reverse swing and the best reverse swinger

   I'd like to learn reverse swing and I'm looking for some advice
By the way, who do you think is the best reverse swinger of the ball ?
(Mcgrath, Bond, Vaas, Asif etc )

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the ZZ factor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Trialist Joined: 08 March 2007 Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote the ZZ factor Report Post Quote Reply Topic: reverse swing and the best reverse swinger Posted: 08 March 2007 at 6:37pm
	I'd like to learn reverse swing and I'm looking for some advice By the way, who do you think is the best reverse swinger of the ball ? (Mcgrath, Bond, Vaas, Asif etc )

the ZZ factor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Trialist Joined: 08 March 2007 Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote the ZZ factor Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2007 at 6:42pm
	please justify your choice ...

spin wizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler The world�s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453	Post Options Post Reply Quote spin wizard Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2007 at 6:55pm
	Some action helps other to get the ball to reverse more than others! A slingy action for example helps - Malinga, Waqar etc! As we all know too, a ball that is reasonably old with one side shine and the other side rough - which makes the shiny side the heavy side of the ball and that's why the ball goes in the direction of the shiny side. Pitching the ball up is a must too. Don't expect to bang in a ball short and expect it to reverse a great deal. Also, pushing the ball away in the air with the shiny side facing a RHB bat will make the ball reverse back wickedly like the ones that Waqar use to do. I don't know if you know what I mean. Will give more some other time!
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the ZZ factor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Trialist Joined: 08 March 2007 Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote the ZZ factor Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2007 at 7:05pm
	Can you success reverse swinging the ball in any kind of pitch ?

spin wizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Opening Bowler The world�s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453	Post Options Post Reply Quote spin wizard Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2007 at 7:13pm
	Yes, you can! But it might take a bit more longer on grassy pitches with a lush outfield as the ball won't get weared and teared that easily.
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jhj87 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 01 January 2007 Location: Barbados Posts: 55	Post Options Post Reply Quote jhj87 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:18am
	you have to bowl at high speeds to reverse it so you will actually notice it. u can get some movement at 70mph but its hardly going to move, you need to really be bowling 80-85mph+ to reverse swing the ball a lot. id say the best reverse swing bowlers in the world at the moment are simon jones, whos probably the best, and shoaib akhtar who is also very good with the old ball mostly because of his slingy action and because he is very quick.

NZ_Fast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wicket-Keeper Joined: 21 August 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1928	Post Options Post Reply Quote NZ_Fast Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 March 2007 at 4:20am
	unless you bowl at atleast 70+mph then dont really even bother trying to get reverse swing. Also dont fool yourself that just because you can get the old ball to swing to the 'shiny side' (something i have alwas been able to do) that you really are bowling reverse swing. Reverse swing swings very late, thats what makes it hard to play

Rambo_123UK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 3rd Man Joined: 11 March 2006 Location: Great Britain Posts: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rambo_123UK Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 March 2007 at 6:49am
	I read an article in a cricket magazine that mentioned that effect (the ball swinging the wrong way at speeds under around 70mph) that called it contrast swing, and it certainly does work. The seam should be straight and vertical. Real reverse swing happens at much higher bowling speeds and you want an angled seam for it to happen. And McGrath hardly swings the ball at all, let alone reverse swings it. Edited by Rambo_123UK - 17 March 2007 at 6:52am
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benkola13 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List 3rd Man Joined: 05 April 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote benkola13 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2007 at 10:01am
	simon jones is the best reverse swinger in the world and he is one of the best bowlers, full stop. Itn is a shame he has been injurede because england needed him in the last ashes but he was injured. he played afriendly the other day fior glamorgan and it went well for him. hopefully he will be back into the england team very soon.
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