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[Colesy]

Eye fergot 2 say.

Something I picked up from Michael Vaughan was that if you're facing a leggie/SLA I'd bat on leg and if facing an offie I'd bat on off.

[Buzz]

not much talk about reading the ball from the bowlers hand on this thread or ways to manipulate the field (apart from "whack it over the top".
no talk about smothering the spin, or more importantly how to play a spinner who gets extra bounce.

from what I have read on this thread you have to either sweep a spinner or smash him in the arc between mid on and cow.

Seriously - come on - how many of you have watched Brian Lara play spin or VVS Laxman play spin? how do they play it? 

[roco]

First post on the first page buzz

[uknsaunders]

not much talk about reading the ball from the bowlers hand on this thread or ways to manipulate the field (apart from "whack it over the top".
no talk about smothering the spin, or more importantly how to play a spinner who gets extra bounce.

from what I have read on this thread you have to either sweep a spinner or smash him in the arc between mid on and cow.

Seriously - come on - how many of you have watched Brian Lara play spin or VVS Laxman play spin? how do they play it?

Just for Buzz - play with soft hands when defending :-)
Seriously, very rarely come across a spinner who gets bounce due to the wickets we play on. However the indoor nets at headingley do "kick up" and I find it's easier to pick the length early and play off the back foot - ie. unless it's full I'll go back and look to play with the spin.

[Buzz]

Also I have found this from before...

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=358.msg88859#msg88859

[mattw]

Good read that is Buzz.

[Buzz]

I agree. In fact there are about 45 articles by Aakash here: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=276

if it is a slow day at work, I would say you will learn something from all of them... I really like his commentary, it is written in a much more accessible way than some of the "former pro" technical stuff.

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

I got told a very simple way of playing spin which has always helped me.

Either charge at the bowler and hit the ball before it bounces, or play in the back of your crease giving you more time to watch the ball and where it is turning.

I often Look to get down the pitch and hit it before it bounces for the first few balls of the over, I try to keep doing that until the bowler tries to change his length too much, when he does you can sit back in your crease and smash him off the back foot.

[afridilover]

Get to the pitch of the ball - if you dont and its a good - half decent spinner , he will deceive you in the flight and mostly likely will bowl you or get you stumped 

Also , dont try and hit the ball too hard wait for the bad ball and capablize from there

[PedalsMcgrew]

Speaking as a SLA spinner I love it when I hear you all talking about coming down the wicket....if your going to do that then you have got to be very, very good with your feet. A decent spinner will not only turn the ball but will get a decent amount of drift and dip. If you are confident you can always get to the pitch of the ball then go for it but unless your very, very good (and I'm sure some of you on here are) then you are going to get it wrong at some point, probably sooner rather than later.  Be patient, all bowlers bowl bad balls and if you make sure to hit them well then your putting more pressure on the bowler without taking any stupid risks yourselves...Patience is the key....