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  1. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah not so good 12.71 last season.
  2. someblokedave

    Spinning

    "No ball bowled is as difficult as one which leaves the bat and goes towards the slips. The really good leg-break beats them all.” - Sir Donald Bradman
  3. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Mate at a wicket every 15 balls I'm not getting taken off and I'm not the best Wrist Spinner in my team. You can't leave the ball because it's heading for your Off-Stump, as far as you're concerned you've got to stick the bat there. As soon as you've done that you're a gonner, if you leave it, I...
  4. someblokedave

    Spin bowling delievery types

    With regards Wrist Spinners there's a whole bunch of variations based on the Flipper. You should read Clarrie Grimmetts book 'Taking wickets' it details them all, as far as Grimmett was concerned the Flipper was a Top-Spinner that Bradman referred to as Grimmetts mystery ball. Grimmett rejected...
  5. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah maybe if you're Kevin Pieterson that might be the case, but I take a wicket every 15.69 balls. 21.85% of my overs are maidens and I've only been bowling wrist spin for 2 seasons. Added to that I advocate using Wrist Spinners as attack bowlers and because my stats are fairly good I sometimes...
  6. someblokedave

    Whats do people think is the maximum age to join a cricket team

    If you're undecided about how you want to bowl I'd always advise people to bowl wrist spin, there's always a shortage of wrist spinners and you'll always get overs in a match if you get half decent at it. It's a magic art wrist spinning, challenging to learn and do well and you need to think...
  7. someblokedave

    Spinning

    The most successful wicket takers at our club year on year are spinners and the club record is held by a wrist spinner. The current stats for this year (just finished last weekend) are full of seasons records primarily held by spinners.
  8. someblokedave

    Fast V Spin

    What a load of absolute nonesense! The drivel that's been written here is the exact reason that Spin bowling has such bad press. This is hardly what you'd call incentive for kids to become Wrist Spinners for instance, when the whole bloody team including their captain look at it in such a...
  9. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    It's not going to happen quick or be easy, it's a case of practice, practice and more practice. What you might want to try is bowling without a batsman there, it's a lot less demoralising. The thing you've basically got to do is turn your wrist anti-clockwise in order that your thumb is facing...
  10. someblokedave

    Spinning

    Bowl Leg Spin mate (Wrist Spin) it'll be one of the hardest things you'll ever have to learn in your life and it'll consume you completely if you stick at it, but if you stick at it you'll potentially be one of the best bowlers on your team. There just isn't enough good wrist spinners around.
  11. someblokedave

    leg break but goes straight

    It sounds to me that if you're just looking to put in a straight ball but disguised as a Leg Break that's as easy as just not using your 3rd finger on the seam so that it spins and maybe be straighten your wrist earlier in the delivery so that the flick doesn't happen as well? But to be honest...
  12. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    This kind of nonesense is the same reason all the highest wicket takers including myself in my club hold all the clubs bowling records year on year and have the best stats.
  13. someblokedave

    Why wont pvc spin

    Plastic balls will spin, but why are you using a plastic ball? But if for some reason you've got to use some kind of plastic ball e.g. cos you're forced to practice on tarmac or concrete your best bet is a dimpled hockey ball as they're the same size and weight. But this is only an option for...
  14. someblokedave

    Whats do people think is the maximum age to join a cricket team

    Mate I didn't start playing cricket till I was 46, I'm now 49 and statistically the best bowler in my club. If I could play Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday and get the same number of overs in per week as the single and young blokes do - I reckon I'd be on for the clubs record for wicket taking...
  15. someblokedave

    spin bowling problems

    Your bowling action is very flawed at the moment, but it's difficult to analyse from such a small clip and from that angle. You need to look at the clips of people like Warne and Terry Jenner that are available on-line. The best on-line video resource I reckon is this from Beau Casson as it...
  16. someblokedave

    leg spin problems

    Yeah you should be using the smaller ball, as the other bloke says it could mess you up for a long while and more seriously put you off of Leg-Spinning.
  17. someblokedave

    Any tips on how to make a leg-break spin more

    The key thing you need to do is Spin the ball hard. Whenever you can and with anything that you can put in your hand, do so and give it a flick. Use balls, apples, oranges anything. Do it when you're watching the tele, talking to your mates, anytime and anywhere - just have a ball in your pocket...
  18. someblokedave

    Leg Spin Problem

    As the other blokes have said the key to getting better is to become more confident in your own abilities and that means you're going to have to practice. Wrist Spin Bowling is generally agreed to be one of the more difficult if not the most difficult specialiality in cricket. Personally I'd go...
  19. someblokedave

    learning leg spin in nets on a concrete wicket, plus some other issues.

    Jim - no-one answered your question on here? Did it get answered over at the other gaff? With regards the best balls on raw concrete try Hockey Balls. Atta make a good un. But any with Dimples are good. They rough up quite quickly allowing you to grip them, but the key thing is they're the same...
  20. someblokedave

    Wrist Spin Bowling

    I'm back here again, nothing doing over at the other site. There's a load of Leg Spin threads on this site, so there's potential to keep yourself busy answering peoples questions and posing your own questions on this site.

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