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How do I hit six in every bowl?

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Just watch the ball as it comes closer to you, then hit it. The bat should be diagonal, but it is necessary that the ball should be full length.

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Is the doosra an illegal ball?

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Not if the angle between the bowling arm and shoulder is less than or equal to 15 degrees.

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How do I hit the ball too far?

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You have to take position. Put your all weight on back feet. And focus on ball, tighten the left hand, then hit it.

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Do I need to rotate my full hand for all types of spins?

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No. In off, you just have to rotate your fingers like a door knob. In leg spin, you just have to cock your wrist and, as you throw the ball, you have to twist your wrist.

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Can I increase my bowling speed at 15 years of age?

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Yes, you can increase it the more that you practice and develop upper body strength.

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How do I bowl a top spinner in off spinner?

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Adjust your fingers so they are wider apart, giving it a better spin against the top spinner.

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Why does it always turn leg break when I bowl googly?

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While bowling a regular leg break, the index finger is used to turn the ball, but while googly-ing you need to rotate the ball in a clockwise fashion using the same line as leg break. The only difference is that you use your ring finger supported by your pinkie to turn the ball as in off-break.

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How do I hit six in every ball and how do I hit the ball far ?

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Pick the line of the ball and make contact.

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How do I bowl the carrom ball?

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Hold the ball between your thumb and middle finger and strike like you do in carrom.

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How do I bat in 360 degrees?

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Bat according to the field positions. Flexibility and good judgment of shots is required to hit the ball all over the ground.

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Can left-handed bowlers also bowl doosra?

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Yes. Just reverse the directions.

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I am very weak in playing a yorker, so what should I do?

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First, watch the wrist of the bowler and then adjust the defense or the loft in your mind. If the bowler bowls, just throw the wrist, in your mind it should be seen as a yorker and you should be able to play it.

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How to run your batting partner out?

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If you are on strike, then tell your partner to be ready for quick singles. Hit the ball near a fielder and call yes but don't run. Hopefully he/she will run and be stranded halfway down the pitch. If you are at the non-striker's end, tell your partner you are willing to run quick singles. When he/she hits the ball for a quick single and calls yes, don't call but just wander casually back into your crease. Make sure you make it the non-striker's crease before your partner gets there. Hopefully he/she will be stranded down the non-striker's end.

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How do I bowl the slider?

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You need to hold the ball just like the leg break, with two fingers up and two fingers down around the seam.Y ou need to spin the ball from right to left. The front of your palm should face the batsman or batswoman. This is the way in which Shane Warne bowled the slider.

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How do I get a wicket?

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Line and length are the 2 holy principles of bowling in cricket. The goal is to hit the top of off/leg or middle. Option 2 is to trap the batsman in front or catch a sneaking edge.

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How do I bowl a drifter in off spinner when bowling the Doosra?

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A drifter would turn in the way an off break would be but just more violently. And on some pitches, spit and turn on the soil. A doosra or teesra (coined by Moin Khan off Saqlain Mushtaq's bowling) turns in another way, so it is not possible.

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