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[Red Ink Cricket]

I hate not being able to play and net consistently... I honestly don't think the decks are that bad to bat on, I have found the ball seems to be swinging more this season tho

if the deck is good when dry then they tend to be ok when wet. a few we have played on were absolute minefields. poor tracks when wet can be horrific

[tim2000s]

I hate not being able to play and net consistently... I honestly don't think the decks are that bad to bat on, I have found the ball seems to be swinging more this season tho

I think the problem is more for the groundstaff. The squares are getting ripped to shreds with use.

[PedalsMcgrew]

Agree, but it also requires the right pace to bowl at. Seen alot of spinners bowl too slow on wet decks and get picked off by the ball sitting up. If you can tweak it a little at a decent pace, then these wet skiddy decks are ideal. Im almost bowling leg cutters rather than spinning it. When the decks firm up I'll have drop it a little more on the track and try to slow it down a touch.

Pretty much agree totally! Bowling flat and pushing the ball through just doesn't come naturally to me...guess that's why I'm struggling...

[trypewriter]

What I've been seeing is that the naturally quicker bowlers have been struggling a bit - maybe because they usually bowl just back of a length and also get a bit more bounce? The slower bowlers are tending to benefit more from balls that keep low - and I mean as low as a rattlesnake with a belly full of buckshot...