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Spin bowling all rounders, or even good part timers are so valuable - I'm a big fan of Heads bowling, he's a pretty complete spinner for a part timer, but he'd be even better if left handed. I'd be disappointed to see Australia become a venue where you can routinely go without a specialist...

Very kind of you, but I should be OK - my bro had let his TNT Sports subscription lapse, the selfish ************, but he's seen sense now that we're playing NZ, so I should be able to catch a bit of the day-nighter - likely to be more interesting than what transpires over the Tasman. I wonder if...

Watching your side go around the park is one of the more dispiriting experiences that sport has to offer - I'd rather watch my team get skittled out any day of the week.

I'd probably have more to say if Kuldeep was along, but I'll stick my head in

Has it really flattened out that much? Hard to see from the limited highlights over here in Pom country

I've never seen anything quite like it - it looks like someone who only bowls at nets, except he's heading for all-timer status! I love that cricket can still produce a top-level performer with technique like nothing you've seen before

Hi Ishnair - great to see another left-arm wristspinner around, there's not many of us! I would highly recommend that you repost this into the Wrist Spin Bowling Thread - there's some pretty knowledgable people in there. I'm still pretty much a beginner myself, only bowling seriously a...

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but this just seems such a weird vibe to me, so clique-ish and unwelcoming - if numbers were limited, why not just say so? English cricket definitely leans one way politically and I suspect we're both on the minority side; that said there's quite a few...

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but this just seems such a weird vibe to me, so clique-ish and unwelcoming - if numbers were limited, why not just say so? English cricket definitely leans one way politically and I suspect we're both on the minority side; that said there's quite a few...

I didn't know that 😀 Has he mentioned this in one of his many masterclasses?

I should probably try to use more precise terminology - as you note, slider seems to be used for any straight flat ball from a wristspinner. I suppose the term can be useful for a non-thumb-generated backspinner? I might try to collect some examples - often tricky as a lot of highlights...

I haven't seen the classic flipper for a good while - a lot of mislabelled backspinners, but not a lot of thumb action. Is it possible that other backspinners have edged out the flipper a bit? I think they are a bit easier to bowl and disguise, and while not offering quite the same zip as Warne...

This is really helpful ,and I think very relevant to my bowling. How long did it take you to get used to doing this?

Thanks very much for this - I hadn't even thought of this as a possibility! I'm definitely not maintaining momentum through the crease, approaching the crease faster makes no difference to the delivery speed. I'll try to keep an eye on this

A couple of nets vids here, feedback very welcome. I have been trying very hard to break an awful habit of taking my arm back behind my back before delivery, before I videoed myself I had no idea I was even doing it - an oppo player had tried to explain it to me before, but there's no substitute...

Welcome Bobble! You're in a very similar place to where I was about a year/18months back , and have already received some good advice - this place is a great find for an aspiring spinner. Your action is very much like mine when I started - I suspect it's changed a bit now, but I need to film it...

I suspect yoga is just the ticket, the Mrs does a lot of it and I've gone along occasionally & enjoyed it, and it would obviously be helpful - I've struggled to fit a regular session around running , bowling and other stuff, but I think I need to make the effort.

15c dry and sunny sounds better than our summer half the time! Played my first T20 of the season last night (4-0-19-0, dnb), although this early in the year it's still T18, as it's too dark to play by about 2030 - it was warm enough to start with, but I was wishing I'd brought some handwarmers...

Congrats! Don't think I've scored that many in my whole career to date 😄

Yes Dave - I read anything I can find about legspin/spin bowling in general , so found your blog a while ago - if you google "googly syndrome", quite a few of the results lead back to you! I'm very careful not to spend too long long bowling it vs stock delivery, but as I say tbh at the moment...