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Yeah, I'm actually hoping England win this one so it can be 2-2 going to the final test.

Yep, it's been a great series so far, I've loved it. Surely England can't come back from 2-0 down haha.

Nice, hopefully you can bag a couple fifers!

Sorry to hear that man. Legspinners are always getting the most hate when things go wrong for them to be honest. It's a tough job.

Yeah true, that's when you can actually get the cool wickets like edging to slip and stuff instead of just getting catches at long on.

I play U18s and have been lucky that around 80% of catches off my bowling are taken, its a pretty high standard of cricket.

Well yeah I've actually found that the white ball drifts and dips more for some reason but doesn't turn as much? Maybe it's just easier to see drift and dip with the white ball? Maybe the white ball is softer and on the hard, syntho pitches it can't grip as much? But out of all these theories I...

Damn, if only your team took more catches, you would have taken bags of wickets in virtually every game!

Yeah, I find most batsmen don't watch the hand much and just play off the surface so the googly could be a great weapon. Also, do your googlies turn more than your leggies by any chance? PS: On a related note, Rehan Ahmed is in the English test squad, and he has a googly that turns more than...

Yeah, I try and do hand to hand practice once every two days or so, as I get better at it I've found the flipper comes out with more backspin revs, at least hand to hand. Also, when I do bowl the flipper though, it has around 80% backspin and 20% offspin, as it is really hard to get your hand in...

Yeah true, thanks for the reminder. Usually I like to stick to bowling 2 or 3 leggies for every variation I bowl, so I might bowl 2-3 leggies and then throw in one googly/flipper depending on what I'm working on. I think that's the sweetspot, as you do need to accumulate enough frequent volume...

Sounds like you did alright apart from a couple bad balls. I reckon I probably need a lucky charm too haha like you. On a side note, I've realised that my googlies come out much loopier and slower than my leggies? Any advice to get them a touch flatter and faster, has anyone else dealt with...

Yeah, surprisingly wet balls are alright to bowl with for leg spinners. Only problem is the ball doesn't really turn most of the time - just skids on. But that can be an advantage if you use it well, bowling lots of topspinners for example and then just sliding in a quicker sidespinner which...

Yeah, thats unlucky. No idea why they wouldn't allow you to use it?

Yeah, its tough, I've had it a a couple times. I usually just try and really simplify things during this period and bowl from standing starts until I get the feel back again.

That's unlucky mate. We've all had those sort of weeks. And the worst thing about it? When you land it in the right spot, coming out of the hand well, like you said, some days you just get hit for four. Hopefully better results next week.

I wouldn't say it's been well documented exactly, many commentators and people have labelled legbreaks, even the FLIPPER as sliders. Would be very confusing for anyone learning leg spin. Damn. My highest score of all time is only 3 runs over your highest last season. I too am not a very quick...

That's good, and it certainly sounds like them bowling you more is paying off.

Ok fair enough then. My team is similar except we don't really have a lot of bowlers or batters. Hence why I open the batting (with really bad results of late btw - average of 8 from 7 innings) and usually bowl the maximum overs possible. Our fast bowlers don't usually get on a roll and pin the...

Damn, do you guys play mostly t20s or something? I usually play half and half, half t20s half one dayers. One dayers I usually get 8-10 overs, t20s 2-4.