Looking at the spot doesn't work for me but I'm an individual. You can't copy someone else's method and expect better results.
About 4 out of 6 of my deliveries are on the ideal spot per over. The others are either marginally short or full. That's good enough for someone who wants to rip the...
It's sad that he didn't reach 300 test wickets. But after all he has done for the game he deserves a long rest. I was named after him, he really is one of the biggest favourites amongst all South Africans! I'm surprised that you didn't mention he also took so many catches in the slips. He was...
Yes I've faced a few leggies before. I'm a left handed batsman, at the sight of finger spinners I lick my lips but leggies keep me tied down most of the time. Just because I bowl leg spin myself doesn't make me a better batsman against spin, it just helps me understand what they're doing much...
That's exacy what I did. I shaped an action for myself and let it flow. Sometimes working over a very short distance on one particular aspect of it until I do it correct automatically, but never while I'm practicing something else.
Whenever I think about my action while I bowl it's a bad ball...
There was a stage in my bowling where I was also very worried about the first step like you are now. Back then I shuffled sideways, almost like a penguin at the start of my run-up. I shuffled like that and gradually built up some momentum so I started giving normal steps which got quicker until...
Am I the only person who saw some incredibly weird high risk-no reward tactics from the Proteas? It seemed to me as though they blocked everything and didn't take easy runs, so that Dhoni would bring in all the outfielders. That way they had 4 balls to score 16 runs with no outfielders in sight...
Retiring already :confused: I'd prefer another 7 years, but here's to a brilliant career filled with ripping off breaks and then some:D...
Do any of you know why the Trackman is only used in England? Will it ever be used in matches between other countries? I miss that tiny watch thing on the...
The first step depends on your comfortability. I use a long one to get my thythm going, or I feel stuck on one spot.
It can't come over before your front foot lands, because then you'd be bowling off the wrong foot, not that that's wrong, but look at the name - off the WRONG foot. It should...
Yes I have seen it, just doubt if it's possible in cricket. Shane Warne never even managed it! So my best guess is... 100 times more revs than Shane Warne :D
Muralitharan didn't chuck. He was within the 15 degrees limit set by the ICC! It looks like a throw, simply because he has an abnormal amount of flexibility in his shoulders and wrist. (Optical illusion) How can you judge him and call him a thrower when scientific research suggests otherwise...
Oh I know it's possible to drift the ball a very long way, but not an impossible distance!
Sounds like things are going pretty bad over there. In South Africa the main problem is corruption and quotas. It's a wonder that we have such a good international team when all the good players get...
Does Ish Sodhi really drift the ball 2 feet? A wicket he got against the West Indies (a left-hander) apparently drifted from the left side of the pitch to outside the off stump. Is that even possible, maybe there was just a strong wind? :confused:
Why do so many people start off as very...
By using my imagination :D In hawk-eye you can see the trajectory that the ball had, I paint a trajectory for myself in the air and focus on getting that trajectory. The trajectory is right above the batsman's head, so I look near his head and bowl at it. If I look at a spot I always sacrifice...
There is no such thing as a "preseason* for me, because my season is the whole year 24/7. We don't get much rain in the winter and I practice as much as I can during the "in and off" season. (Which is in season all the time for me)
I guess I'm lucky not to have been injured seriously at all ...
Interesting! Here in South Africa we very rarely have protege spinners, I can't think of any I've seen / heard of, I probably don't count as one either because I've been bowling chinamen for about 2 years now :D
My 11 year old cousin is definitiely one, the first few leggies he bowled were...
If you practice on a tennis court, how do you improve it's bounce? It has pretty good bounce, maybe a bit high, and lots of turn, but the bounce distance is messed up. The ball doesn't travel far enough! That's not really what I want to fix, my problem is backspin.
Backspin on a tennis court...
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