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[FattusCattus]

As a left hand batter love left arm around bowlers  have them for breakfast

Really?  I thought you just had your vitamins!

[six and out]

i think at the end of the day it is best to be able to have both up your sleeve as they are often useful in different circumstances.

For example our 1st XI opening bowler is a left armer and he always starts coming over swinging it in with variation of straight on'a for the slips there for a nick etc....

However he often comes back late in the game when the ball is knackered and not swinging and then he goes round the wicket bowling yorkers, slower balls, cutters etc... which are more effective over the wicket

[Seniorplayer]

Really?  I thought you just had your vitamins!

Vitamins first bowlers second

[FattusCattus]

I'm a Sugar-Puffs kind of guy!

[smilley792]

I love left arm over. Open up my stance and try to cover drive everything through mid off



Left arm round annoys me, cramps me up, although it's usually off Pad on to wicket as opposed to anything lbw I got out to.

[Seniorplayer]

I find if I am getting cramp for room a change of guard helps

[edge]

You can make life a lot more difficult for most batsmen bowling over and mixing inswingers with ones that keep going straight across, so I'd always start that way and move to bowl around if you think you're better off there for a particular player.

[Seniorplayer]

You can make life a lot more difficult for most batsmen bowling over and mixing inswingers with ones that keep going straight across, so I'd always start that way and move to bowl around if you think you're better off there for a particular player.

I think
Most left handers cope well with the ball going across them why because they are used to it

[Northern monkey]

No good asking me, as your bowling ties me up in all sorts of knots.:-)
Most batters are not expecting that late In Swing from a left hander

Left arm over all day, work on your line and length, then work on a slow ball.
Short run up, and bowl all day.
Bowling prize every season sorted

[FattusCattus]

Right - so the general consensus seems to be have a crack at left arm over then as more RH batsmen find it trickier.

[Manormanic]

Over the wicket with the occasional handful of balls from round as variation.

Over the wickte, you keep both edge of the bat in play, which means you have a decent chance of getting wickets bowled, caught in the cordon, LBW.  Round the wicket, you are really bowling to hit the stumps only.

Also, think about scoreboard pressure.  If you are reliable with your line, you only need fielders through about 220 degrees over the wicket at no great pace - this means you can pack the field in key areas.  Round the wicket, you need to cover more like 280 degrees.

[JB]

Very rare if ever that I would bowl around the wicket. You just get clipped through the legside too easily

[felix]

I'm with the majority Bruce, I find you hard enough to play at the best of times but always thought you should bowl over, you could get lbws for fun! Coming round, the angle is always be a bit against you. But being able to come round as a variation, especially if it's swinging less, will always be useful.

[Calzehbhoy]

If you can swing the ball back into a RH as a left hand over with a bit of pace you'll never be too far from the bowling trophy at the end of the year.

[Woodyspin]

generally talking, Left arm over to start to the right hander, especially early on. They will have a tendency to feel outside off for the ones that go straight on, and they will fall over or be trapped on the crease plumb in front. Having said that, if you find that a player is strong through the covers, your option is to swing it in to the pads to tight them up.

Me personally, batting wise, i like your round the wicket, i havn't struggled much with that as of yet. And i've been known in the past to dispatch left arm overs all through the leg side, especially v Eastbourne.. it was their captain, we were 103 for 8... he didnt like me driving him past mid on on more than on occasion!