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[Old boy]

Hi all, So many of our top international players are right handed (throw, bowl etc) but face up left handed. Also the Michael Hussey story of idolising Alan Border & changing to a lefty got me thinking, has anyone else gone from batting as a right hander to a lefty? Has anyone had a serious crack at trying it?

[Ryan]

There's a guy I used to play my junior cricket with years a go. He bowled and batted left handed but his dominant hand was his bottom hand due to medical conditions, he changed to right handed and wasn't bad. I always thought he was better left handed but he wasn't far behind.

[Vitas Cricket]

My mate bowls, writes, throws etc right handed, bats left handed.

His 3 older brothers bowl, throw etc left handed but bat right handed...

[Johnny]

My dad is right handed but bowls left handed

[ajmw89]

Mark butcher switched to leftie as a kid so he could spank his brother out of the garden when they were growing up.

[Tumo]

My dad is right handed but bowls left handed

I do that. Always felt natural, but batting/playing golf left handed doesn't feel as weird as I expected it to. Might give it a crack sometime!

[Johnny]

Do you write right handed too Ben?

[mattcoll12491]

There was a guy at our club who's right hand was dominant (writing etc...) yet his uncle taught him to bowl with his left arm and batted right handed. Needless to say he had very little (if that) control whilst bowling!

[Tumo]

Do you write right handed too Ben?

Oops sorry Johnny, was supposed to quote Jake's post! I write left-handed and bowl left-handed, yet bat right-handed, and my right arm is stronger. It's all a little weird!

[Bruce]

Lefties are so much more elegant than right handers, if I have a son, I think I'll teach him to be a lefty

[Mortimer]

Dave Warner tried batting rh for a year as a teenager

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Warner_(cricketer)

[tim2000s]

I've thought about it as my right arm is stronger than my left so I'd expect that I'd have more control, but then it begs the question about which eye is dominant. Suppose I could give it a try sometime.

[Chad]

My brother bowls and throws left handed, bats and writes right handed. It's a strange thing, but because of it he isn't hugely bottom handed when batting, which I guess is a good thing.

[wilkie113]

My mate does everything apart from batting left handed, it really does baffle me lol

[SixOfTheBest]

My brother bowls and throws left handed, bats and writes right handed. It's a strange thing, but because of it he isn't hugely bottom handed when batting, which I guess is a good thing.

Yep I'm the exact same, do everything right handed (Bat, write, golf, kick right-footed etc) but bowl and throw with my left. And yes, I've tried bowling with my right at practice - terrible! I've been told I used to play golf left handed as a wee tacker and changed to right at the age of 5/6 and now feels completely unnatural left handed.