What type of bowler are you?
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Topic: What type of bowler are you?
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Subject: What type of bowler are you?
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 7:40pm
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Like the "How do you bat?" thread but about bowling
do you consider yourself an attacking bowler or a defensive bowler? and why?
and also would you say youd suit limited over cricket or four-day/ test cricket best?
also if you know id be nice if you could back up your point with strike rate or economy etc
i myself am a leg spinner, i think that im a defensive spinner, i bowl a leg stump line, and am better at restricting runs that takening wickets (but my strike rate of 18 dosnt really reflect this, neither does my economy of 4ish)
i think i would prefer playing in test matchs because it gives you more time to get your rythm and work on a batsmen ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 7:57pm
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I'm not very good at bowling really but definatly attacking, my spin tends to be right length but can drop a bit short alot of the time, as for my medium pace well, I have been working almost exclusivly on pace at the moment and even when I bowl a bad ball people have hard time really dispacthing it as they seem a bit beaten by the speed, i'm no Brett Lee but I can cut the ball as well which results in quite an effective slower bowler. I rarely do come up with wicket taking deliveries but the few good ones I do tend to be very good. Wont have a chance to try it in a game till April but for now been trying it in practice and if I can get some consistancy going then I should be a good aggressive quick. ------------- Kerm |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 8:30pm
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I used to be a right arm fast medium with off-cutter as my speciality. Batsmen used to take me easy and giving away their wicket. Don't have a record of my statistics, but getting a couple of wickets in limited overs matches used to happen quite frequently for me. I still play cricket, but it's a rare event, coz I amd busy in my job now, although I can still bowl. I am still 29 years young. ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: W.G.
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 8:33pm
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.......... useless
------------- When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it - then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague - then bat. |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 8:48pm
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Yeah useless, except for a couple of lucky deliveries in each match. ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 9:32pm
| im a left arm fast im more of an attacking bowler go for wicket instead of slowing down the runs but if we get a low total i can bowl defesively. i tried bowling spin but found it harder to get a good line i only play limited over cricket but i wood really like to play four day cricket think it wood be better i dont no my strike rate or econonomy rate |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 12:01am
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Right Arm Fast Medium, I am.
------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: W.G.
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 6:15am
------------- When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it - then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague - then bat. |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 8:27am
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Well in that case, I'm a little bit more than useless. Cheers! ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 10:59am
You said you were a leggie in another thread ------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:11pm
The frauds just keep coming. Honestly!  ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:12pm
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i think he wakes up and thinks "I'm going to be a leggie today"
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:27pm
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He bowls all the arts but prefer pace over all of them. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:28pm
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you cant be good at all of them, its physically impossible, like flying sheep
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Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:29pm
What? You mean flying sheep can't do it either?  ------------- |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:43pm
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He never said he was real good at all of them! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:45pm
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yeah he did look at the highest score and wickets thread ill copy and paste some for you ------------- [ |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:45pm
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My highest score is 108* this year which I scored from like 81 balls, I
came in at number 5. My best bowling peformance would have to be 7-29
from eight overs. There was one over which I would rather forget, but I
eventaully got my pray in that over, after he punished me for two sixes
in a row, then next ball, I pitched it up and had him stumped. I bowl
Leg Spin. That was him ------------- [ |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:47pm
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Well, I guest one post like that doesn't say you're that good! I had figures of 7.0.6.31 and made a best of 103 and I am still not that good! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 6:10pm
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Well, for me, I am a leg spinner!
I am a wicket taken bowler and I don't like to categorize myself as attacking or defensive as I don't like to pitch up the ball that much as I am not that accurate. I can't restrict batsmen either! Definitely not me at all! I would say I am more suited to test cricket as I like it when guys are on the defense against me but on the other hand, I like them to come at me too so I can deceive them with the loads of turn I get. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 8:09pm
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I'm a legspinner, like everyone else on this topic!
