Too late to wicket keep?
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Topic: Too late to wicket keep?
Posted By: slogga6
Subject: Too late to wicket keep?
Date Posted: 08 February 2008 at 8:19pm
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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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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 09 February 2008 at 10:54am
| 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 |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 09 February 2008 at 11:24am
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 10 February 2008 at 1:57am
| 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. |
Posted By: benkola13
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 8:28pm
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Ashley Giles bowled fast until he was 16. Then he started to bowl spin, and he played for England. ------------- "I Need You To Remember One Thing, I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:15pm
What a motivator for the guy. Who's your hero, then? Ashley Giles, sir.  ------------- |
Posted By: mambios
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 4:42am
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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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Posted By: drandhawa
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 12:11am
| 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. |
Posted By: thekeeper
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 9:24am
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 1:30pm
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! ------------- Ideal cricketer: Bowl like Warne, bat like Tendulkar, field like Jonty!! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 1:58pm
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SreeSanth started bowl pace at the age of 17 I think. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: cricket stu
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 1:02pm
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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. ------------- http://www.sportsballshop.co.uk/acatalog/Readers-Cricket-Balls.html - Cricket Balls. |
Posted By: Colepath
Date Posted: 27 January 2011 at 6:19am
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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 . |