Shane Warne - King of Spin - Leg Spin Tutorial | American’s Reaction

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[@WTBob2005]

What made Warne so good was his control. He didn’t even need any variations later in his career. It was almost exclusively leg breaks. But, He could pitch it on a dime, and he had the ability to alter the amount of turn by changing the amount of over spin or side spin. 6 balls could look exactly the same, but they’d all get there different and do different things off the pitch.

[@chandrasenbalsaraf4084]

True that. Macgill spun the ball a long way but lacked control, hence Shane Warne was picked over him.

[@vikasbhargava5653]

What you're talking of is exactly what is experience which comes from practice and practice which builds up your maturity. And that Blobby is the key to success in every field of life.

[@rajeshsweet194]

He did away with googly and flipper but zooter was very much there.

[@neilcaress9036]

@@chandrasenbalsaraf4084 my memory was that in terms of figures Stuart MacGill often out-bowled Warne when they played together. I suspect this was because of Warne's control at the other end: another MacGill type bowler at the other end may not have built pressure on the batsmen to the same degree.

[@brucelamberton8819]

@@chandrasenbalsaraf4084 Macgill actually had a better Wrong 'Un though - it was even harder to pick

[@drummerboy2834]

Warne best leg spinner ever... Murali best off spinner ever 👊🏾

[@fernandodeveen177]

Yep absolutely

[@mayankdewli1010]

Nope. Warne the greatest bowler ever. Murali got most of his wkts at home on rank turners

[@HeySenthil]

@@mayankdewli1010 Murali got 9 wickets in Lord's.

[@anneeq008]

@@mayankdewli1010 that's not true at all

[@queenslander954]

@@HeySenthil Yea mate that was a total Barry Crocker , Murali’s best bowling at Lords was 5-34 in 1998

[@daniellegates6829]

So sad to watch this video I just came across, after losing this national treasure, Shane warne. Gone too soon with so much knowledge that could have been shared. Devastated!!! Cried for 3 days straight when I found out, at only 52 years old, cricket will never be the same watching it. Take care guys and thank you for this video. Danielle from Melbourne Australia

[@HeroCricketLeague]

Shane Warne was always incredibly generous with his time and effort at making these sorts of videos. He was also known for sharing tips with other many other leg-spinners, even in the opposition! A true lover of the game of cricket.

[@brucelamberton8819]

Warne makes it seem so easy, which shows just how much of a genius he was. Sadly missed.

[@geordigirl40]

Shane Warne, absolute Legend. The Australians had one of the most potent bowling attacks ever when he was playing alongside McGrath. They were a permanent thorn in the English side. It made any victory we managed, and there were not that many, against them all the more sweet. Australia dominated with him in the attack. What Iadmire most about Warne is his willingness to pass on his knowledge to other bowlers.

[@homeone4054]

Yeah but they're rubbish now! :-)

[@brucelamberton8819]

There was one match when Australia were playing one of the lesser countries -maybe Zimbabwe - whose spinner was struggling, and Warne took him aside during the lunch break and gave him some pointers. Really says something about the bloke.

[@iankearns774]

@@homeone4054 What was that?

[@neilcaress9036]

Leg spin has always been considered the hardest style of bowling to master. It seemed close to dying out until Abdul Qadir kept the 'flame burning' and Warne took it to another level and made it 'sexy' again. A lot of what average or occasional leggies bowl is 'buffet bowling' (help yourself). in the latter part of his career after shoulder operations that would have finished many wrist spinners Warne bowled the leg break, flipper/slider. He rarely bowled the 'wrong 'un' because of the strain on his shoulder but it didn't really matter because he knew how to target batsmen and out-think them and how to use natural variation.

[@terben7339]

Love the Adelaide Oval scoreboard in the background. Been keeping score since 1911 and has seen some epic matches.

[@WTBob2005]

terben Amazing Adelaide. Another Warne/McGrath masterclass in that 2nd innings, and a cream Mr Cricket innings in the chase.

[@rahyasircreations6088]

Yea.luv it

[@Arjit00]

I tried learning leg spin many years ago...but it's the hardest skill to master in cricket..

[@rishabhsharma8189]

I WAS VERY GOOD WITH IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT AS I GREW IN AGE I KEPT GETTING BAD AT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I THINK AS A KID WRISTS ARE SOFT AND DEGREE OF FREEDOM IS HIGHER. MAYBE. MY EXPERIENCE ALSO SHOWS HOW TOUGH AN ART IT IS

[@mohdbaqerhaider3440]

I also tried so much for leg spin but i always got the spin but pitching the ball in right area with the spin i thought that is the hardest thing.

