Who's going to be the next good spinner?

[WasimAkram38]

Hmmmmmmmmmm! I think Mendis is something special but other are just ordinary spinners.

But I think Danish Kaneria is far better from all the other around these days. So to me he will be the next big name in the spinning department.

 

[Prince EWS]

Stupid question. Of course they won't beat Giles.

I'd actually be quite surprised if Casson ended up a better bowler than Giles at any stage TBH.

 

[Johnners]

Daniel Doran, Gun.

 

[Goughy]

UIMM, doesn't Mendis basically bowl orthodox fingerspinning-Offbreaks, orthodox wristspinning-Legbreaks, Googlies, Flippers and Doosras?

If so, that's quite an unprecedented mixture.

Yeah he bowls a mix
a) googly
b) Off spinner
c) Doosra flicked off the middle finger

Ive not seen enough to say which of these guys will be the best, but Mendis is certainly an interesting and exciting talent.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pretty sure I saw him bowl a genuine inswinger at one stage as well.

 

[Goughy]

Pretty sure I saw him bowl a genuine inswinger at one stage as well.

Ill be honest. I dont know too much about any of these guys, but seperate to the variation I also like the angles and pace of Mendis. Who knows if it will translate to International success but he has originality for sure.

 

[GIMH]

Hmmmmmmmmmm! I think Mendis is something special but other are just ordinary spinners.

But I think Danish Kaneria is far better from all the other around these days. So to me he will be the next big name in the spinning department.

Welcome to the forums

 

[TT Boy]

Hmmmmmmmmmm! I think Mendis is something special but other are just ordinary spinners.

But I think Danish Kaneria is far better from all the other around these days. So to me he will be the next big name in the spinning department.

Going by how relatively flat Kaneria has bowled over the past eighteen months I would take Afridi over him in for the test side. Kaneria is not even cleaning up in English cricket anymore which is 'disturbing' considering its division two and Essex ‘doc’ the pitch for him.

 

[Sanz]

Yeah he bowls a mix
a) googly
b) Off spinner
c) Doosra flicked off the middle finger

Ive not seen enough to say which of these guys will be the best, but Mendis is certainly an interesting and exciting talent.

Just Curious, How many 'c' deliveries he is going to bowl before his finger gives up. I dunno but for some reason I think that It ('c' delivery) may look fancy and all but it is going to be impossible to bowl it frequently and also, the batsmen are going to figure it out soon.

 

[steds]

c) Doosra flicked off the middle finger

Iverson-esque?

 

[Chubb]

Iverson-esque?

I believe that Iverson's stock delivery (a big-turning offbreak) was bowled out of the back of the hand, but his variation was a leg spinner (which didn't tend to turn much) bowled like Mendis bowls his doosra.

 

[Richard]

Nah, think Iverson's stock-ball was the standard fingerspinning-Offbreak, his variation the recently-Alex Loudon-purveyed ball that's come to be known as the Doosra. Same thing true of the other Jack, Gleeson of the 1960s.

 

[Chubb]

Nah, think Iverson's stock-ball was the standard fingerspinning-Offbreak, his variation the recently-Alex Loudon-purveyed ball that's come to be known as the Doosra. Same thing true of the other Jack, Gleeson of the 1960s.

By "back of the hand" I mean he bowled it using his flick method, just out of the back of his hand. It was an offbreak, but he bowled it like the Mendis doosra reversed, if you see what I mean. Iverson always bowled using his middle finger to impart the spin by flicking it.

There was a young lad who tried to imitate Iverson when he was still playing cricket; he was given a Sheffield Shield match for his state. He bowled legbreaks as his stock delivery. Iverson was curious as to how he got the legbreak to turn, and it emerged that he bowled from the front of the hand rather than the back (at least if I remember Mystery Spinner rightly)

I have experimented with a tennis ball and if you "flick" the ball with your hand in the conventional position it turns from leg to off, whereas if you do it from the back of the hand it goes from off to leg

 

[Goughy]

Just Curious, How many 'c' deliveries he is going to bowl before his finger gives up. I dunno but for some reason I think that It ('c' delivery) may look fancy and all but it is going to be impossible to bowl it frequently and also, the batsmen are going to figure it out soon.

Yeah its a fair point. I think the answer is "we dont know". As a variant to his ball spinning into the right hander it will be very useful but it will be tough to bowl a lot of them as stock balls.

Id actually be concerned by the fact he doesnt appear to disguise the delivery in his run up.

The photo is clearly going to be the doosra. it couldnt be anything else given the position of the wrist and fingers and yet he is advertising the fact. Strange

 

[chaminda_00]

With regard to that photo he actaully does that before every delivery, basically telling himself where he going to bowl the ball in his head. He changes his fingers and wrist positions after if he going to bowl a leg break or googly.

Also it is easier to bowl the doorsa from the middle finger long term, then the one out of the back of the hand that Saqlain and Murali bowl. It has less impact on your shoulder and therefore less wear and tear. There is a reason why Saqlain career was over quite early and he had so many injuries lately, as well and Murali recent increase in injuries.

 

[Migara]

Just Curious, How many 'c' deliveries he is going to bowl before his finger gives up. I dunno but for some reason I think that It ('c' delivery) may look fancy and all but it is going to be impossible to bowl it frequently and also, the batsmen are going to figure it out soon.

That's the very reason I have mentioned that he should improve his variations of the flight more, and make his off break more potent.

 

[andmark]

Piyush Chawla has alot of potential. The last time I remember seeing him bowl was against England, last year. Also about the time that a fast bowler who doesn't to have a first name (Sreesanth) showed his great fast bowling abilities.

 

[Richard]

Sreesanth has a first name - S.

 

[cowboysfan]

I have seen Ajantha mendis only in highlights but he has a impressive variety-which is really going to trouble batsmwn out of the sub-continent who cant pick him very well.

I also like chawla but I would like to see him in some Test matchs but thats not gonna happen until kumble retires.

 

[Salamuddin]

Sreesanth has a first name - S.

Wrong Dickinson

Sreesanth is infact his first name. Shantakumaran is his father's name.

Tamils and Malyalis have that naming structure so Subramaniam Badrinath's first name is Badrinath.