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[19reading87]

As the subject says...

Do you do everything normally or take a different approach..........

[Instinct Cricket]

to me it all depends on the surface, for a medium/fast bowler i tend to set my base low to the deck and stay down for as long as possible as its easier to come up than go back down but with a spinner that finds a lot of bounce i tend to set my base higher as you find that you will take the ball higher than you would from the medium/fast bowler

[procricket]

If it major bounce i turn my body to the side and my leading leg stay and my other turns to make a l shape it gives you more room to combat the bounce

Hand position is also key downward or skyward fingers if it bounces to high you have to revert your hands

the L shape is being taught as the approved method but i just watch the bloody ball

[Jon B]

i keep pretty much standing upright to spinners... to be specific i stand with legs set about shoulder width and my arms loose by my sides. not exactly textbook but it seems to work.

just watch the bloody ball

this is also sound advice :-)

[Simmy]

to me it all depends on the surface, for a medium/fast bowler i tend to set my base low to the deck and stay down for as long as possible as its easier to come up than go back down but with a spinner that finds a lot of bounce i tend to set my base higher as you find that you will take the ball higher than you would from the medium/fast bowler

what this guy said spot on!

if i know the spinner is getting alot of bounce i will also rise alittle bit earlier

[procricket]

i hate keeping to the spinner who is erratic and big turner i know one man who bowls a bloody big slider and just messes you right up so starting too high is not a option.

The worst type of bowler is the random bolwer who himself does not know what or how he is doing it

[Instinct Cricket]

but when you start higher and you have a set base this gives you easier mobility to move to the legside to snap up the 'wild' one

[procricket]

It easier to up than down in my eyes each to there own but my theory is all based on watching the ball into the hand which very few keeper actually do.

In fact how many batsman watch the ball all the way onto the bat...