Whats the best way to tackle a spinner....?

Question

......acc. to you?

Give ur views considering footwork & technique.

Answer 1

Try to attack in frontfoot, and be defensive in backfoot

Answer 2

Watch them bowl from all angles and work out what their fingers are doing.  If in a club game waiting to  bat, walk around the field when their bowling and watch.  Look for mannerisms like lifting a little finger as they place their hand around the ball.  Look for patterns between these mannerisms and the ball that gets bowled.

(I always reckoned Shane Warne did something with his little finger just before he walked in with the flipper)

Watch the arm and hand as it comes over.  It gives you the best possible chance of guessing where the ball will go once it pitches and even through the air.

Only advance once the ball is in the air and you believe you can reach the ball on the half volley and always have a retreat strategy in mind.  This doesn't mean you go half hearted, it just means you're covering your tracks.

If you've advanced, get SOMETHING behind the ball and make sure it looks like you've played a shot.

If you're advancing then bloody do it - don't take half a step.  If you're going back then do it fully and watch the ball all the way, even to the keepers gloves.

EDIT: -Oz, you're being a bloody idiot. Punter Ponting is one of the best players of spin to play the game, ever.  He had a season out of form against both pace and spin.  That in his ten seasons at the very top of test level ... and he still averaged around 40!. ... not bad really.

Answer 3

I think wait for loose ball,when u got looose one then go after bowler.

Answer 4

keep eye and play more on front foot.

Answer 5

i was told this a couple of years ago by a team mate who had used this theory the whole time he had been playing hard ball cricket, which he started playing aged 11 and when he told me he was 66, thats 55 years he'd used this method and it worked very well for him and i have played spin so much better since adopting his method, and its universal, you can use it againist any type of spinner

quite simply, always watch the ball out of the hand and pick up the flight of the ball, if the bowler pitches up, then leave your crease and try to get close enough to smoother the spin or even hit it on the full. whenever you come down the wicket, always go down on the line of the ball, never straight down the wicket, that way even if you miss the ball your body will be behind the line of the ball and the ball will hit you, instead of going thru to the keeper who would get you out stumped, dont worry about getting out LBW either, cos if you are out of your crease the umpire is unlikely to give you out

if the bowler pitches short then get on the back foot, get back as far as you can (without stepping on your stumps of course) cos that way if the ball does something unexpected, you have got more time to play it, also that little bit of extra time may help you pick a gap to hit the ball in

in short, if its pitched up, leave you crease and try to get to it on the full or smoother the spin, if its pitched short, then go right back to play the ball

it serves me pretty well, hopefully you'll have some luck with it as well

Answer 6

defence would be what id try to do first, it doesnt matter if i dont hit the ball far aslong as i dont give my wicket away!

move your feet as much as possible , a good quility spinner will make the ball turn and you may just get "Warned" if your not careful, or move the wrong way

Answer 7

front foot

Answer 8

You Will see the ball carefully and take the frontfoot or backfoot to the position of the ball.

Answer 9

Around the ankles.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

c@ncentrate & have a look at the ba!! n#ce!yyy!

Answer 12

Sweep ,Reverse Sweep & Front foot attack!!

Answer 13

Trip 'em if you can.

But make sure that its legal!!

Answer 14

Get foward to them you can't go wrong if play them off the front foot. Don't be afraid to get down the track to them.

Answer 15

use your best foot work as possible~

like Lara  sachin & sanath

Answer 16

best way to tackle a spinner is to advance and hit the ball before it pitches or play on the front foot

Answer 17

hit him for a six