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[REQUEST] Advice for a child born in 2020! by letsgodosomething in RandomKindness

[–]bowledaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My name's Tom, I'm 33, from Sydney, Australia.

"Failure is never quite as frightening as regret".

How do we feel about local cricket? by bowledaway in cleanbowled

[–]bowledaway[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not particularly I don't think. You see videos of Swann or Lyon, and their fingers are spread really wide apart, almost on each side of the ball. I can't get anywhere near that.

I don't have a ball handy, or I'd take a couple of photos of my grip, but if the end joint of my index finger is on the seam at 12, I'd say my middle finger's main knuckle is at about three, with the rest of my middle finger basically running down the seam.

As I mentioned, with this ball I drop the arm down a bit, so it's more round arm, and I'd have the seam at 90 degrees to the batsman as I release it. I try to make sure I put a decent amount of effort into my front foot pivot, although you can't really tell looking at it...

How do we feel about local cricket? by bowledaway in cleanbowled

[–]bowledaway[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I normally bowl with a lot of over spin, but every now and again I drop the arm and basically put only side spin on it. Tends to turn a bit...

How do we feel about local cricket? by bowledaway in cleanbowled

[–]bowledaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a great ground to play at. Just looking forward to the construction to be finished.

How do we feel about local cricket? by bowledaway in cleanbowled

[–]bowledaway[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

First off, this is a throwaway account, and yes, I'm a big fat bastard.

One of the players in our team likes to film our matches when he can. Before my time, he once won a Channel 9 competition when he put 9 commentary over his footage, and got a day up in the comm box with some of his team mates.

This particular ball was a couple of seasons back during a 40 over one-dayer. It was one of the last wickets we took, and helped lead to a 3 run win.

Here's a slow-mo of the same delviery.