Would any one want help with spin?

what exactly is dip?

 Quite right fishy , the ball pitches shorter than the batsman expects ,which often gives rise to a lofted/mistimed shot and a catch.

hi guys and fishcake thankx for your time and info really helped! Sorry i didn't make it clear , when i said 'what type of ball should i use' i meant like should it be rough, shiny, you know. oh guys another question, how long should my run-up be?

do you ever swing your arms back? i do it as it kinda feels like it give me somekind of momentum.

Originally posted by spin wizard Naw, my run up and action is close to Warne's.

  Just a pity that the release and results aren't !!

Well thats a new one. Maybe take up pace bowling?? I'd say unless you lower your trajectory(which will be very difficult, requring an action change), or possible slow it down your going to struggle to rectify that problem. I'm only and ex leggie (and now pace bowler)  though so not much help i guess.

Edited by NZ_Fast - 21 February 2008 at 9:59am

what do top spinners do?

Left arm Chinaman

thanks I would also like some exercises to help strengthen my wrist...

cool how much are they? What do i do if the ball is not spinning at all?

Miniwarney is really cool. He helps others

3 weeks into the new cricket season and my leg spin is atrocious, I am starting (and worryingly) thinking that my batting is better than my bowling, thanks goodness my off-spin has been doing well, but my leg spin is my best attack. I am getting lots more spin than i normally do, but the ball is going around 8 feet int he air, and Im bowling a lot of wides, if i try and keep it low then its a wide. If i aim for accuracy it doesnt spin and goes for 4. Please help!

Edited by Monty - 14 March 2008 at 7:14pm

I got that kind of problem too but not so often. My figures of late has been 4 per over or less.

Ahhh, i change quite a bit, in primary i always bowled spin and was school captain,. but i was always urged by coaches to bowl fast. Anyway in Secondary, as were a rather stunning school at rugby and cricket, there were a lot of good spinners, and i started bowling fast, this didn't get me in the team... So this year ive got back into spin and, hurrah, im in!

Hi,

I registered just to reply to this great thread.  There are over 94 pages of valuable tips in this thread but I see most of the things are primary things which can only be achieved by going out and bowling a few balls.

I want to ask some of you experienced leg spinners about the various different strategies a leg spinner can use to gain more wickets.  Like what type of field you should set, what do you do if a batsman is constantly sweeping you and is good at it too. How can you use the side crease to your effect.

In some of warne's videos (esp. from the last world cup he played) I notice that he is bowling a lot from the side crease. About middle and off line..trying to make the batsman play against the spin.  Yesterday I tried this at practice and got a good response.  Got a guy caught and bowled and after that he started just stopping the ball which is a good thing.

Sorry for the long post.  But just asking how do you all use the side crease to your effect.