How to get Wickets

Originally posted by spin wizard As for you fast bowlers, kill them with pace and aggression. Don't be afraid to bounce them and set the man deep backward square and long leg/deep fine leg.

You and your "Bodyline" tactics.

But Spin Wizard's right, attack the batsman and put the pressure on. If you can dry up the runs then the batsman will be more likely to make a mistake.

How to get wickets? Be aggressive! If you're a spinner, flight them up and set some fielders close in like short covers and short mid wicket. Bowling with guys around the bat makes you want to bowl more flatter and quicker so that takes away from your attacking option which is to get the man driving but if you're Warne or Murali so can bowl on the spot and pitch it up on target, then fine but for people at our level, we're not that good!

Originally posted by The Tyke   I found that switching between orthodox and chinaman has brought me a few wickets. I randomly chuck in a chinaman here and there and they play down the wrong line. Or as a psyche out I'll bowl a wrong'un just to mess with their heads.

Well I'm a leg spinner (hence my name) and I always find that if I keep teasing the batsmen with ordinary leggies then start adding toppies and sliders/flipper nearer to the end, there's about 6/10 chance they will come steaming down the wicket, take a uncontrolled drive and then miss making either a outside edge or a stumping from the keeper. CAUTION:Do not try this with the more defensive of batsmen as this will mean more runs for batsmen, less wickets for you

Watch the batsman.  That is going to be your key,  to take the wickets.  Especially the good batsmen - watch their grip, their stance, do they like to play forward, or back.  And the best time to observe all this, is when you are not bowling.  At least, that's how it works for me.

You cannot have a set pattern of variations as has been mentioned here, to take wickets consistently.  It'll work against, bits and pieces batsmen, no doubt.  But against quality batsmen, you need to set them up.

And for that, you need to use your variation, very sparingly.  Get your stock ball to be one on or around off stump.  And for an over at least, against the good batsman, use this same line, and maybe, if you want, use the crease, to change your angle.  When the batsman has gotten comfortable against you, then, and only then, use your prized variation.  You'll nail most good batsmen that way, and also more importantly, earn their respect as well.

Variations are very effective when they are a surprise.  If you bowl 3 variations in an over, then it's stops being a surprise.  You wont be able to get the good batsmen this way.

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i bowl it like i would bowl a leg spiner (i move leg spin quite abit) but with a normal runup. i only lose a bit of pace luckilly!

good for u...lol...ive never rele got a great wicket from leg cutters jsut edges rele..

At least you don't have your name for nothing.

I bowl slow, bouncing and flighted deliveries!
The bounce is around shoulder height outside or just on off stump.It is very difficult to score of them because I bowl them really slow.I even add some spin to it!It makes it even more difficult!The batsman will get frustrated and will loop one up in the air!Thats how I get my wickets!I also have another style, bowl fast and try to swing the ball!

The main problem in my bowling is wides and over height bouncers being called no balls!I only give away 3-4 runs usually without extras.

Originally posted by lightning quick i bowl around 120 so when i play u/15's im just about the fastest bowler most of these kids have faced so consistant line and length works there but in seniors i bowl with variations like slower balls swing and cut

 added to the above, i bowl legspin and just put it on the same area just on middle and leg, then, i bowl one just outside of offstump. next ball, i bowl a googly on that last leg spins spot which they try to drive and it usually bowls them.

I have reasonable pace around the low 120's which is medium for my standard. My bowling changes for every batsman. Some it is wise to attack the stumps and put pressure on that way. Others are suspect against chin music while others it works to starve them of runs. As Pieterson fan said, a pattern will be worked out by the dumbest of batsman.

I have an action similar to Murali's and if the big offbreaks dont get a result, I just throw in the doosra and that always catches them out.

I can only rely on my accuracy to do the job rather than pace.  So, I focus on keeping the batsman quiet bowling wicket to wicket and setting the appropriate field.  I dont beat the bat as often as I would like but I try not to give them much room to get runs off me.  Eventually, they will make a mistake.

Edited by scuudz - 26 March 2007 at 5:27pm

Simply just bowl and good line and length, stave a batsman of runs.

At the level I play at, you just try and bowl a good line and length. There's usually enough in the wicket itself to keep the batsman guessing. If you don't try too hard to get something to happen by trying to bowl too many different types of delivery (and thus inevitably give away a four ball at least once an over) you'll get results.