How to get Wickets

well i am a fast bowler and i really open the bowling and im a strike bowler for a reason. so what i do is first ball i ball middle and offstump full delivery, 2nd ball- short pitch delivery to get the batsmen expecting another the next delivery, 3rd ball i ball abit wide of off-stump,4th delivery always good i ball a good full delivery in-swinging into right hand or if left hand-batsmen i go around the wicket and attemp a off-stump yorker works alot if not , 5th ball i give another short pitch delivery give the batsmen some! confuse him abit more with my last ball which is my brilliant slow ball usually batsmen dont no how to play it so they get out LBW or bowled off stump and i gt a caught and bowled work alot, you need to show a variety in your bowling.

Edited by JANNI - 18 March 2007 at 10:36pm

Originally posted by ANIL KUMBLE I always bowl Flipper's every 6th ball,8 out of 10 times it works and gets me a wicket

Bowling at the stumps and waiting for a mistake is always a good way although personally I try to bowl it across them and moving away to go for the nick.

As a spinner i just try and hit the same spot 6 balls in a row, varying the flight and spin on each ball hoping for the batsman to make a mistake.

im a left hander and all i do is go for off stump everyball i sometimes bowl slower and yorkers i usually get about 2 wickets a game i am a fast bowler but i am more of a batsman so i dont mind about getting wickets

I think if you do what most people are saying here, you're bound to stuff up. There's no point in bowling different balls unless you're going to bowl a bouncer or a yorker, if you keep bowling in the off stump channel on a good length, and then let seam movement and uneven bounce do the trick, batsman will undoubtedly have enough problems to contend with.

At the level I play at, you just try and bowl a good line and length. There's usually enough in the wicket itself to keep the batsman guessing. If you don't try too hard to get something to happen by trying to bowl too many different types of delivery (and thus inevitably give away a four ball at least once an over) you'll get results.

Simply just bowl and good line and length, stave a batsman of runs.

I can only rely on my accuracy to do the job rather than pace.  So, I focus on keeping the batsman quiet bowling wicket to wicket and setting the appropriate field.  I dont beat the bat as often as I would like but I try not to give them much room to get runs off me.  Eventually, they will make a mistake.

Edited by scuudz - 26 March 2007 at 5:27pm

I have an action similar to Murali's and if the big offbreaks dont get a result, I just throw in the doosra and that always catches them out.

I have reasonable pace around the low 120's which is medium for my standard. My bowling changes for every batsman. Some it is wise to attack the stumps and put pressure on that way. Others are suspect against chin music while others it works to starve them of runs. As Pieterson fan said, a pattern will be worked out by the dumbest of batsman.

 added to the above, i bowl legspin and just put it on the same area just on middle and leg, then, i bowl one just outside of offstump. next ball, i bowl a googly on that last leg spins spot which they try to drive and it usually bowls them.

Originally posted by lightning quick i bowl around 120 so when i play u/15's im just about the fastest bowler most of these kids have faced so consistant line and length works there but in seniors i bowl with variations like slower balls swing and cut

I bowl slow, bouncing and flighted deliveries!
The bounce is around shoulder height outside or just on off stump.It is very difficult to score of them because I bowl them really slow.I even add some spin to it!It makes it even more difficult!The batsman will get frustrated and will loop one up in the air!Thats how I get my wickets!I also have another style, bowl fast and try to swing the ball!

The main problem in my bowling is wides and over height bouncers being called no balls!I only give away 3-4 runs usually without extras.

At least you don't have your name for nothing.