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Here is a question I got from a fellow spinner,

"I am having trouble with my approach to the crease and I am unable to jump in the delivery stride. Is the jump necessary? I feel I am losing momentum while delivering the ball. How should I use my non-bowling arm? How should my front leg land, on the toes or flat footed? Also many people have told me to become a side on bowler and more classical. However I am not getting the same purchase with a side on action as with my present action. What is your take on that?"

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On one of those typical scorching hot South African summer days I was being smacked around the park. Not pretty.

Six.

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You are either an off-spinner, or a leg-spinner.

But, you know you can be both.

Spinners are mixing it up more and more.

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As we frequently discuss the way in which we can make batsmen look silly against spin bowling, you better be good at playing spin when you go in to bat. There is nothing more embarrassing than being outfoxed by your opposite number.

Here are a few tips in batting against spin. (Only fair, right?).

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It seems these days that there are a million and one variations with spin bowlers mixing it up in all sort of ways.

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Here is a spin bowling question from Arutha that was emailed in:

I was talking to the senior player in my team the other night about the decline of spin quality in the last 30 years.

There was no doubt in his mind that there are far fewer spinners of far lower quality than when he started playing. It's a sad story because spinners are match winners, especially in draw cricket.

I told him that we are on the edge of a resurgence in spin because of the rise of technology.

Pre-match warm ups at the grass-roots level have transformed in recent years, but how would you like an often missed yet simple upgrade to get you more wickets?

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The doosra and carrom ball is very difficult to bowl. Some even say they cannot be bowled legally.

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This is not an issue that should bother amateur bowlers too much. Pitches generally turn, as they should.

Professionals though all play on interstate highways that are meant to cater for the batter. We will not get into that debate now. It’s just a fact.

What has happened though is that modern spinners have started developing skills to cope with non-turning pitches (and big bats and hitters). They had to do it otherwise no one would pick spinners. That is not the case as spinners have constantly been under the top bowlers in the IPL (which is a scary place for bowlers).

So, what skills can you learn from professional spin bowlers that bowl on batting paradises that do not spin? What do they do when the ball turns less?