The art of spin bowling
4/27/202648 min
Mark Chapman, Sir Alastair Cook, Jack Leach and, Phil Tufnell discuss the attitude towards spinners in England, how franchise cricket has affected the art of spin and whether England know what they want from their spinner heading into the summer.
How do you become a spinner? Is it down to the player or coach? Jack Leach and Phil Tufnell give insight into how they found themselves becoming spinners and, whether a batters’ attitude changes as you get older and as they get older.
As a spinner, what do you need from your captain? Is it blind faith? Is it protection if you are going for runs? The panel dive into the mind of a spin bowler and how they can adapt their game.
TIME CODES: 00:00 Intro and London Marathon 01:50 County Cricket’s substitute rule 04:03 The art of spin bowling 05:30 Captains and spinners 15:32 The nuance of spin 17:30 How did it start? 25:05 English attitude towards spin 33:26 When were you at your peak? 35:00 What if you started as a spin now? 38:20 The mental side 41:40 What do England want this summer?
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You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
Mark Chapman· Host0:05
Welcome to 5 Live Cricket then. Uh, we are talking spin bowling. With us, uh, Jack Leach, England and Somerset spinner, former England spinner Phil Tufnell, and London Marathon runner Alastair Cook.
Alastair Cook· Guest0:18
Oh, yes.
Mark Chapman· Host0:19
Is it, is it-- This isn't a typo in front of me here. Three minute... Uh, three minutes, that would be a typo. Three hours, five minutes and fifteen seconds.
Alastair Cook· Guest0:27
It was the five minutes fifteen which got away, chappers. Um- Oh, no.
Mark Chapman· Host0:32
Were you trying to break three hours?
Alastair Cook· Guest0:33
I, I... Yeah, I-- This is my second attempt at it. I had a go last year, and I was three sixteen, and I was-- said, "Right, I'm gonna try and break three." So didn't quite do it, but, uh, an amazing day and so many people out there supporting. But unfortunately, the time doesn't lie, and I wasn't good enough [laughs].
Mark Chapman· Host0:52
It was... Oh, it was hot though, wasn't it?
Alastair Cook· Guest0:54
Well, that's... You don't wanna start getting into that excuse-ridden thing of runners where something's not quite right.
Mark Chapman· Host0:59
Okay.
Alastair Cook· Guest0:59
But it was, uh, my- You know what you, you know what you need, don't you?
Mark Chapman· Host1:03
You need- To do it again? Well, yeah, but you need a, you need a pair of those shoes.
Alastair Cook· Guest1:07
Oh, they would help. [laughs] But I, I think, I think, um, I think not even... Not they would've helped me on, on it, isn't it? Yeah, it's just... Yeah. I thought I, I thought I'd have a good crack at it. I wasn't quite there. Sorry, Tuffers- [laughs] ... I let you down.
Phil Tufnell· Guest1:19
Cooky, you were, you were so confident, mate.
Alastair Cook· Guest1:22
No.
Phil Tufnell· Guest1:22
We was right behind you. Did you hit the wall?
Alastair Cook· Guest1:24
Yeah. The, the wall you know very well of all the running you did.
Mark Chapman· Host1:27
Well, I was gonna say, Tuffers- [laughs] ... when, when