[@chandrasenbalsaraf4084]

I think I am blessed to have learnt the art naturally. Though my father provided me with minimal assistance. But ya, accuracy is what lacks in most of the leg Spinners. Stuart macgill for instance.

[@nikhilkrishnan9]

Leg spin is not that difficult to bowl or learn. But where I struggle is to land the leg break 5 out of 10 times at a length accurately.

[@shaileshmish6701]

You can be a good off spinner with practice. But for leg spinner you also need a natural talent and not everyone has it.

[@harshau8332]

I guess, this video makes you realise the "greatness" of great batsmen :). It's not easy to maintain concentration levels and keep the runs ticking and save your wicket at the same time.

[@shivkumardundi7309]

Legspin is the most difficult art to master in cricket...

[@jafrost1328]

Fuck i miss Warnie. In hindsight all his controversies were so tame and just... relatable af lol dude was genuine as they come, down to earth and good fun to be around. Was lucky enough to meet him, at a few functions as a kid. absolute class act taking the time to hang out and entertain the only 4-5 kids present lol

[@56music64]

Not being a cricket tragic, simply understanding loosely the rules of the game, I am so glad I watched this vid. Shane was a genius, so knowledgeable about bowling and the whole game apparently. He was a virgo, virgo people are perfectionists, as shown in his explanations here of his different throws. I must admit, Shane was not one of my most favourite people, but I only believed what I was fed by the media. Obviously by the world and people who knew him well reactions to his sudden passing, he was much more than simply a loose cannon. I am so sorry for his kids, family and his best friends. 52 is just too young. He was a cricket genius, a generous man and he obviously will be greatly missed by the game and his world wide fans. RIP Shane

[@CricketforAmericans]

We’re glad you enjoyed it.

[@mathewdeering]

I've been in the game for over 30 years as a player and umpire. Just for those not in the know - legspin is fucking near impossible to land consistently unless you're really skilled. Any twat (read: me - I was a fast bowler) can land an offie more often than not, but putting leggies consistently in the right place needs some doing. And then to have evolved it to the point where Shane Warne has, with his variation and mental gymnastics, is something that I can almost not comprehend.

[@alkamishra9974]

I want u guys to react to ipl 2014, mi vs rr, match 56. Best game of all time in my opinion. RR had 7 wins while mi had 6. It was the last match of the league stage and only one playoff spot was unfilled. RR had the advantage as they had a better net run rate, so mi had to win by a huge margin to qualify. RR made 189 batting first. Calculations were done and it was found out that mi had to chase the target in just 14.3 overs. 190 is hard enough in 20 overs imagine chasing it in 14.3!! Corey Anderson played a stunning knock of 95 off 44. And Rayudu made 30 on 10. After 14.2 overs mi were 188-4. Rayudu was on strike they needed 2 on the last ball. They ran one run but when they came back for the second, Rayudu got run out. After all this mi was one run short. Rayudu realised this and started crying on the field. RR had qualified. But the match has to go on, Aditya tare comes in. But then something strange happens. NRR is calculated to the third and fourth decimal and a message comes from the dugout. Mi can still qualify if they hit a six on that ball because if they hit a six then their score would be 195, not 190 and those 5 runs would sneak in the 3rd decimal and get them a nrr higher than rr's . And Aditya tare hits a six and mi qualifies.

[@tonyroy8123]

A master of leg spin, 2nd highest wicket taker in the history of sport. Lee, McGrath, Warne and Gillespie - what a combination.

[@Robrulz666icloud]

THE BEST 🇦🇺

[@matthewcullen1298]

So good to see new people enjoying cricket. I'm a middle aged Australian and I've only started enjoying it in my early forties while listening to it on triple m while at work.

[@sunscream8502]

"bat was off by 6 inches" ..they're evolving lol. saw your other videos love your energy and maybe if int. cricket came to usa you guys would be perfect commentators there hopefully.

[@docgonzales]

He's got the finger control of a card magician

[@peateargriffin25]

It’s great that these guys are watching the same video I watched as a young spinner. We are talking hundreds and hundreds of hours of practice to just be ok. Warne was the best!

[@traceysmallwood7489]

RIP Warnie in my eyes the greatest spin bowler

[@mariuscheek]

The big difference between cricket and baseball is the movement off the pitch i.e. the natural variation that Shane talks about. Where Shane was brilliant was getting consistency within that, plus being able to 'float' or even swing a low speed ball when conditions were right Love the channel!

