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HAILSHAM SEAGULL

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Nov 9, 2009
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Engand women beat Australia women in the test match of the Womens Ashes series, so lead 6pts to nil in the series.
One days and 20/20's to play to decide overall winners.

Sussex wicket keeper, Sarah Taylor got an absolutely amazing leg-side stumping
http://www.cricket.com.au/video/Taylors-Super-Stumping
 




zeetha

zeetha

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Apr 11, 2011
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A very good victory and puts them in good stead to retain the Ashes :D

Was an amazing quick bit of work from Taylor - shame there isn't a side on view so we can see it better!
 




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coagulantwolf

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Jun 21, 2012
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HAILSHAM SEAGULL said:
Engand women beat Australia women in the test match of the Womens Ashes series, so lead 6pts to nil in the series.
One days and 20/20's to play to decide overall winners.

Sussex wicket keeper, Sarah Taylor got an absolutely amazing leg-side stumping
http://www.cricket.com.au/video/Taylors-Super-Stumping
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If an England male bowler bowled like that, they'd be force to completely remodel their action (e.g. main reason Finn has lost all confidence). Sometimes I think England are 'too textbook'; just let the bowlers bowl how they do unless genuine serious improvement can be made. Just a side thought from the video.
 


Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
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Brighton
coagulantwolf said:
If an England male bowler bowled like that, they'd be force to completely remodel their action (e.g. main reason Finn has lost all confidence). Sometimes I think England are 'too textbook'; just let the bowlers bowl how they do unless genuine serious improvement can be made. Just a side thought from the video.
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I think you're making a wider point about cricket in general there. Other than golf I can't think of another sport so OBSESSED about having "correct" technique. "Correct" should mean if it works, is legal and gets runs/wickets, nothing else.
 








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Shropshire Seagull

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Nov 5, 2004
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Telford
coagulantwolf said:
If an England male bowler bowled like that, they'd be force to completely remodel their action (e.g. main reason Finn has lost all confidence). Sometimes I think England are 'too textbook'; just let the bowlers bowl how they do unless genuine serious improvement can be made. Just a side thought from the video.
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As a coach working with county age group players [as well as club and schools] you touch on a much discussed point amongst coaches. In terms of bowling, we are focused on a safe and repeatable action with consistent quality outcomes, often citing Malinga and now Mitchel Johnson as positive examples of acceptable yet non-orthodox bowling actions. The most important factor with a bowler is the "safe" aspect and this means shoulder and hip alignment to ensure no over-twisting of the spine from the gather to the exit stride - research proves this minimises the risk of stress fractures in the spine.

Having watched the clip several times the bowler [Jenny Gunn] displays a mid-way positioning of the back foot in the delivery stride [safest of 3] and throughout delivery, her hips and shoulders look closely aligned. Yes, she has a "lazy" front arm and she falls away with her head at delivery and has a weak follow through, all of which can all be worked on and improved.

But changing the muscle memory at this phase in a player's career can be very difficult, so if its safe, leave it be .....
 


vegster

vegster

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May 5, 2008
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Good for the England Ladies ! Nice to have a little bit of cricket cheer at last.
 


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