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I didn't know there was such a thing. If there is it should be banned immediately! Cremer's OK but I didn't see him as anything special. The same goes for Bishoo. I suppose the problem with them is that they're just too young. Tahir on the other hand is a very experienced pro - I'm not sure...

I'm not saying I need to turn myself into Shahid Afridi, but I know I can bowl 5-10 mph quicker without losing spin even if the accuracy goes. If I can learn to bowl that with better accuracy then it'll help me a lot, as while the slow loopy balls are OK for tail-enders or flash Harrys who are...

It's not so much a lack of confidence as a deep frustration. I don't think it'll last too long. I should get a bowl next week so if the situation's more in my favour (and that's pretty likely) I should hopefully enjoy that a bit more.

Imran Tahir gets my vote as best in the world at the moment, and Afridi's worth a mention - at least in limited overs games.

I had a pretty depressing weekend to be honest with you all, I did get a bowl in Saturday's game (so that's a plus) but it was in absolutely the worst circumstances possible. Then today I had an hour or two of a practise but 50% of the balls I bowled were absolutely horrid, I had any number of...

The thing that really scares me is - I have absolutely no idea! I'd like to think I'm pretty calm and level headed, but we all like to think that don't we? I did bowl part of an over against the 3rds in a pre-season friendly last year and got smacked about a bit and it didn't seem to bother me...

That looks like a really, really solid action. Much better than mine! If he's bowling well as he is, all you need to do is tell him his action looks good and make sure he keeps it that way. If he's having problems the only slight (very, very slight) issue I can see is that his delivery stride is...

Hi everyone, got my first match of the season on Saturday, and because we're both in the same league it's Stafford 3rds vs Stafford 4ths. The mind games have already begun within the club and it should be a pretty interesting match... My bowling's really improved heaps over the winter and lots...

Wow! I wondered if Grimmett had picked it up from a lob bowler, but there weren't many of note outside England so I wondered how he would have got to see one. I guess that answers my question, but perhaps it muddys the waters as to who invented the flipper! I'm not surprised Simpson-Hayward got...

Wow, that's a really good analysis. Thanks! I'll look out for it, although my run-up has slightly changed and my accuracy improved - perhaps because starting from a more stable platform helps to prevent me falling away early? I'm going to head to nets a little early tonight so I can get some...

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I last popped in so with my season starting in just over a couple of weeks here's where I'm at... I've been working very hard in our indoor nets, I've only had to miss one session and I've been bowling pretty well. I started quite rusty after about three...

Difficult? Really? I bowl it all the time, find it pretty easy to bowl and it's by far my best variation. As long as you don't send it down the leg side or excessively wide down off, I find it's either a dot ball if it's just outside off and the batsman tries to cut and goes over the top of it...

I don't think you'll get many disagreeing here!!!

Apparently Tahir's not out of it and will play through the pain, but will need a couple of weeks full rest at some point after. I'm slightly annoyed Rashid's still not in the squad given the way leggies have gone in general, but on the plus side the talk of him getting into the team sounds more...

I'm developing a real soft spot for Afridi, I just love the way he is so obviously desperate to win. I know he takes it too far at times but you've got to say no game is ever dull if he's batting or bowling, and unlike some Pakistan players you're never in any doubt that he's trying his best...

If you think gobbing on your hands is icky, perhaps I shouldn't point out that in a match the ball you're trying to grip will have been shined up using virtually everyone else's saliva...

My understanding of length comes from Bob Woolmer's book, where he says that it has been found that batsman need 0.2 of a second to adjust his stroke. This sets one limiting factor - how far away from a batsman is too short, since if it pitches more that 0.2 seconds before it reaches the batsman...

Hi all, in the nets last Sunday I kept finding the outside edge with such regularity to all types of bowlers (all right-handers though) that I'm convinced it must be a technical problem with my action. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do about this? the outside edges of all my bats...

I've finished reading that book on underarm bowling and I'm now totally convinced the flipper pre-dates Grimmett, at least in terms of the hand action even if Grimmett may have been the first to try it overarm. The book is frustratingly short on the details of technique, mostly because the...

I haven't seen him bowl but I was listening on the radio as he took Somerset apart in the CB40 final.