The ambidextrous bowler : Passing fad or will it actually work in practice?

[MenInG]

Its great knowing we have people like Yasir Jan who can bowl with either arm but now I see that India also has one ( see https://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket...mbidextrous-bowler-australia-v-india-cricket/)

So the point is this

Regardless of whether you can bowl with either arm/hand, you have to be good at it!

Yes there will be some initial excitement in the crowds and the batsmen may feel confused, but that will soon be forgotten in a hail of boundaries if the bowler isnt that good!

Its good to promote talent but lets not make this into a major selling point or we may see good young bowlers destroying their chances of development by trying to emulate people like Yasir just so that they can get noticed and can get a short-cut to the top teams.

 

[Leo23]

mystery cricketers rarely find long term success

if they are good enough bowlers they will succeed but they won't succeed just because they can bowl with both hands

 

[MenInG]

mystery cricketers rarely find long term success

if they are good enough bowlers they will succeed but they won't succeed just because they can bowl with both hands

Real problem is if good bowlers will start using this as a way to get ahead - think needs a careful rethink by PCB

 

[Leo23]

Real problem is if good bowlers will start using this as a way to get ahead - think needs a careful rethink by PCB

yes that is a danger. the selectors should only select this guy if his bowling is good enough.

bowling with both hands alone will not fool international batsmen.

 

[KevinFern]

There is one in Sri Lanka too.

 

[IndianWillow]

Might work early in your career. Your training sessions with each arm will be halved and you will start declining rapidly when you start bowling to international batsmen.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Useless gimmick, will be lucky to survive 50 ODIs

 

[Major]

will help you alot as a batsmen. Batting requires both arm strength. These guys could be potential all rounders

 

[Specialisttailender]

I doubt they will be good with both hand. And finger spinning is easy, I want to see a Wrist spinner do this. It will be amazing.

 

[karthikc]

Will ambi-dexterous cricketers come into cricket in future?

Edward De Bono the man behind the concept of lateral thinking said that ambi dexterous cricketers (batsmen and bowlers) would be the future in cricket and it would have the effect of having more than 11 players in the team. He said this to Steve Waugh and Buchanan who wanted to know how they could improve an already dominant Australian team.

Is science sufficiently advanced to help us achieve this? Can kids be taught to develop ambidexterous skills?

 

[Big Mac]

Real problem is if good bowlers will start using this as a way to get ahead - think needs a careful rethink by PCB

Why? You still have to declare which arm you're bowling with before the ball is bowled so it's not like any batsman is going to be caught off guard.

All it does it reduce the amount of time you can devote to bowling with either arm, which is more likely to have a detrimental effect on your bowling than be of any great benefit.