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Don't know if any of your are watching the world cup right now, but this BS that Zampa is serving up here as a tail-ender is what I was talking about a couple posts earlier. This does my head in when I'm playing - you bowl superbly against the proper bats and then this happens! Woakes as just...

I find it amazing that you're the only Offie. I think in all 5 adult teams I'm the only Leggie. We have a few people who mix things up in the nets and bowl a few leggies and some of them exceptionally well as far as I can make out - but then I can't bat! I never see then trying leg-breaks...

Your last line is massively important. You just can't let that happen, as soon as you let it bother you - that's it - you tense up and bowl worse and it exacerbates the situation. It's massively made worse if you feel your under scrutiny from the captain/team.

The point about the better bats I agree with totally. I tend to be brought on when the openers and 2nd change have been ineffective or around the 20th over in 40 over games, so generally I have to bowl at decent/good bats. But because of the point you've made and the fact that they value their...

How do your old blokes (40-50 year olds) do, are they valued players and do they appear in the top 10 wicket takers at your club?

@Leggy88 " I certainly agree with the point of changing what doesn't work to make it work, although I would keep the solution within the scope of leg spin - not much good at offies or fast bowling". I think the notion that you're not good at some aspect of bowling and discarding it as an option...

I hope you do and yeah you're right they need another option, you can't have a team without a slow bowling option. For instance our clubs end of year stats... No.2 - 31 wickets Right arm orthodox: No.4 26 wickets left arm orthodox: No.5 26 Right arm orthodox: No.6 Me. No.8 24 wickets right arm...

Yeah you're going to be at a pivotal point in your game soon and this'll test your mettle. I've now bowled this stuff for 16 years I think and seen a lot of young spinners come and go, some of them as youngster between 12 and 15 have been exceptionally good, especially whilst playing cricket in...

Yeah here in the UK that's definite no no scenario. My In-laws live up country about 200 miles away and they've got a ground just down the road and I've been over there and bowled in their synthetic nets when I've been visiting. But I've gone into the clubhouse and asked for permission and...

Yeah I guess, there are multiple factors to consider. I just know that I was basically out of the game when I used to spin hard, hardly any wickets - balls being dropped every game, five-fers alluding me in most games due to poor fielding and expensive. Got dropped. There's a Terry Jenner video...

Yeah all of those. I'd also add your variation/s. I don't know about you lot, but in these situations I've tended to bowl faster, but I don't think that's the answer at all. A plan is useful, quickly assessing where they're going to hit you if you put the ball in a specific area, then knowing if...

I don't know how your league systems work, but here we have divisions within the league and each division has around 10 or 12 teams and everyone plays each other 1 game at home the other away. The top two or three get promoted up the division - no idea what happens at the very top. As an old...

Was it recorded for Youtube?

I saw some news about him being implicated in drug dealing via a relative or something. Jeez! Just looked, that's not good.

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He's the leading wicket taker after the match with the Dutch. Good to see a wrist spinner in that situation, shame we don't get to hear Warne's views on him anymore. Shame MacGill seems to have disappeared into obscurity these days, be interesting to hear his opinion.

Came on here to say how well Zampa is going in the world cup. His wrong-un is pretty straight much of the time. He's a good bowler - seems to keep it fairly simple. He's a good bloke as well if the stuff on Youtube is genuine.

Yep in BBC English it's 'Tiss', but the BBC is not perfect, but then language and dialect are always changing and developing.

Funny you should say that I've just watched a documentary on Youtube about the same thing in the USA. Shame thing here in the UK an awful lot of people have succumbed and we're catching up with the Americans. 🙁

I'm from a real working class background, so here in England I've been brought up referring to men as Blokes as Geezers, no-one I know from where I'm from says Guys. Interesting that you say bloke sounds weird. Do you have a American TV programs like Friends, I think that was instrumental here...