Any advice for bowling

hard_hitter

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I got good tips for batting, but does anyone give me bowling advice?

I was playing county, I scored 375 in first inning but the opposition scored 350 runs for 2 wickets. No matter where I bowled, where I pitched, they just kept on hitting me.

Does anyone advice me, when to become aggressive and when to normal while bowling? What field should I set?

Thank you in advance,
 
when i first get a player i take a few games trying to work the best plan of attack for them eg. for watson i bowl full with an agressive field and for tremlet i bowl short of a length sometimes from around the wickets. ive also worked out a back up plan for some of the bowlers to eg. watson from around the wickets bouncing the batter. i tend to stick to these plans unless something goes realy rong. dont let both bowlers bowl the same length because that make it easier for the batsmen to settle. for spinners i like to start bowling on the pads, if they continue hitting me for fours then i bowl on offstump frm around the wickets.

after trying all that i realy try and mix it up and kepp the batters guessing. sometimes i use people like gallian who often break big partnerships
 
Here are in general bowling tips that i follow.
1.always bowl at 3 bar aggression ie. normal level
2.bowl opposite the batsman's preference
eg.for an off side player bowl on his legs,for a leg side player bowl outside the off stump,for a backfoot player bowl full length deliveries,for a frontfoot player bowl short lenght deliveries
3.if any of the preference is not specified then bowl in the neutral line and/or length according to his preference.
now in this game this neutral line for a right handed batsman is the offstump line(not outside offstump) and for left handed batsman is middlestump line and the neutral length is the good length.
4.bowl with accurate planning of the distribution of the overs.For eg.bring your fast bowlers in spells of 5 overs and spinners in spell of 10 overs.Under any circumstances do not exceed this limit as they tend to be a bit wayward after this limit.
5.Do not expose your best bowlers against the best batsmen but keep them for the end.This is particularly useful in the one dayers.
6.Your own field settings tend to work well than the default ones.
7.you can attack a defensive batsman but never try this on aggresive ones.
I also have my very own batting and fielding tips if anyone wants it i will start a new thread.I would be glad to know your comments on these tactics as i have most of the times been on the winning side with these tactics.
 
Also, the pitch is important.
Bowl short where there is uneven bounce.
Bowl full with spinners and on good pitches.
 
crickap said:
Also, the pitch is important.
Bowl short where there is uneven bounce.
Bowl full with spinners and on good pitches.
That's a good advice, i'll give it a try.
 

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