Bowling Discussion

Hey guys. After reading the Batting Discussion thread I found it very useful so I being a bowler thought I will make a Bowling Discussion thread. Although I have been a seamer for quite a while now, I still lack control which I will get practicing. One question I have been wondering is what is the best line to bowl to a bowler. And what length is best.

In my cricket game I have, but before I could hear the full thing I lost a wicket and the commentator changed what he was talking about.

Originally posted by spin wizard Off stump line the best and the corridor of uncertainty the lenght and don't tell me you haven't heard of the corridor of uncertainty.

The corridor of uncertainty is the line you should bowl. The best Length is when the top of the ball passes inline with the top of the stumps.

Edit: just to clarify the 'corridor of uncertainty' it goes from the off stump to about 10cm (3 inches) outside off stump.



Edited by NZ_Fast

Originally posted by TCA123 Now that sounds like Brian Lara to me...

yep it certainly does, no such nonsence from cricket 2005, same its impossoible to bat....

Best line to bowl is between off-stump and 3/4 inches further away from off stump...

Best length to bowl really depends on a lot of things, such as type of bowler you are (your speed, bounce and turn), pitch condition, weather condition, etc.

Irrespective of the above conditions, if you are a seam bowler then try to hit good lenght spots such that you bowl lands up between the top 2 inches of the off stump and the imaginary 4 inch square area attached to the top of the off stump..

Only fast never helps, slight movement if always a killer!

Good luck!

outside the offstump and swinging into the batsman

i bowl leg spin so i normally bowl around mid and leg for a right hander and outside to a left hander curving in with the occassional slider or wrong-un

There's no best line and length for all seam bowling, it depends on what sort of bowler you are, what sort of batsman you're bowling to, the wicket, the state of the game, the field placings, how old the ball is, conditions etc etc etc. As a rule of thumb, the aforementioned "corridor of uncertainty" is the best line but good seamers are flexible, changing their line and length for different batsman or later in the game. Probably the most important thing is when you've picked a line to bowl, keeping to it and not straying, forcing the batsman into making mistakes

 I always found the uplayable ball the most effective!

i bowl off so i have to pitch it usually way outside off but ill bring it in every now and again and change the pace, as you do.