I've always been able to get turn but I do need to work on my accuracy quite a lot! I get wickets pretty quickly but I often to go for a few runs too, which doesn't bother me too much currently; I'd rather end up with 5-40 than 0-5! I think I would prefer test because I'd have more of a chance to work on the batsman and it's usually a nice, gentle pace! ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 11:48pm
Id love the pressure of ODI's but my batting is far more suite to test level 
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Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 1:13am
I'm not good at all of them. I bowl them though, but that post was from last season, and I never said I was good at all of them. I bowl each art depending on the wicket, conditions, etc and whether I get a bowl or not. But, I'm more dependable as a Fast-Medium, and if I were to choose an art to succeed at, it would be the art of fast bowling, and 70DS, please tell me where I said I was really good at all three arts, I'd really love to know. ..And fishcake, I'm not a fraud, I don't lie about my performances. Why do you lie about your performances? Is it to make yourself look good, or.. because your ability can't go anywhere near it? ------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: W.G.
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:28am
All of a sudden the world is full to bursting with leggies, but first class cricket isn't - wonder why 
------------- When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it - then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague - then bat. |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:44am
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I bowl right arm medium pace/ fast medium, depending on how bothered i can feel to run in fast that day, I also bowl leg breaks, but with far less success (only 2 wickets ever), with medium I can take a few wickets, but I'm still only a part timer and have only taken 2 for 15 as my best figures ------------- |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 9:48am
i dont think that the world it full of leggies, if you look at the people on this forum, there all from widley variated countries, and also i think that because leg spin is the most difficult (or so its said) way to bowl, that your going to need alot of advice of forums like this that you prhaps wouldnt need if you were a pace bowler
also when you do become a good leg spinner, i think (this is my opinion only) that its the most exciting form of bowling, meaning that your more likley to want to talk to people abYOUR OUT! iot and share your wisdom
thats just my theory anyway ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 2:47pm
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Leg spin maybe popular on this forum but where I live, the only spinners you can find are part timers. Bowlers by nature here are fast bowlers! There are a few spinners but do it as their main art.... and when I say few, I mean less than 10. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 3:27pm
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Same where I live, very few specialist spinners ------------- |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 4:50pm
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There are a lot opf spinners here in Scotland (well, that I've come across) who are taught to be Andy Symonds; bowl spin and pace. It's a reasonable idea but I'd be more inclined to focus one one thing. ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:20pm
Great post. I chose leg spin because I feel taking a leg spin wicket is like no other wicket. You know it is extremely difficult to geta ccuracy so you feel really proud. ------------- [ |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:21pm
Only met 2 other leggies. One bowls pace as well. This lads going to India to train so he's a pure prodigy ------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:29pm
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Is that Corrie? ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:31pm
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no a guy called sam page he's beast, check his stats out in the players section, FANTASTIC economy rates. www.glasgowaccies.cc ------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:32pm
Cool. Will do.  ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:33pm
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anyone who thinks theyre good at spin bowling think again: http://www.glasgowaccies.cc/players/d/corrie_diŁk I doubt if any of you have stats like these. (d i c k) not diŁk ------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:34pm
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How come he only plays for the 3rd XI, Tom? (Sam, not Corrie) ------------- |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:37pm
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dont want to rush him probably, If he gets knocked about then he could lose confidence but he spins it 70 degrees. So far he hasnt bowled me out in nets but he's beaten my bat more than a few times. I agree though fishy, I think that he should have been given more games. He never seemed to play badly. Plus the club is so huge. Over 250 members so our first XI is amazing. ------------- [ |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 8:39pm
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Yeah, youhave to give someone with talent a chance. Seems even stranger when he doesn't play badly. Maybe you're right about being rushed! ------------- |
Posted By: shan
Date Posted: 21 January 2007 at 7:08pm
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and I just had a fake belief that this very thread was about YOU and not HE, it was only after reading the latest stuff that I was able to discover the hidden reality. ------------- "Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business." |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 21 January 2007 at 7:31pm
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didn't mean to upest you
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Posted By: Cham3Le0n
Date Posted: 22 January 2007 at 5:30am
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I'm a Right Arm Off Spinner. I just recently posted a Off Spin Tutorial and a video link etc. I don't play for a club, but I will be joining soon! I can usually only Bowl Off Breaks and Top Spinners, But I can occaisonly bowl a decent arm ball. I have made a doosra land once,mind you it was 90% illegal, as I completely bent my elbow, and it was quite obvious. But it landed and got some slight turn...I still remeber very clearly. But Im working on a new Grip which I find if you Use your Middle finger and your thumb slightly......If you can get a decent amount of spin with the seam in the correct direction then it can occasionly turn a tad. but the thumb works with a flick action, it works Ok :S, but I still need a decent amount of practise..........lol, I'll probably be 25 or something, still without being able to bowl it. But then again, Dan Cullen for SA Redbacks, he has been said to be able to bowl the Doosra, and he is only 22????? |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 22 January 2007 at 11:32am
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I'm a tall fast bowler who naturally gets difficult away swing, often an effective attacking bowler but a real weakness for leaking runs and bowling gimmes, which of course limits my ability to take wickets too. Although I have a nice action for pace and swing, I tend to fall away a bit which means a) I lose my line and length a bit sometimes and b) I don't get the most out of my height which is a shame because I'm 6'3" and should be able to rib-ticklers and bouncers more effectively than I do. I aim to work on standing up more next season.
