month season, 4 months off playing another sport entirely, is the ideal way to arrange your year.
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    Net Practice Vs Bowling Machine

    Definitely. Too much indoor nets is a bad thing in general. Once a week, Feb to march is enough. Get outside once the weather changes.
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    Net Practice Vs Bowling Machine

    Bowling machines are designed to help you work on one specific shot at a time. For general practice they are pretty useless. Even nets is of marginal benefit if the surface differs significantly from outdoor playing conditions
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    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    We normally have 10-15 at nets, which means 5-7 pairs of batsmen. As you say, the best bowling is early on, in the first 30-40 minutes. The last few pairs really do face a right load of old dross. Spinners trying to bowl bouncers, seamers bowling spin, the wicket keeper lobbing some down...
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