[@duke_hugo]

Almost every spinner will have a “stock ball”. The ball they bowl most of the time that the batsman is expecting. For Shane Warne that’s the leg break. The reason Shane says it’s the most important is because the batsman will expect it but it still needs to be good enough that they can’t hit it easily. They need to be worried about it. Then when you bowl a variation they won’t be expecting it, instead they’ll be trying to deal with the leg break. So you’ll get them out playing the complete wrong shot.

[@brucelamberton8819]

You guys hit the nail on the head - Warne was the master of setting batsmen up, and the fact that he tried to minimise the differences in grip and delivery out of his hand between his different balls was made him so difficult for batsmen to read. Sometimes his variation wasn't different types of balls but the amount of spin he'd impart on the ball; he'd bowl three leg-breaks on the same spot (which was only possible through his incredible control) then follow it up with one that spun more or less than the others, and the batsman -thinking he was able to read the ball - was often out. He really was an absolute wizard and the spectators (from both sides!) would get such a buzz out of watching him bowl, knowing they were watching someone truly special.

[@solreaver83]

Nailed it on the strategy. This is why test natch is my fav form of the game. It's chess. Placing the field just right, vowing the same balls for over after over the an unexpected change to get a catch in the slips or lbw. It's magic to watch and fun trying to predict what the bowler and the captain is planning.

[@joyfulzero853]

There was a time when many Australian players called the 'wrong 'un' (or googly) the 'Bosie'. The bowler who was credited with 'inventing' the delivery was the English all-rounder Bernard James Tindall Bosanquet who made his test debut in Australia in 1903 and was one of the reasons that England won that series (the first official MCC tour) by some distance as Australian batsmen were unable to 'pick' the ball.

[@Philjj61]

The main difference between baseball and cricket apart from not being allowed to "throw the ball" ... it must be "bowled" with a straight arm in cricket during the delivery, is the fact that the cricket ball can, but doesn't have to, hit the ground which drastically alters the trajectory according to the spin, in cricket the ball can speed up, slow down, curve left , curve right, bounce high bounce low and do any combination required. An absolute nightmare for the batsman in the hands of "El Maestro" our very cheeky Mr. Warne, quite the legend on and off the field. I believe he will always be part of our shared consciousness. Always makes me smile.

[@stevepitman251]

Sadly, Shane Warne passed away a couple of days ago at the age of 52 while on holiday of a suspected heart attack, R.I.P Shane

[@vikasbhargava5653]

Great one guys! With you both being involved in Cricket now so much, I can see how interesting this clip was for you guys.

[@handsolo4064]

This is a throwback. I miss these early livestreams where I trolled Gabe about curtains, his couch, etc.

[@brucelamberton8819]

Warne makes it look so easy - which shows how much talent he had, and how much hard work he put in.

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

I love bowling legspin.. Its hard to land properly.. But if you land it preperly, its fun to deceive batsman with diff changeups. At the same time its very dangerous to be get hit for sixes if not bowled at correct spots..

[@asheritty7815]

Wrist spin is a tough art so you have to practice it constantly. If you're gonna teach someone, make sure you keep supporting the guy even if he makes a mess of it.

[@72philgood]

RIP warnie, he was a great teacher of spin

[@justinrossington396]

Stay away from the house when trying to bowl like Shane Warne or buy a ladder. Great video’s guys Thanks from Australia 🇦🇺

[@sammy_dog]

and don't forget to board up the windows

[@gavanthornton4484]

From an Australian, interesting hearing about baseball pitches, Richie Benaud (great legspinner, captain and commentator) use the phrase that you want 'subtle variation' as good batters pick obvious variation. Also, what Shane Warne calls a wrong-un is also called a googly, IMO, the googly is a much better name. Abdul Quadir and Mushtaq Ahmed of Pakistan were masters of the Wrong-Un/Googly.

[@TheWesternPacific]

Just when you think you know a bit about bowling, you watch this and.....

[@TheFinnola]

Forgets to mention he spent hours and years getting his techniques!! But he had something much much more. He records are world tops. He was articulate well mannered and dedicated. Played hard.

[@DanteLive4game]

Awesome video brothers loved it ... very nice 😁.. Warne is legend Bow down for king of spin

[@nishantpeaceful4634]

I was a very good leg spinner in college days .. thats the point guys ..it has to look same to deceive the batsman.. its simple physics.. using rotation and angles and friction from surface.. you change the angle or direction of rotation of ball and the friction will help to decide the ball to turn or to skid ... Also the kinematics involved in release .. projectile .. velocity etc ... Looks same but its deceiving ....good to see you all so dedicated in learning cricket

[@peterwalsh2470]

Really good video for you guys to watch and super informative to see just how leg spin is bowled. Next we need a video of you guys in the nets with Trey setting you up for a wrong-un... hehehe

[@peterwalsh2470]

PS if you ever do have a game, avoid batting on a strip of grass that is too "spongy". The ball will dig in, come off "slow" and bounce too high. You want a firm a surface as possible, concrete is good if you dont have something like really firm turf. Back here kids play mostly on concrete pitches with plastic coated cork balls. Concrete pitches really chew up the leather balls so they tend not to use those. So if you use your nice shiny leather ball on concrete you'll need another ball before long!

