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Q: I’m a young offspinner playing grade cricket in Melbourne and have a question about bowling in one day games.
Our captain wants me to bowl flat and full-to middle stump so we can have 3 players on the boundary to keep the runs down and look to get the batter out bowled or LBW.
My preference is to bowl with more loop just outside off stump and spin the ball back towards the stumps. I feel more comfortable as some balls will turn more than others and I’m hoping to beat the outside and inside edge of the bat.
I’d like to get some advice on which is the better way. He is the captain, so I do as I’m ask but I find it difficult.
Thanks
A: Hi Roh
First get the captain in confidence from the nets, at the end of the day you need make the batsmen drive so you are more effective and most important thing is to spin the ball give rep to ball so it’s dips and make the batsmen difficult to bat if you don’t dip the ball with reps then the batsmen will dip the ball out of the park
So keep it simple by making the ball dip n make the batsmen drive
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Q: My son is 15 and bowls off spin and we’d like to ask about the difference between bowling overspin or side spin. He bowls more side spin now but as he gets taller the coaches are saying he needs to bowl more overspin.
Can you help about the benefits of both?
A: Side spin release
Side spin is known as barrel spin bowler grip the seam in the fingers while one side of the ball is facing the batsman, As that ball is delivered, the fingers rotate and that ball spins sideways along the seam This will give some turn off the pitch and it will also drift in the air so the batsman can be deceived and make mistakes this side spin will turn extra from right to left in spinner friendly wicket so he has learn how to bowl the ball on turning wickets also
