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Yeah the tactic of bowling faster I don't think that has ever worked for me and yet it was always the go to approach for years and years. It always seemed utterly counter-productive to me to slow down. I can't remember when it was when the penny dropped, I think part of the journey was watching...

Litchfield looks like a problem for any opposition. Australia seem to have a conveyer belt of superstarts being dropped into the team as and when needed.

@slingylefty "I sometimes bowl to the higher division players in my league at the nets and the difference in skill level is stark. Batsmen there usually play a wide variety of shots and most often use their feet very well. It is very difficult to bowl to them as they can play 2-3 shots for the...

Anyone watching the Test with the women? From an Pommie point of view watching the coverage, the constant fawning appreciation for Healy's a bit over the top but I kind of get it. I'm here mainly to watch Alannah King, she's bowling exceptionally well here on day three, I'm watching a replay and...

Anyone watching the Australia v India womens test and the previous ODI and T20's? What do you reckon to Kings bowling?

Sounds good for your first outing. I don't play much T20, but watching it, a lot of spinners go for runs. An economy of 7.33 and a strike rate of 18 is a reasonable start. Conversely others do really well in this format. I've been watching Allanah King a lot of late - plotting her approach and...

Batting for definite!

I lost mine as well for sometime and never recovered it. I appear on here as a low level contributor as I had to start from fresh.

I'm trying to get hold of the Doug Ring book, that in itself is pretty obscure!

What! SLA is back! Blimey!

Anyone out there - especially those that read books and have some knowledge of wrist-spinnings developmental history. What's the earliest use of the term "Slider" that you're aware of and who was it used by and how did they claim it was executed. On the internet which is obviously full or claims...

Currently my advice to anyone would be to add the Top-Spinner after you've reached the point where you're happy with your Leg-Break. They potentially look very similar at the point of release, but even if they come out slightly wrong and turn slightly, that's no big deal, the benefit as your...

I wouldn't over think this. At our level, assuming you're not playing against pro's, the nuances of the grip are going to be lost on 99% of batters. You have to keep in mind the majority of batters the most they know about the Flipper are that he was a Dolphin. You've only got to read some books...

"but what do you do if you, say, meant to bowl it on fifth stump line but put it on off stump? Do you try again next ball or do you rearrange your over"? That would have bothered me years ago, but for some reason I just realise that it's an anomally. It used to really weigh on my mind some years...

How do we all bowl in the nets? I'll explain what I do and this kind of is dictated by Philpotts mantra around "Serious, positive and purposeful" or "Perfect practice". I find net sessions with batters looking to slog me out of the park a bit of a joke because no-one knows whether there's a...

@Leggy88 More Q's! I noted that in order to get longer games and therefore access to proper grass wickets your working on your batting. Batsmen for the most part as far as I'm concerned talk a lot of B*****s in the context of facing spin, but it'll be interesting to hear your perspective as...

Slingy -what format will you be playing?

Nice one. What's your thoughts on that in terms of your rationale? To me that looks like a pretty aggressive field with some safety built in. To me that looks like you're going to be bowling for the most part a leg-stump line or there-abouts and you're looking for as many wicket options as...

What's your thoughts in terms of the bigger picture? I know here in England there's talk of reducing test cricket to 4 days and as I recall that's down to economics. People point to the fact that outside of Australia, India and England there's not the same enthusiam from the powers to be to put...

@Leggy88 How's your bowling going? I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions... (1). How do you approach your spell? Where do you field generally and do you get to bowl at a specific point in the game? I, for instance I bowl second change around the 20th over either at the openers if they're...