bowling tactics

jimbob

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at the moment in my county season for notts im really struggling to bowl sides out i only have 1 start for bowling but i want to know how to improve that. its quite annoying coz i usually post over 500 in the first innings but i cant bowl sides out.

in my season i havent lost a county championship match but i have only won 3 out of 10


tips needed

thanx
 
A world class spinner is worth his weight in gold, 3 aggression bars for most bowlers works best, then vary the field, I generally play on field 4 whilst a batsman is new to the crease, and move to 3 or 2 when he's scoring freely.

If I have runs on the board, I'll generally bowl at his pads to force him to play his shots, if he's a legside player and he attapts to it quickly, I'll shift it around a tad.

A varied length from two ends can work well, if the batsman likes to get on the front foot and you have a Fast bowler, get him to bang in short, and have a swing bowler pitching on a length to tempt the drives.

Other than bowling your bowlers in spells so they don't get too tired and doesn't let a batsman settle too much, there's not much else other than experimenting and getting some wicket taking bowlers. If you have two spinners, one a natural wicket taking spinner, the other an all rounder who can take wickets, a spinners wicket can see sides really struggle if you post a big total batting first.

Weather conditions can help too, if its gonna be cloudy, try to have a bowler who can swing it :)
 
at the moment i dont have any world class bowlers but i have done well this season so i will buy some at the end of it. earlier on my bowlers didnt do that badly so it might be a form issue.
 
jimbob said:
at the moment in my county season for notts im really struggling to bowl sides out i only have 1 start for bowling but i want to know how to improve that. its quite annoying coz i usually post over 500 in the first innings but i cant bowl sides out.

in my season i havent lost a county championship match but i have only won 3 out of 10


tips needed

thanx

You have the same problem as me. I have so far won 3, lost 3, and drawn about 8. And I have Anderson and Murali in my team!!! :eek:
 

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