I can't get away with that grip - my hands aren't big enough. Just tried it.
I do pretty much the basic grip he showed. Only have ever bowled the standard offbreak, where the seam points toward fine leg (slip to a lefty).
For the top-spinner, release the ball so that it's spinning with the seam pointing to the batsman, and the scrambled seam ball is a common variation too.
The 'flying saucer' is pretty much an orthodox offbreak, but most can't release it properly like that and the seam inevitably points towards fine leg. Well, I can't anyways. But yea, if it lands on the side of the ball it'll skid, as opposed to landing on the seam (which helps it bounce)
Doosra hurts my arm too![Sad :( :(](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/frowny.gif)
It's interesting that the top-spinner is his arm ball. I figured most spinners just released the ball without spinning it for the arm ball, or held the ball seam up like a quickie.
I do pretty much the basic grip he showed. Only have ever bowled the standard offbreak, where the seam points toward fine leg (slip to a lefty).
For the top-spinner, release the ball so that it's spinning with the seam pointing to the batsman, and the scrambled seam ball is a common variation too.
The 'flying saucer' is pretty much an orthodox offbreak, but most can't release it properly like that and the seam inevitably points towards fine leg. Well, I can't anyways. But yea, if it lands on the side of the ball it'll skid, as opposed to landing on the seam (which helps it bounce)
Doosra hurts my arm too
![Sad :( :(](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/frowny.gif)
It's interesting that the top-spinner is his arm ball. I figured most spinners just released the ball without spinning it for the arm ball, or held the ball seam up like a quickie.
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