Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here. 

For spinners, the end you bowl from is more important than what the pitch does. Bowling into the wind is what you want to do. It helps with your dip and flight.

So if your captain ask you which end do you prefer, you do not say; "against the wind or I do not bowl". You say: "I will bowl from any end: across the wicket if you want me to, but if I have to answer you then I would prefer against the wind."

You see, captains do not always know best when it comes to spin. But the average school and club bowlers have to deal with the captain first before they can get a bowl.

Aand getting a bowl is better than not bowling at all.

So, be eager and don't be picky because the situation is "not suited to my bowling". Just getting a bowl is usually the first struggle for most spin bowlers these days.

Show you are eager and you will make it easier for the captain to put you on.

If that is with the wind, then so be it. I'd much rather bowl with the wind than have the captain say: "Stay warm mate, going to bring you on soon", only never to actually give me a bowl.

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Quick bowlers all want to bowl with the wind.

Even the medium swing bowlers (although they really should be bowling against the wind as well). So, that leaves an end open for the eager spinner to grab.

Forget about difficult footing and run-ups. Once you play Test cricket you can go complain to the groundsmen. Until then, keep quiet and just be happy to bowl from any end.

Only through bowling a lot in the games will you become better.

There really is no point in being precious and never getting a bowl. You will learn more from an imperfect spell that you ever would from ideal conditions.

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