RE: Legspin, I helped coach the under 10s at a big cricket club in London last season and I was amazed and thrilled by the number of keen and talented legspinners, no doubt inspired by Shane Warne the previous summer. There were kids who could turn the ball a good foot or so, which is bloody good for youngsters with small fingers, and surprisingly accurately too. If that is representative of the country as a whole, which it may well not be of course, then that is brilliant for English cricket.
My only fear is that a generation of legspinners will be put off because the culture in English cricket has a long history of not giving wrist-spinners enough leeway - it's a very difficult art and can go horribly wrong very easily, so all young spinners go through long periods of wayward bowling, not just in individual matches but whole seasons and more. Unfortunately they are often taken off early and discouraged from bowling, made to believe that the reason it isn't working is a lack of talent when in fact it happens to even the true greats when they're still learning. ------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 22 January 2007 at 9:18pm
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That's where you get all the kids who have talent and put them in a squad and let them bowl their 4 overs or whatever regardless, even if they go at 30 an over. You keep a kid on with talent for long enough, he'll do something! ------------- |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 12:16pm
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I agree, but captains in this country are loathe to do that. We don't havea culture of wrist-spin, and that has to change
------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: 143no
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 12:20pm
Thats what they did with Giles isn't it??
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Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 1:00pm
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The thing is, it's a case of keeping him on game after game after game, season after season, which canreally hinder a sides bowling performance, but ultimately it's important these kids a) learn their trade and b) get the confidence to bowl well, from knowing the team has faith in their ability.
------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: 143no
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 1:12pm
| It comes down to what the ECB wants out of county cricket, is county cricket there to provide players for England? or are they solely focused on winning matches? |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 1:51pm
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I'm not talking about county cricket, the root of the problem is far far below that. I'm talking about club cricket, where you just don't find wrist-spinners, and where you do they're nto nurtured properly and their talent is wasted. County cricket doesn't have any wrist-spinners either.
------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 23 January 2007 at 5:53pm
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I'm a right arm off-break bowler, I don't turn the ball especially much but I get a bit of turn which goes the right way, but my key is I'm accurate, I try to attack the batsmen and try and trick them into playing big shots and getting their wickets. ------------- On extended leave... |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 24 January 2007 at 10:36am
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If you don't spin the ball much, I urge you to work on spinning it more because that's the difference between a good bowler and a plodder, between a 'spin bowler' and a 'slow bowler'. You're right to be proud of your accuracy and yes it will suffer if you concentrate on spinning the ball, but when you've learnt to spin the ball, and I mean really really rip it, then you can achieve accuracy through repetition, just by bowling as much as you can. If you try and do it the other way, accuracy first then learn to rip it, it won't work because spinning the ball will require changes in your action and/or delivary whereas accuracy is just a case of repeating that action. ------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 24 January 2007 at 11:17am
| I am a right arm leg spin bowler. I was formally a medium pace bowler but decided try something new last year and haven't looked back. I can spin the ball a reasonable amount depends how much work i put on it. Am currently working on the googly. |
Posted By: OwzatWarrior
Date Posted: 24 January 2007 at 7:59pm
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I'm a right arm medium paceman. I bowl seam up, get quite decent bounce and good away-swing from the right hander. I love bowling to lefties as I start my run-up wide of the crease and try to swing the ball into them... Works quite well, took 6 left-handed scalps last season for my local men's team (13 right-handers)... I'm 16 now, I turned 16 on the eve of our last game of the season!
