Mr. Wicket Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 SWING bowler Nathan Bracken is trying a new pitch in an attempt to force his way back into the Australian Test squad - he's been working on his spin bowling skills. Bracken, who was earlier this year ranked the world's No. 1 one-day bowler, has secretly worked on his spinners in the nets and was hoping to unleash them soon in a game. "I've been practising them a fair bit," he told The Sun-Herald. "I've been bowling them at training but the hardest thing has been trying to get the chance to bowl them in a game." During the last Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania, where Bracken took a match total of eight wickets, he asked Blues skipper Dominic Thornely for the chance to bowl spin in the second innings. "I said to Dom the Tasmanians would 'go' me … I knew they'd want to take me on and figured it might have brought us a wicket. He wanted to see how things went but, to his credit, Dom didn't rule the idea out." Bracken said he was still trying to work out at which pace he should bowl his spinners. "It's been suggested I look at Colin 'Funky' Miller as an example," he said. "Funky bowled them at about 90 to 95 kilometres an hour. "He had a fast bowler's mentality because Colin would make sure the batsman couldn't get down to him. "I was bowling to a few of the younger guys the other day and one of them said during the session he'd just realised I didn't turn the ball. He came down the wicket for the next one and it turned in a big way … But I am still learning." Bracken said he understood there was still a long way for him to go before Ricky Ponting or Thornely would throw him the ball as a spinner but he was determined to succeed because it would give him extra clout at the selectors' table. However, he would need his Sydney grade club, or the NSW Second XI side, to allow him the chance to explore life as a spinner under match conditions. http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/bracken-puts-a-new-spin-on-test-bid/2008/12/06/1228257383244.html Link to comment
kablooee87 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 This...this is a joke right? ....right? Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 No. :--D Either that or the Sydney Morning Herald got the date very, very wrong. :D Link to comment
Ram Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Really? Whats the fastest way to qualify to play for Australia? I want to sign up too. Link to comment
h4te Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 sign me up too, brahs! i am a fast bowler, but I started out as a leggie. now that HariSampath is gone and I have no chance of getting into the SuperKings squad, I am looking for a team to play! Link to comment
Holysmoke Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Wow.. how can it get worse :hysterical: Edit - Ronchi takes up legspin:haha: Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 reminds me of Manoj "Match fixer" Prabhakar trying spin against SL during WK96 Link to comment
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