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    Posted: 08 February 2008 at 8:19pm
Hi guys

I am 15 years old and play for my clubs premier team. I sometims get a chance to wicket keep in practises and if our keeper is injured. right now i am a bowler, but ever since keeping, i feel that i could really be a good keeper. Is it too late to start keeping if I want to play at a higher level?

Thanks for your comments
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it's not ideal but I can't imagine it being too late - you frequently hear stories of someone taking up a new discipline relatively late in their cricketing development and taking to it in fine style
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All depends how good your keeping is to your bowling. If your keeping's consistently better than your bowling, and your batting's decent enough as well, then go for it. You're still young enough to switch, you could experiment with wicket-keeping this season - if it works out, stick with it, but if it doesn't then you need to make a decision.

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I think i heard the story that Panesar didn't take up spin bowling till he was 16 or 17 so no its not to late to change what you do, it will require a lot of off season work though to get you up to a high standard.
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Ashley Giles bowled fast until he was 16. Then he started to bowl spin, and he played for England.
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Originally posted by benkola13

Ashley Giles bowled fast until he was 16. Then he started to bowl spin, and he played for England.
 
What a motivator for the guy. Who's your hero, then? Ashley Giles, sir. Big%20smile

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I don't think it's too late, give it a go and see what happens.  If you're a natural then you can make up lost time.  If not, then work hard and I'm sure you'll become a decent club stopper.
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Yeh I know of a guy who is also 15 who switched to keeping. He was actually a really good pacer, but it turns out that he keeps reaaly well also. As long as you can bat, go for it.
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Just remember when sides are picked there will be up to 5 bowlers picked and only 1 wicketkeeper. It's not a bad thing to keep up your keeping skills sharp. This can also be another string to your bow.
I started out as a wicketkeeper  but i grew to 6'5 so i was not suited to keeping, but it sure helped me become a competent slips fieldsman.
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Originally posted by Clobber

it's not ideal but I can't imagine it being too late - you frequently hear stories of someone taking up a new discipline relatively late in their cricketing development and taking to it in fine style


Johan Botha was a medium pacer, now he's the South African ODI captain!
This is very much true, we certainly have seen some players transform a lot.
Stephen Waugh kept his place in the side as a guy who could bowl 10 overs in an ODI, but as he grew more confident with the bat he didn't need to bowl anymore. Kumar Sangakkara gave up the gloves in tests and his batting improved dramatically. Lance Klusener changed from a genuinely fast bowler to a guy who batted in the top 7 and bowled 1st change as a fast "spinner" with his fast off/leg cutters. Jimmy Maher was an opening bat his whole career but at the demand of selectors for a place in the Aussie side he pretty much worked on his keeping and became the secondary keeper for Australia for sometime, playing in the WC of 03. Tim Zoeher was a keeper for Aust/WA who could bowl legspin, and would sometimes take the gloves off and bowl!
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SreeSanth started bowl pace at the age of 17 I think.
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Hopefully your season keeping wicket went well, let us know.
 
It is never too late to take up anything as i have just started playing Hockey at 45. I too keep wicket and needed something to occupy my time during the Winter break.
 
If you are still continuing to keep wicket next season, why don't you contact one of the County clubs to see if they run specialised keeping courses. This way you will improve before the start of next season. My u15 keeper regularly attends seesions at Surrey CC.
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if you are a good bowler then don't go for change and if you are not then you can go for keeping then it not so late .
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