We have a right arm fast bowler in our team who never bowls around the wicket to left handers. It’s something he’s never done or being coached to think about.

We’d like to ask what are some of the reasons or benefits we could offer to at least try?

Hi Ben,

Reasons for bowling around the wicket...

1. Change of angle. Left handers face a lot of right handers angling the ball across them. Their skills are often well equipped to this line of attack. The will face less left arms seamers and even less right arm around. If the right arm blower has the skill to move the ball both ways... this can be very troubling for left haded batters.

2. You bring all dismissals into play. Over the wicket LBW for the most part is out of the reckoning.

3. The angle change will make the left-hander play more. Bowling over the wicket the left-hander can leave any ball slightly off their stumps.

As a side note... without knowing the bowler's skills.
Many fast bowlers hardly ever go around the wicket. Perhaps they are comfortable, perhaps it's their skills or plans that just work over the wicket. I would be sure to be clear on the benefit the bowler will get from going around the wicket. However, performance could drop if there is a lot of resistance to the around-the-wicket option. I would suggest creating wins in the nets to build the confidence to a level where doing it in a game doesn't feel like a big risk to the bowler.