[@johnprater8191]

love your videos guys . one big difference is in base ball the ball is always in the air, while in cricket the ball hits the ground so you can land the ball in the same spot with the same delivery every time and get different results as well.

[@barrynichols2846]

An Australian fast bowler from the the 1960s Alan Connelly played baseball too. He brought the "change up" and knuckleball into cricket.

[@gzeuskraiste]

Poor old Daryl Cullinan. Warne basically victimised him with the flipper, he knew it was coming and still couldn't deal with it.

[@brucelamberton8819]

There was one famous incident were Warne tormented Cullinan so much that he was actually telling Cullinan what ball he'd be bowling next, and still Cullnan couldn't play them. Then the ultimate insult - he started saying to the other SA batsman "Well played, Daryl" when he beat them.

[@suniliyer03]

I know all the variations, how it is done. But the most toughest part is to land the ball properly. The ball has to travel 22 yards, also controlling leg spin is very difficult. You don't want to look erratic out there. I used to bowl a good googly/wrongun, my cousin who's a top cricketer would easily pick it up looking at my wrist position

[@EyesofSourabh]

He is the Brand Ambassador of The Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020

[@JohnSmith77777]

fantastic stuff. Warne and Mullie, the best spinners I've seen.

[@clayton896]

Pre-warne it was seen as typical for a leg spinner to bowl at least one boundary-ball per over. It's such a difficult action to deliver consistently.

[@brucelamberton8819]

I can remember an Australian leg-spinner by the name of Jim Higgs from the late 70s - early 80s; he was lucky if half his balls landed on the pitch!

[@kimbirch1202]

After a while the pitch gets roughed up with cracks etc, so the bounce of the ball becomes even more unpredictable. Spin bowlers are often used to keep runs low, as many batsmen find it difficult to hit fours and sixes off spin.

[@jack28aug]

A word for the kids, if you're bowling with old swollen balls you can damage your hand really easily. I was a leg spinner as a kid upto 18 and I have daily issues between my thumb and index finger, do not stretch your thumb up trying to get more spin, it's not that effective and it does slowly damage the little muscles and tendons in there. (if you are learning, the pitch and the speed are more important than the amount of spin).

[@tonyhyde2644]

in crickets off season, there are 2 main sports cricketers will play, baseball and gold...if ya look at both games, there are things in each that will help a cricketer be better such as the swing of both club and baseball bat as pertains to cricket and their swings etc, running, catching, fielding, concentration and so on

[@neilcampbell3212]

Just to let you know, Shane passed away last week, at the age of 52.

[@monicaking2140]

RIP King of Spin

[@Arsalan.Sarwar]

Flipper is most difficult, many international bowlers can't bowl a flipper.

[@kimbirch1202]

Accuracy is the most important skill of any bowler. A good batsman will knock a bad spinner for six.

[@arconeagain]

This a basic tutorial so Warne stuck to the technique of the deliveries. Then there's the variation. He did talk about positions on the crease, whether or not you're bowling over or around the wicket. I've heard him emphasize this before, and when he speaks, you listen. So the other things are flight, drift (so shape), revolutions and pace. The other thing is that Warne is a great tactician. He will psychologically set the batsman up and construct an over or overs. He's been known many a time to deliberately bowl a bad ball and get smashed. Or show them a ball that they think is the flipper, for instance, only to deliver the real ball later and get them out. Foxing I guess.

[@virajsawant1681]

No our three wickets on MI vs RR?

[@WTBob2005]

Viraj Sawant Royals can’t bat Royals can’t bowl Royals can’t field And I’m a RR fan....

[@barrymcdonald9868]

leg spin is the best art of cricket

[@oilyragsgarage7200]

I bowl the same way, but with my left hand. When a batsman can't pick your wrongun, gives you plenty of confidence.

[@neilcaress9036]

He may be the "king of spin" but he isn't "the King of Spain"--step forward Ashley Giles aka "the wheelie Bin" (as an English left arm spinner for his 'benefit year' he had lots of china mugs printed and fired with 'King of Spin' on them. However there was a typo and they emerged as 'King of Spain'. He retired from playing in 2006 worked his way up through the coaching levels and now is England's director of cricket--boss of all the England Test, ODI and T20 international coaches.

