Would any one want help with spin?

Suprisingly I walk up the the crease and I bowl off-spin. I have noticed most offies do jog to the crease but when I tried this I found I was bowling too fast and couldn't extract the turn I could have got when I walk up. My advice is to just get a few balls and go in the nets and do what comes natural. Then start to tweak the little parts lyk where you land and where your arm ends up.

Hello i am a SLA bowler i want to be able become a better bowler so I would like someone to give me some tips on bowling SLC. Also some tips on getting more turn on the ball.

Thanks much!

Originally posted by spin wizard So, you wanna be the next Levrock eh (Bermuda)?      Anyhow, to get a decent amount of turn, it mostly depends on the degree of spin you put on the ball.  Use side spin to get more turn and try and get a high seam position.  Then the rest might be up to the pitch but make sure to apply as much revs as possible.  If you're bowling very flat on a skiddy surface, chances are, it will skid mostly so, it all depends on the surface as well and how fast you bowl.

Yes I do but i have one thing he does not...the doosra. See the top of my middle finger is crooked and when i was bowling in a match my delivery turned into a right hander and i almost bowled him. I was shocked so i continued and had the batsmen confused.

Originally posted by spin wizard Damn, crooked fingers must be a spinners' desease.  Other than my 2 thumb and ring finger, the rest are clearly out of shape.

so you bowl leg-spin right?

hey, ive been practicing bowling legspin alot recently, I turn it quite a bit, but i keep gettin frustrated by torn upper fingers, my first finger gets pretty bruised up, its not that bad but it really does prevent me from bowling

I was wondering if I should use some kind of tape to prevent this, atleast in practice

any tips?

Practice, Practice, Practice Bladescape.

Edited by The Tyke - 12 August 2008 at 2:41pm

Originally posted by Left armer so you bowl leg-spin right?

Hey all, im in need of desperate help. Ok, im a fast bowler(born and raised in england, just moved to canada 3 years ago but i have cousins who also play cricket because we are pakistani ) that wanted to try out leg spin. my friend also wanted to try it out, but now the problem we have is line. we either pitch it short which allows the batsmen to smack our balls, or we pitch it wide which goes for a wide ball. the grip i use is the shane warne grip with 2 fingers up 2 fingers down, ive read lots of articles for tips but my leg spins never are accurate. also, most of the time my leg spins either go straight on or occasionally go for a googly. why is this? how should the release be? when i release, i turn my wrist to the left(im a right hand bowler) and use my fingers to spin the ball.

Rightly said, Warney's grip aint that easy to bowl with. I will go for Kaneria grip, the one bladescape told you. If you want more turn, then I suggest you bowl side on and rip your fingers with the seam as much as you can. Release it over you head and above the eye line of the batsman. That might help bowling on a good length and getting a bit of turn

Yes that is I suppose

Originally posted by Bladescape And try to release it out of the back of the hand! I find that not releasing it out of the back of my hand makes it short.

Originally posted by spin wizard Originally posted by Bladescape And try to release it out of the back of the hand! I find that not releasing it out of the back of my hand makes it short.   Bowling out the back of the hands will make the ball either top spin or go the other way, which is the googly.  A leggies stock ball comes out either with the back of the hands to cover with the palm to mid wicket.  Or, with the back of the hand to you and the palm to the batter which should be the side spinner.

I get it to leg spin and I bowl it out of the back of my hand!
Maybe I am different,because I sure can get it out of the back of my hand.

Edited by bladescape - 29 August 2008 at 10:45pm

Ussually I do,mainly on my Googly though.
My stock ball never has the same amount of spin on it and I can't chose how much spin to put on it.
One advantage to this is that my googly is nigh on exactly the same action as the legbreak!

On another note,I also find it comes out better when I try to put lots of revs on it!

Edited by bladescape - 30 August 2008 at 12:30am

Hey SW i can spin it a miles both ways but i'm not accurate.

Edited by mystery - 30 August 2008 at 2:50am

Practice man, practice.  I have the same problem, can spin it but not that accurate!