Yeah I like paddle sweep as well, that's neat little shot, only really feel confident with that shot against Leggies and over here, they're as rare as Rocking horse pooh, so rarely get to give it a go. Just on Google maps now looking at the satellite shots of cricket grounds in Perth, looks hot! Don't know when these were shot - but it's wall to wall blue sky. Look at my temp in the bottom left hand corner!
I can't even imagine, how that would be. We had our heat records here broken summer 2021, it was 38c -39c for a period of about 5 or 6 days, dropping to 35c over night. That was tough for us, our houses are not set up for that. Playing in it was OK just the once - bit of a novelty in a way - loads of drinks, sun cream and wide brimmed hats and where I am the grounds are open, so there were breezes.Hahaha 1C is a little cooler lol.
The worst ground I’ve played on for heat is this one:
Usually around Perth you rely on the sea breeze (westerly) to bring some cold air off the ocean and cool you off. This ground is slightly inland and has a big old hill blocking any of that wind.
What’s more is that the whole inside of Australia is a desert. So when you get an Easterly (in WA) it’s hot and dry, shitty, opened-the-oven-with-your-face-too-close kind of wind.
Even better is the ground is lower than the rest of the surrounding landscape so the hot air blows in and just sits there.
It’s an actual microwave.
Yeah our hot week was dry. But we had some muggy hot days this summer - much lower 25c and that wasn't pleasant.
the back of the hand should face mid wicket right?
it is very awkward but it gets a lot of spin for me
Buy Peter Philpotts book 'The Art of Wrist Spin bowling' and read the section on 'Bowling around the loop' or look up bowling around the loop on Youtube, I've got a video which explains it, that might help.