I can hit 70mph, which is mainly down to my height and general size... I'm about 6 2", and quite broad, so I get quite good pace and bounce. I need to work a little more on keeping the ball tighter to the off-stump, I sometimes pitch the ball too far outside the off... I can only seem to seam the brand new ball aswell unfortunately! |
Posted By: OwzatWarrior
Date Posted: 24 January 2007 at 8:05pm
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I bowled 2 overs of leg-spin on our end of season game: "Old Boys Vs Young Old Boys"...
I only went for a couple aswell... I was chuffed! My best bowling figures are: 5 Overs, 3 Maidens, 3 Wickets for 7 Runs... We bowled them out for 45. |
Posted By: sl_crew
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 12:35am
| bro im a legs spinner i am currently learning how to ball gogglies but i need to work on my flight if i need to improve my game |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 1:59pm
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im pretty good at flighting the ball, my mate who i go to nets with twice a week says that i have a habbit of putting the ball in a place that he dosnt know whther to play frount or back foot, thats a good thing i guess... ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:30pm
| I'm a 6'2 leg spinner at 13. I think I am probably the biggest leg-spinner of the ball out of all the under 14 people in the world. No, I am not joking I can seriously spin the ball that much I don't care if you don't believe me. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:33pm
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no bragging there
in that case, i can seriously bowl the flipleg glider, it does loop-the loops in the air, then drifts, and skids whist off-leg spinning
n ur too big to be a spinner
 so how far can you rip a ball? ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:37pm
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I sometimes get back pain bowling leg spin cause of my height but it's ok now I guess. Ok maybe I am a little over confident but I did not say i'm the best leg spinner under 14's in the world but leg spinner I think I am. The U-17's where shocked from the amount of spin I get even the best player at the club said im a massive turner of the ball. I'll shut up now so people won't think im a moron. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:39pm
Well I don't know exactly but I have on a few occasion spun the ball 3 quarters of the pitch. I don't know how wide the pitch is though what are they usually 2 metres?
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:41pm
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it is possible to turn the ball too much, it may sound stupid but often balls turn to much and miss the bat and the stumps, about 10 inches(about 2 bats wide) of turn is propably the right amount, turning it 3 feet never did anybody any favours as macgill has found out, this is why the accuracy of warne won him the place in the team, above macgill ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:43pm
| Yer, When I spin it too much and I get it in the right area it just spins too much I don't know how to bowl with less spin but sometimes when I bowl flighted deliveries I get half the amount of spin. I also usually get bounce when I bowl spin i've bowled a few bouncers before. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:45pm
flighted spin is ment to turn more 
and also you dint say how much turn you get ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:47pm
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I don't know how much turn I get I don't measure it let's just say most deliveries spin half of the pitch. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:48pm
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ok ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:49pm
| Also your signature says Ashes here we come I think you should change that unless your Aussie. |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:50pm
AK, I very much doubt that, the only person ive ever seen do that is Stuart MacGill and he is the biggest spinner of the ball in the world so I think you may be exaggerating. I dont know how much my leggy turns, I can usually turn it from an inch or two outside leg and hit off. I dont know how far that is though. ------------- [ |
Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:53pm
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Shouldn't you be at school?
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:53pm
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yeh half the pitch is about 3 and a half foot and thats alot, but if you say you can then fair enough i myself can turn it a fair bit (not half the pitch like you though
)the amount of turn i get depends on the ball and pitch etc.
im happy enough with the amount fo turn i get any way
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:55pm
Oh AK, dont embarass yourself, reading the first few pages of the spin thread you were cocky but recently you've been a really decent bloke so please stay decent. You obviously arent the biggest spinner in the world and nobody can spin it 1 and three quarter metres. Have you ever seen the Warne-Chanderpaul ball? It spun 2 metres and that is considered to be the biggest spinning abll of all time!! I'm not attacking you for lying but I urge you to tell the truth because it is pointless to say stuff that cant be true. ------------- [ |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:56pm
An inch or two are you serious! I swear on my life per ball I probably spin it about a metre I swear the god I do. Maybe If I can i'll try get my mate to vidoe record me bowling a leggie and I will put it on Youtube to give you proof.
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:56pm
Exam leave ------------- [ |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:57pm
I can't spin it as much as 2 metres but I swear that I spin it alot maybe I am exaggerating a tiny bit about being the biggest under 14 leggie but seriously come on there kids under 14 most don't even know how to spin a ball.
