4 Little-Known Secrets For Taking More Wickets

From: Ian Canaway
www.CricketSecrets.com

I’ve a guest article for you today, it’s written by David Hinchliffe.

If you have ever bowled or captained, you are sure to have asked yourself: Where are we going to get 10 wickets from today?

It’s rare in club cricket to have bowlers who can knock a side over, so you have to use every trick in the book.

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This is very true for most teams; below David makes a few very good suggestions to help you get that extra wicket which might open the game up for you.
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You already know the main ploy: Risk losing in order to win. Now you need to convert that to real life tactics:

1. Work on hunches. Many club batsmen give the game away before they have faced a ball. Look at the grip, stance, backlift, guard and physique of a player. Take a guess at where his weakness might be and set a field to it. It might just pay off but even if it doesn’t you can always go back to your original plan.

2. Set fields for each batter. As each batsmen has their own style, strengths and weaknesses your field should reflect this. Most tail-enders, for example, will go for the slog. So set the field with fewer (or no) close catchers and people in the places where big hits and mishits will go.

–Ian’s comment–
This is a very important point, you should be constantly analysing how each batsman plays and setting fields accordingly.
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3. Be subtle. Sometimes you need to work a batsman off strike, or feed runs to a side to keep them in the game enough to stop them going for the draw. You don’t want them to catch on that this is what you are doing so be careful. Leaving a gap in the field, or a fielder slightly too deep on the batsman’s strongest shot often goes unnoticed, or a star bowler suddenly getting ‘injured’ is just unfortunate timing.

4. Use spin at the death. Spinners win more games than seamers in club cricket because tail-enders generally can’t resist them. So aim to have 2 decent spinners fresh enough to operate in the last hour of the innings, especially if you are bowling 2nd. This works especially well if you have one spinner who looks significantly easier to hit than the other (one loopy and slow, one quicker).

Using these 4 tactics you can significantly improve the number of wickets you get in a season and the number of games you win. Plus the game will be more fun!

–Ian’s comment–
Remember if you’re going to take risks, make sure they are well calculated and thought through, don’t throw the game away needlessly.
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Biography

David Hinchliffe is an ECB coach, sports graduate and owner of www.harrowdrive.com. If you want even more cricket tips on fitness, nutrition, psychology and tactics then subscribe for free today.

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