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Re: Favourite Fielding Position Depends what side I am playing for. For my club side I like to be in the action, so I'll go at point or if I'm captain I'll go mid-off. For the Island I'll go mid-off or mid-on usually.

Re: Footwork my foot KP's footwork is very good, and that is one of the reasons for his success. He gets a very big stride in and this allows him to get to the pitch of the ball and therefore be good against seam and swing bowling. Also, the batsmen you have mentioned that are out of form...

Re: Pietersen says 'no way' to IPL I don't think that this does contradict what he previously said, as all he wants is to be able to play in the IPL but does not want that to jeopardize his England career, which seems fair enough to me. I think this is one for the IPL to sort out though, it has...

Re: Oiling and Knocking in your bat! Personally KP, I prefer to oil it with a cloth, as I find that I can achieve a much more even layer of oil than if I used my hands. Will be interesting to see what Tom says.

Re: Footwork my foot Nearly all people need good footwork to succeed, the only batsmen that can do without are the ones that have an amazing eye. Sehwag has always struggled when playing on seaming/swinging wickets and this is for one reason only, his lack of footwork. If you have very good...

Re: Sri Lanka in West Indies Looking like it could be a very good game this one. SL looked like that had put a decent total on the board, but I can see WI getting a small lead which will make for a very exiting match. WI will be disappointed their batsmen didn't go on, as if that was the case...

Re: South Africa in India A quite astonishing game, and I think it shows why SA's seam attack is going to be such a dominating force in the coming years, with Steyn and Morkel to shine. A great knock by DeVilliers as well, this really needs to be the start for him, as he hasn't been good enough...

Re: Baseball gloves - what's that all about? They're usually used by the feeder in an exercise, it just speeds up the process.

Re: Five-year ban for paceman Shoaib I agree that there must be more to this than meets the eye, as it seems rather random as the events happened a while ago, and action was taken by the PCB. I'm pleased about the ban for cricket's sake as Shoaib is a disgrace and this was a long time coming...

Re: Welcome along Welcome to SC, hopefully you'll give these forums a boost with your vast knowledge about the game :)

Re: Bowling Advice Will try to develop out-swing over the winter but not changing my action, just wrist position. Hopefully if I don't lean so much to the off-side it may be easier to bowl. About the new ball swining, I'd rather leave it swinging than holding it cross seam, never like holding...

Re: Idea which may result in hundreds of members Sounds like a good idea Manee, don't know how easy it would be to implement though, with costs especially.

Re: How to use a gripping cone Thanks a lot for this A_A, always takes me ages to get the grip on, this should speed things up. Surely they could make getting grips on easier lol.

Re: Free Hit Rule Exactly, fast bowling is hard enough without these batsmen-biased rules. It's okay in T20s because it well, that's the nature of this game, but no need to take it any further that this. Should be taken out of county cricket, discourages bowlers from bowling fast. About...

Re: Bowling Advice I suppose this is just natural, so will take time to correct, but perhaps if I can develop my position to be more side-on and bowl the outswinger, I could just leave the inswinger as my stock delivery. Main problem is I swing the ball too much with the new ball, can't control...

Re: Bowling Advice Yeah, more focused on just bowling at the moment, the pace will come. Just want to get rid of some faults in my action, so I can hit better lines and lengths next year.

Re: Bowling Advice Thanks for the help Manee. Yeah looking at the video just before I deliver that ball, I fall into that Harmison position, so I will try to keep more upright and that may mean that it is easier for me to adjust my wrist to where I want the ball, and may give me the ability to...

Re: Who will be next Captain of India? The main problem is, is that you need a secure member of the side as captain. Even Dhoni I don't think is (in Test Matches), so I would be persuaded to go with Sachin or Ganguly. Given Ganguly's recent troubles, he should not have the captaincy put on his...

Re: Batting faster Its all about knowing your areas and doing what is best in the situation. You seem like the kind of batsmen an innings can be based around, but then you get stuck and don't rotate the strike. Try and find that gaps in the inner-field and if you get a poor delivery, punish it...

Re: What you feel before going out to the middle I get quite nervous before going out to bat, and they only really go when I get a respectable score considering the team's total or ball left :p. Different story when bowling though, usually open so have had time to think about it, so ready to...