Michael

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I totally agree with you about the need for experts to travel the country looking for talented young spin bowlers especially leggies. Not just the big cities. Many regional areas have some great young leggies who have grown up on turf pitches. My son has spent the last 4 years playing mostly on turf pitches learning to read them and what areas he needs to bowl in. He just came back from the Qld State Championships U14 playing against the best juniors in his age group & it showed me that there is still hope for the craft of wrist spin bowling. There were a number of good leggies. Someone who would travel the country identifying talented young spinners may be the answer. Maybe Warnie would be interested 🙂

Where are all our leg spin bowlers?

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I totally agree. My son is a leggie who has just come back from the Qld State Championships U14. While up there he ripped it up, took the most number of wickets for a spin bowler in his side but bowled less than half the overs of the other spin bowler (slow bowler) for half the wickets that my son took. To see the flight, drift, dip & rip was something to watch. When a leggie comes on everyone stops. I was watching my son bowl from behind the keeper & between balls I scanned the oval & noticed that about 20 people had stopped & were watching. It is truly something to watch.
So as you said in your article, why is it a dieing craft. Why is it so hard to get help. In regional QLD there is very little to no help available. Trying to find expert help is also just as hard. Many of the coaches want the leggies to dart them in & lose the flight. As a father, coach and cricket tragic we need people like Warnie, Macgill and others to step up to the plate for the future of Wrist Spin Bowling.

Are we witnessing the death of leg-spin bowling?

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