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[smilley792]

Amelia Kerr - 14 Year Old Legspinner Showing Incredible Potential:

http://youtu.be/6qC3HF7wfEc

14 year old. Seems to be in control. Odd full toss. Plus wide. But has the full armoury of other ones. 

Pretty impressive

[roco]

Could have had 5 with better umpiring and fielding

Fantastic stuff

Most leg spinners let alone youngsters bowl full tosses etc warne was a freak with accuracy but most normal leggies bowl some tosh in professional cricket

[rich041187]

Seen a lot of brilliant junior leggies completely lose it when they get older and taller. Must be something to do with trajectory change. She seems to have a lovely repeatable action though so fingers crossed. Will get loads of wickets looking at the standard of that batting display, truly awful


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[arsenal123]

Seen many a leg spinner grow significantly over the winter then the trajectory for length suddenly becomes a full toss!

[Stuey]

Seen many a leg spinner grow significantly over the winter then the trajectory for length suddenly becomes a full toss!

I was one. I took loads of wickets as a junior, span it miles, about 15 I had a big growth spurt and couldn't land the thing. It became so embarrassing I started to bowl seam and concentrated on my batting, can't bowl it for toffee now.

[rich041187]

If you think about it both Warney and Stuart McGill (best two iv seen) were short arses and probably didn't grow rapidly during their teens like some. They were probably able to maintain the ability to get the ball up and down in a loop promoting big turn, whereas a taller bowler its harder to get this loop due to starting trajectory. Taller leggies who have been successful (eg Kumble, afridi) seem to bowl completely differently, quicker with less turn - this must have been their way of developing their action to stay consistent.

[benny231]

For the leggy, it's all about how high your arm is when the ball is released. If it's high, you wont turn it as much, but your variations will do more. If you bowl more round arm like warne, you'll turn it more, but your googly won't go much. Maybe this has something to do with it?

[Stuey]

For the leggy, it's all about how high your arm is when the ball is released. If it's high, you wont turn it as much, but your variations will do more. If you bowl more round arm like warne, you'll turn it more, but your googly won't go much. Maybe this has something to do with it?

This is only my experience, but I had bowled leggies since I was a 5 or 6. My dad bowls left arm spin and when we played at cricket or in the garden I tried to spin the ball the same way as a r/h, so fell in to leg spin. As I grew steadily over the years, my trajectory naturally changed slowly with my growth, the loop became repeated and ingrained. But when i hit 15 I had a big growth spurt from a short (No Swearing Please) to about 5'11, the trajectory to land the ball needed to change a lot. My ingrained loop was now a full toss and any attempt land the ball was drag down, consequently captains would bowl me less and I would want to bowl less. Also I could bat so I was put further up the batting order as I was no longer bowling. I don't think whether the arm is high or low is the issue, but how much the ingrained trajectory has to change in a short space of time.

[Dan W]

I'm sure I've played against him. Lost of times.

[edge]

Happened to Nasser Hussein, went from bowling Graham Gooch in the nets with big turners to not being able to land it. So he became a batsman instead.

[AverageCricketer]

Saw this video. What i find amazing is that domestic womens cricket is actually broadcasted in NZ. Shame that only happens on special international occaisions in womens cricket in Australlia.