leg spin???

Question

does anyone know any gd sites thta give be the basics to bowling leg spin. i can just about do it but not with consistency @the moment

Answer 1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/skills/newsid_3208000/3208899.stm
its the bbc sport academy site really helpful

Answer 2

Leg spin is one of the two basic types of spin bowling in cricket, using wrist spin to move the ball away from the leg side of the batsman. The stock delivery of a leg spinner is the leg break, which is bowled by using the wrist and the fingers to spin the ball anti-clockwise at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left (as seen by the bowler) — i.e. away from the leg side of a right-handed batsman, which is the origin of the name "leg spin". The description applies exclusively to right-arm bowlers spinning the ball in this manner - the same action when performed with the left arm is known as left-arm unorthodox spin or "chinaman" bowling.

As with all spinners, leg spinners bowl the ball far slower than fast bowlers (45-55 miles per hour, whereas fast bowlers can top 90 mph), and typically use variations of flight by sometimes looping the ball in the air, allowing any cross-breeze and the aerodynamic effects of the spinning ball to cause the ball to dip and drift before bouncing and spinning (usually called "turning") sharply. While very difficult to bowl accurately, good leg spin is generally seen as the most threatening type of bowling to bat against, since the flight and sharp turn make the ball's movement extremely hard to read, and the turn away from the batsman (assuming he is right-handed) is more dangerous than the turn into the batsman generated by an off spinner.

Good leg spin bowlers are also able to bowl deliveries that behave unexpectedly, including the googly, which turns the opposite way to a normal leg break, and the topspinner, which doesn't deviate significantly. A few exceptional leg spinners (notably Shane Warne) have also mastered the flipper, a delivery that like a topspinner goes straight on landing but travels quickly and barely bounces, often dismissing batsmen leg before wicket or bowled. Another variation in the arsenal of some leg spinners is the slider, a leg break pushed out of the hand somewhat faster, so that it doesn't spin as much, but travels more straight on.

In the 1970s and 1980s it was feared that leg spin would disappear from the game with the success of Australian and later West Indian teams exclusively using fast bowlers. However, leg spin has again become popular with cricket fans and a successful part of cricket teams, driven largely by the success of Shane Warne, beginning with his spectacular Ball of the Century to Mike Gatting in 1993. Modern audiences now appreciate that the contest between batsman and leg spin bowler is more cerebral than the physical contest between batsmen and faster bowlers.

Notably, England has never produced a great orthodox leg spinner, although Doug Wright had occasional success, and Sydney Barnes took lots of wickets with a style combining elements of pace and leg spin bowling. This has usually been ascribed to the slow pitches in England, which allow batsmen time to read the spin. It is also significant that English batsmen tend to treat wrist spin very aggressively, which hampers the development of what is considered one of the hardest skills to master in cricket. Unsuccessful leg spinners are rarely given the time to develop that is often afforded to promising young batsmen or fast bowlers, as Chris Schofield and Ian Salisbury discovered in the 1990s.

Answer 3

Ask Anil Kumble, The Most accurate Leg Spinner of all.
And India's Leading Wicket Taker..Anil Kumble is without doubt India's greatest spinner of all time - not only in terms of wickets but also by being a member of the winning team on more occasions than any other bowler in the history of Indian cricket. Be it Test matches or ODIs, Anil has always been a match-winner. If in Test matches he is a no-nonsense wicket-taking bowler, in ODIs, he can attack and contain at will. Quiet, precise, ruthless - Anil goes about his business of demolishing the opposition with clinical efficiency, based on the simple principles of line and length, and the desire to make the batsman play every ball.

Answer 4

first of all, leg spin is impossible to bowl with incredible consistency, shane warne gives up plently of four balls.

you have to practice.

But really, i think rhythm is important. When you have an action you are comfortable with, just practice until you can hit a point on the pitch.

If you can hit your spots, and spin the ball a little, you will be successful.

Answer 5

I am trying to figure that one out too - I'll be watching - good question.