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 2:57pm
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yeh i agree, lying is just stupid and nobody really cares how much anyone spins the ball
making yourslef sound amazing on a forum isn't going to make you play good the pitch ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:00pm
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Forget it about I said before I wont care if you don't believe cause most 13 year olds cant spin it that much but go ahead call me a liar if you must but I know how to rip a ball. |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:00pm
OK fair enough. I pride myself on my accuracy and my favourite ball is the googly that pitches on off and hits leg. When I get that right it feels great when you catch him leg before. How does everyone bowl their googly? ------------- [ |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:02pm
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im not doubting that you can spin the ball but, saying "im the best under 14 leggy in the world" even if you are, whats the point of saying it? ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:03pm
| I just started practising mine not doing a good job of it so far. I think I did bowl it properly once cause the way it came out of my hand and seeing it spin in the air the other direction I thought I got it right but it was a full toss so I didn't get to see if I did it right : ( |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:04pm
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gutted ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: Italian Cricket
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:05pm
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who said that they were the best under 14 leggy in the world, cockey thing!!
who ever it is ask to see some figures! ------------- Italian cricket captain of the future!! |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:07pm
| I never said I was the best under 14 leggy in the world I said I think I am the biggest under 14 leg spinner. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:07pm
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as in height lol ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:09pm
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lol, No as in spinning a cricket ball. But I wouldn't be a suprise if I was also the biggest cause at 13 im 6'2. Maybe it's cause of my height I spin it so much is that possible? |
Posted By: Italian Cricket
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:10pm
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oh rite lol
sorry AK, it would have been a bit rediculas if someone was sayin they were the best in the world! ------------- Italian cricket captain of the future!! |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:10pm
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warne is 5 ft 10
work it out for yourself ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:11pm
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He's an old old man. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:12pm
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it is generally considered that being small aids being a spinner
anil kumble is a exception, but then again hes not a massive spinner of the ball
------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:12pm
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A tall gperson always spins it less because he is unable to get side spin as much as small people. We discussed it somewhere on a thread.
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:13pm
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also its harder for them to flight it as much ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:13pm
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Small will help you spin it, Height will give you bounce, i.e Kumble... or Giles ;-)
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:14pm
hes true  ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:14pm
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Well it's not impossible for a person over 6 foot to spin it alot. |
Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:15pm
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not impossible, but harder ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:16pm
Ah Ha, that's why I get alot of bounce everytime the batsman plays and misses the bowl bounces over the wicket it annoys me cause it's impossible for me to bowl someone out with the amount of bounce I get.
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:17pm
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i thort you turned it half a pitch, youd haveto be pitching it about a meter outside leg to get it over the wicket ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:19pm
I remember the first day I was involved with spin I was 10 and I bowled medium pace I had the gayest action and the slowest deliveries. We had a spinner on my team this was at school he was my mate and everyone hailed him spin king he got abit of spin and alot of bounce. I got jealous of all the intention so I asked for advice he gave me some and now I have the same action as Shane Warne I copied him *shutters*. Jealousy made me what I am today.
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Posted By: Italian Cricket
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:20pm
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You could try bowling a bit more fuller then!!
So far what you have told us about your bowling, you have made out that you would be a nightmare on a pitch that stays low!
What figures did you get when you played on a pith like this
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Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:20pm
What do you mean I usually bowl fuller length deliveries thats why it bounces over the wicket. By spinning half a pitch I meant say it pitched right on the edge of the pitch it would spin into the middle what did you mean?
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Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:20pm
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anybody can copy shane warnes action as much as they want, itl never mean they will be as god as him ------------- check out the ultimate spinners guide - spinny.co.nr |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:23pm
I've bowled in 3 innings and I had a chance to bowl on turf wicket but the coach didn't bowl me on there cause it was my 2nd game. Tomorow we place at our home ground but it isint a turf wicket its like this green thing I don't know what you call it. The most ridicilous thing i've bowled on is a lego pitch! I got 2 inches of spin on that, that was a disgrace that pitch we had to use that cause the turf wicket in the centre was being fixed.
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 25 January 2007 at 3:24pm
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Yes I agree, I have a similar action but not the same because the action is the preference of the bowler, it means nothing if you cant bowl straight with it. I had this rubbish action when I started spinning and I wanted to be like Shane Warne so I copied his exactly but then I couldn't bowl for 3 months on target but I made some smakll changes and am now in tip top form with my nice new action that doesnt make me look stupid when I bowl. ------------- [ |