What does this guy bowl????

Paid The Umpire · 30-11-2003, 02:38 AM

Yesterday, I played cricket (shock horror) and i am not sure what he was bowling.

We was using a leg spinners wrong-un action, but that was his stock ball. As he didn't bowl one leggy.

What is he bowling?

PY · 30-11-2003, 02:47 AM

I voted for crappy purely because if he's using a leg spinners action and bowling basically off breaks then its pointless. May as well bowl off breaks because its easier on accuracy side.

PS Your signature should possibly say 'caught' or 'catches' rather than 'catched'.

Tim · 30-11-2003, 02:47 AM

Sounds like a pie chucker to me....

JohnnyA · 30-11-2003, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paid The Umpire
Yesterday, I played cricket (shock horror) and i am not sure what he was bowling.

We was using a leg spinners wrong-un action, but that was his stock ball. As he didn't bowl one leggy.

What is he bowling?

The south african leggy ... paul adams bowls like that (only left arm wrist spin) ... always LEFT ARM wrong uns

luckyeddie · 30-11-2003, 04:37 AM

Typo alert - typo alert * woo woo* awooga awooga *

In the options....

If the bowling is a yolk, then it is 'Eggspin'

Tom Halsey · 30-11-2003, 07:44 AM

I have a mate who bowls like that in my school team. I didn't vote for crappy bowler, because my mate is dangerous and takes wickets because he confuses the opposition

Langeveldt · 30-11-2003, 08:34 AM

Well if he was bowling googlies all the time, he would be a legspinner (Like Kumble) If he was using his fingers to bowl offies then he is an offspinner, regardless of what his action looks like..

Rik · 30-11-2003, 09:08 AM

Sounds like an odd kind of Murali here...a bowler who bowls right-arm-wrist-spin but turns it like an off-break.

Neil Pickup · 30-11-2003, 09:15 AM

I had one of these spells a few years ago when I screwed up my wrist position entirely and couldn't seem to bowl leg breaks as I turned it over too far and ended up bowling wrong-uns all the time.

Basically he's a mirror of Adams.

lord_of_darkness · 30-11-2003, 02:35 PM

lol sounds funny..not sure though never enountered anything like that..

hourn · 01-12-2003, 04:35 AM

one would think he'd be known as a wrist spinner??

even despite the fact he bowls off spin.....

Neil Pickup · 01-12-2003, 07:30 AM

Just like Paul Adams.

Prince EWS · 01-12-2003, 08:40 PM

He is an right arm off spinner becuase his stock ball turns from off to leg (to a RHB), regardless of whether he uses his writs or not. I can understand him doing it, as wrong-uns generally turn more than othodox finger spin.

Paid The Umpire · 01-12-2003, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Prince EWS
He is an right arm off spinner becuase his stock ball turns from off to leg (to a RHB), regardless of whether he uses his writs or not. I can understand him doing it, as wrong-uns generally turn more than othodox finger spin.

i agree

View Poll Results: What does he bowl...
A egspin Bowler	1	8.33%
A Offspin Bowler	3	25.00%
A Wrong-un Bowler	5	41.67%
A Crappy Bowler	3	25.00%
Voters: 12. You may not vote on this poll

30-11-2003, 02:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
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30-11-2003, 02:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
PY International Coach Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 10,736	I voted for crappy purely because if he's using a leg spinners action and bowling basically off breaks then its pointless. May as well bowl off breaks because its easier on accuracy side. PS Your signature should possibly say 'caught' or 'catches' rather than 'catched'. __________________ A True Champion - Bob. Rest in peace. 15/04/06 "People today have too big a devil and too small a God" - Stephen Currie "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1

30-11-2003, 04:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
luckyeddie Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Derby, England Posts: 17,629	Typo alert - typo alert * woo woo* awooga awooga * In the options.... If the bowling is a yolk, then it is 'Eggspin' __________________ Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men

30-11-2003, 07:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tom Halsey International Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Halsway, CW Land Posts: 12,697	I have a mate who bowls like that in my school team. I didn't vote for crappy bowler, because my mate is dangerous and takes wickets because he confuses the opposition __________________ MSN - tomhalsey123@hotmail.com Manchester United FC: 20 Times R.I.P. Sledger's Signature, 2004-2008

30-11-2003, 02:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tim Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Auckland Posts: 7,888	Sounds like a pie chucker to me....

30-11-2003, 09:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rik Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shropshire, England Posts: 8,353	Sounds like an odd kind of Murali here...a bowler who bowls right-arm-wrist-spin but turns it like an off-break. __________________ "Age is just a stupid number" 20...that's a rather big number :(:(:(

30-11-2003, 09:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
Neil Pickup Cricket Web Staff Member / Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 26,361	I had one of these spells a few years ago when I screwed up my wrist position entirely and couldn't seem to bowl leg breaks as I turned it over too far and ended up bowling wrong-uns all the time. Basically he's a mirror of Adams. __________________ MSN Messenger: minardineil2000 at hotmail dot com \| AAAS Chairman CricketWeb Black \| CricketWeb XI Captain ClarkeWatch: We're Watching Rikki - Are You? Up The Grecians - Exeter City FC Completing the Square: My Cricket Web Blog

30-11-2003, 02:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
lord_of_darkness Cricket Web XI Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland , New Zealand Posts: 13,252	lol sounds funny..not sure though never enountered anything like that.. __________________ Don L-o-d , Legion Of Doom Lords Lounge, Off Topic, The Happening Place in CW and OT. Co Chairman CWBCC - Cricketweb XI - CW Green \| Manager of Hampshire CC - Wccc \| Chairman of the Muralitharan Supporters Club ~MSC~ \| Current Stats: 2* - 17-4-35-3 - Season Ends.. Current Record Batting - RHB: M:48 Inns:43 Runs:457 H/S:33* Ave:15.5 N.O:10 Bowling - Off Spin: O:280 M:40 Runs:975 Wickets:104 Ave:9.3 S.R:15.6

01-12-2003, 04:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
hourn U19 Cricketer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 422	one would think he'd be known as a wrist spinner?? even despite the fact he bowls off spin..... __________________ www.eastscricket.com.au

01-12-2003, 07:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
Neil Pickup Cricket Web Staff Member / Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 26,361	Just like Paul Adams.

01-12-2003, 08:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
Prince EWS Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New South Wales Posts: 37,726	He is an right arm off spinner becuase his stock ball turns from off to leg (to a RHB), regardless of whether he uses his writs or not. I can understand him doing it, as wrong-uns generally turn more than othodox finger spin. __________________ ~ Cribbage

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