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Are you a better Batsman,Bowler,Or All Rounder?
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Simon
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I guess im an all rounder, but havent been bowling much lately. Prolly more of a batsman these days.
In the one dayers i like to open the batting and in the longer form bat at 5,6 or 7. highest score is 90.
Bowl a bit of medium pace, use to be quicker than i am now though, best bowling was 6/20.
and im a gully/point specialist in the field.
In the one dayers i like to open the batting and in the longer form bat at 5,6 or 7. highest score is 90.
Bowl a bit of medium pace, use to be quicker than i am now though, best bowling was 6/20.
and im a gully/point specialist in the field.
Im a bowling allrounder , bat left handed at number 7 or 8 , my highest score was 88 last year & my strike rate overall this season is over a run a ball , Im a bit of a slogger really.
Im a left arm opening bowler , very quick for my age , my best in grade cricket is 5-44 in , in juniors cricket its 7-14.
I feild at gully.
Im only just recovering from a hamstring injury now so Im playing a few grade lower than normal (5ths) as an opening batsman.
Im a left arm opening bowler , very quick for my age , my best in grade cricket is 5-44 in , in juniors cricket its 7-14.
I feild at gully.
Im only just recovering from a hamstring injury now so Im playing a few grade lower than normal (5ths) as an opening batsman.
luckyeddie
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All-rounder applies to my girth - I'm afraid I combined the various dietary attributes of Blackwell and Flintoff with the running skills od Inzamam.
Mind you, there was a batsman who played for England who was fatter than me - Colin Milburn, and he could give the ball a frightful bash.
Mind you, there was a batsman who played for England who was fatter than me - Colin Milburn, and he could give the ball a frightful bash.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I consider myself a genuine allrounder, because I don't bat better than I bowl or bowl better than I bat. I like to open the batting, because I take a little while to settle in. Generally I bowl pace, but recently my knee has been acting up and I've been developing my offspin. I can get a tennis to ball to turn a good deal on concrete.
Neil Pickup
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I bet Murali's quaking in his boots.
I'm an all-rounder in the Khaled Mahmud mould 8D
I'm an all-rounder in the Khaled Mahmud mould 8D
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I tend to have that effect on many people.Neil Pickup said:
Ford_GTHO351
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I'm a Batting All-rounder, some like Andrew Symonds for example.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Bowling all-rounder. Bat at number 7, give it a slog, and make 20 or 25 in no time, before spoiling it all by getting out. But my form last summer was not good with the bat: Avg: 7 
Leg spinner, best bowling 8/31
Leg spinner, best bowling 8/31
deeps
International 12th Man
i'm an all-rounder,but IMO i'm a much better batsman than a bowler...I'm quick,but that's it...I can't put the ball where i want to or nething! lol...i usually get my wickets by blasting em out...but once i bowled this AWESOME inswinging yorker that waqar would b proud off! but meh,that never happned again...i can't even swing the ball! lol
Tom Halsey
International Coach
You mean like Waqar Younis...bowls brilliant inswinging yorkers, then bowls 2 beamers in a row...apparently not deliberately
Gaijin-san
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You guys all being such good allrounders are wasted wherever you are at the moment. 
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I never claimed to be a good allrounder, but I enjoy my cricket and I've done well at times.
Gaijin-san
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Fair enough 
I started this season well, but I've been derailed and demoralized. I just can't get the ball right anymore. Plus I don't have a lot of tricks up my sleeve (as in any).
For the batting, my team has the notion that I can bat well, so they stuck me in opening (for lack of a real batsman) and its opening that I have further had my confidence shattered. It's too much for my return to cricket after a few years.
I can field really really well though. I don't drop catches, and I'm definitely an above average fielder, so I enjoy my time out there!
At the moment I'm square leg specialist.
I started this season well, but I've been derailed and demoralized. I just can't get the ball right anymore. Plus I don't have a lot of tricks up my sleeve (as in any).
For the batting, my team has the notion that I can bat well, so they stuck me in opening (for lack of a real batsman) and its opening that I have further had my confidence shattered. It's too much for my return to cricket after a few years.
I can field really really well though. I don't drop catches, and I'm definitely an above average fielder, so I enjoy my time out there!
At the moment I'm square leg specialist.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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By developing my offspin as well as my pace, I have developed a good slower ball which I use regularly (albeit in my short bowling spells).
Gaijin-san
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To my knowledge, you don't need a hell of a lot of pace to swing the ball. Has anyone got ANY tips for anything i can bowl other than pies?
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Cut pace, focus on line and length, angle the seam.
deeps
International 12th Man
they weren't consecutive beamers actually...there was another ball inbetween if i remember correctly! and don't dis waqar,he was gr8 in his day, the best bowler in the world at the time...and one of the best bowlers EVER!!!halsey said:
yeah,i know u don't have 2 b fast 2 swing the ball,infact, it's supposed to swing less the faster u bowl...But i can't swing the ball no matter what speed i bowl at...but on some days i swing it heaps,and then i have to bowl "cross-seam" coz i can't control it... I think it has mroe to do with the weather and the ball on those days...coz otehrwise y doesn't it swing at all on some days?