So, my plan to post on this blog very day of the test series between India v New Zealand has so far been a big fail. Honestly, I've had a busy couple of weeks. I think I'll just review the whole series after the third and final test in Nagpur.
Now, to the topic at hand.
I mentioned in my introductory post that I'm a budding leg spinner. I only took it up at the start of the year and already I think I'm making really good progress. Most weeks I have a bowl in the nets with my friend Tony, but last night we got a few mates together and had a bit of a hit around on an actual pitch. When I saw the footmarks at the batsman's end, my eyes lit up. It was a veritable dust bowl, perfect for leg spin. My first wee spell bowling to Tony, I don't think he got a single shot out of the middle as the ball was turning pretty sharply. Later on, I bowled to another guy who used to play as a top order batsman. I quickly learned the dangers of straying on to his legs, as every time I did he whipped me away square. After one such ball, I decided to try and set a bit of a trap for him. I bowled one fullish on off-stump which turned away fairly dramatically. The next ball I bowled a googly which pitched on the same line but went straight on, maybe even turned the other way a little. It caught him playing all around his pads and eventually hit him in line with middle and leg. I was pretty stoked with that one because I'd come up with a plan and not only had I managed to execute it in terms of line and length, but it actually worked!
It was really encouraging to see that I can get plenty of turn on an actual pitch. Much more so than what I'm used to getting in the nets.
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