tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post5052074269121216183..comments2023-09-01T04:18:53.210-07:00Comments on Wrist Spin Bowling: Batsmen of SEDCB region and how to get them out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-34302149516455530752018-02-15T12:03:11.239-08:002018-02-15T12:03:11.239-08:00Yeah our regular skipper plays he usually knows wh...Yeah our regular skipper plays he usually knows who's going to score runs, there's usually a couple of them. Yeah we usually deploy the tactic of letting the better bat have the single so that we can target the lesser batsman. It's rare that I'm able to bowl dot ball after dot ball and being 4th XI and usually one of the weakest teams in the league, we just haven't got blokes that are that quick and agile enough in the field to restrict the bats to dot balls. Most of us including me to be honest would count ourselves as being lucky if we were to cling onto a ball on the boundary that was intended to be a six! I have so many balls hit in the air that are not caught, fumbled, dropped or just not got to because the players have knackered knees and have no agility or burst speed - they're all ex footballers who've never done warm ups in their lives so are shot to pieces. You have to be pretty philosophical in our team, otherwise you'd get really disappointed. Someblokecalleddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325679141315591503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-25448869565094839022018-02-01T09:34:19.488-08:002018-02-01T09:34:19.488-08:00Aye, if he is clearly just waiting for bad balls, ...Aye, if he is clearly just waiting for bad balls, then simply don't bowl any bad balls, and you will bowl maiden after maiden and win the game for your team that way.<br /><br />Your skipper should be able to tell you if the oppo have one really good bat who scores all their runs. I think more likely this type of bat will want to impose himself on the game by hitting lots of boundaries so that he can get his ton before he runs out of overs. Best tactic is to try to keep him off strike! Put men back saving two, give him a single off the first ball of the over, and then bowl dots at the bloke at the other end. They'll soon start bickering with each other. With any luck, he'll get frustrated at the slow sacoring rate and try to hit a 6 and end up giving a catch on the boundary.SLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750653266156249490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-62623286550458247662018-01-27T12:00:55.523-08:002018-01-27T12:00:55.523-08:00Cheers SLA, I'll definitely consider that over...Cheers SLA, I'll definitely consider that over the coming season and it sounds a lot more practical than identifying every single batsman, a lot less time-consuming. I reckon it's a skill that you develop though from playing the game lots. Your 'Star' batsman for instance I wouldn't be sure what I'd be looking for in him other than he'd take his time, be fairly risk adverse, but ready to put away the bad ball, perhaps have 4 good shots that he seemed to be able to target gaps with... That kind of thing?Someblokecalleddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325679141315591503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-58330402857976102842017-11-29T02:14:08.616-08:002017-11-29T02:14:08.616-08:00This is great analysis Dave and far more advanced ...This is great analysis Dave and far more advanced that the kind of stuff people usually dribble on about on BC.<br /><br />My suggestion to you now would be to try to generalise your findings. Its impractical to have a dossier on every batsman in Essex - it would be more helpful to you if you were able to identify that when you see batsman of type "X", then you need to use strategy "Y".<br /><br />So you might be in a game, and before you come on to bowl, you might think "oh this bloke bats a bit like Paul Howlett, therefore when I come on I need to make sure I try to get him driving" or something like that.<br /><br />So you might eventually come up with a list of different "types" of batsmen and develop a different plan for each: The nurdler. The prodder. The leg side slogger, the bloke who hangs on the back foot. The bloke who charges up the wicket. The bloke who backs away to leg and smears everything through point. The bloke who looks like he has never batted before in his life. The bloke who watched a youtube video on playing spin and now tries to sweep 3 balls an over. The super "correct" batsman with the classic technique high elbow. The "star" batsman who expects to score a ton every game.<br /><br />SLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089667335060510180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-72316280987128880262017-10-27T09:42:22.486-07:002017-10-27T09:42:22.486-07:00Yes! The comments work! Cheers SLA for doing that...Yes! The comments work! Cheers SLA for doing that, I'll probably delete the comment as it seems there's a limit to 5 comments, still need to check all the settings - I may be able to increase the comment capacity. There's a lot of work though to do on the blog, transferring it all over. I'm also noticing that the links are often dead - not doubt people with websites that get fed-up with paying for them. So a lot to do over the coming weeks and months. Someblokecalleddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325679141315591503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314941857366900457.post-26688355849719043722017-10-27T05:47:00.732-07:002017-10-27T05:47:00.732-07:00Hi Dave, like the new blogHi Dave, like the new blogSLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089667335060510180noreply@blogger.com