[@rongt859]

Not only was he the best leg spin bowler in history but he was dating Liz Hurley for a couple of years

[@rarotime5555]

Loved the reaction guys👍🏾

[@mayankdewli1010]

Warne the best bowler ever in cricket.

[@SaadKhan-hl7rk]

Hey you guys, cricket is looking easy but its very difficult to be a cricketer because you have to know thousands of techniques to be a cricketer. And these cricketers are train by masters.

[@bolarcs4850]

4:00 No bro. This guy had more weapons in his arsenal than any mlb pitcher. I promise you

[@CricketforAmericans]

Look up a pitcher named Yu Darvish. The guy has no joke 9 different pitches. Most pitchers are lucky to have four

[@lesnorton3968]

Shane warne would bowl 4 or 5 overs at you just straight leg breaks then when you were comftable throw in the flipper or slider and get them every time.

[@godfroi10991]

Not many people can bowl Leg-spin, I'd try learning off-spin first Guys. Off-spin is more comfortable & natural for most people. But if you try leg-spin, the leg-break is gonna be your stock delivery so just learn that to start with, then develop your other grips from there. Hope you Guys put out a Vid of you practicing!

[@prabhatsingh5234]

The changeup you told is similar to slower delivery of zaheer khan by gripping ball deeper into his palm

[@spamhands]

A true legend

[@Honkersification]

g'day mates. That was excellent! Thank you,.

[@muhammad.husnain6819]

Shane Warne was a master of leg-spin but this type of spin was revived by the great Abdul Qadir. One of the greatest spinners Pakistan produced.

[@shanedallachy5450]

R.I.P. legend 💔

[@anandbakshi4391]

To the layman.... & I mean to the majority of International batsmen, It all looked the same. Only the greatest batsmen could or did spot the difference in real time.

[@blackbird1383]

Now a days with those hd cameras batsman can study these deliveries sitting in a room, imagine times of those blurry cameras where its hard to recognize a person forget the different finger positions, batsmen only time to read the bowls was when the live match is going.

[@neilanadams5173]

Fascinating. Thanks alot.

[@jsm2420]

You should also look at Off Spinner technique too

[@saminda]

Always hit the like before watching.

[@chezzachezza7325]

Rip warney the Spin King 👑

[@christievthomas3531]

RIP legend 🙏

[@AussieTVMusic]

I bowled Leg Spin as a junior. Then Jeff Thomson came along and game over.

[@hridaysardana9037]

Nick voice is incredibly similar to Gohan from DBZ

[@neilcaress9036]

Of course the "wrong 'un" outside of Australia is generally know as the 'googly'. Originally the Australians called it the 'Bosie' after the English bowler, who 'invented/made it famous';

[@ude3333]

You guys should check the carrom ball, brought back to life by Ajantha mendis in modern times.

[@jdukkke]

React Tutorial of all type of swing bowlings.

[@shivanshawasthi9039]

RIP Shane Warne

[@patrickjohnston4630]

Rest in Peace king

[@hartybob9859]

one thing i'd love to see a video on guys is you've always heard the jokes cricket fans make about baseball, now don't get me wrong i think baseballs a great game but you've really watched a lot of cricket now an your starting to understand more an more about the game so the thing i'd like to know is, do you see where the jokes come from? i like baseball but you must be starting to see now, that its just not cricket!!

[@alantattersall3190]

Bowling leg breaks is very difficult, getting the length right is crucial, too short and you get hammered. As great as Warne was he has also been hit for more sixes than any other bowler.

[@brucelamberton8819]

At the same time, Warne was a very aggressive bowler who'd often throw the ball up tempting the batsmen to play a shot - it wasn't as though he bowled many garbage balls that were easily dispatched. He wanted the batsman to try to score runs as he felt it gave him more of a chance to get them out.

[@TheMenace2002]

well for me googly is the most decieving ball for leg spinner

[@potterjayan]

As said on this video the Wrongún

[@johndobb4723]

I guess it also depeds on how much rough in the foot holes he had to bowl at he took into account ?

[@sunildutta2023]

that also depend on the suface conditions.

[@ravirajminawala9809]

Where is the out three wickets vlog for the mi vs rr match ?

[@mayurna1808]

React on Rashid Khan with Shane Warne video of leg spinning compitition

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

Well Warne isn't called King of Spin for nothing.

[@bishalbose3]

React Fast Yorker Vs slow Yorker, Reverse Swing

[@fergietune6175]

Please south African spinner goga Adam's he has strange bowling action

[@kavinduhasalanka9941]

Never compare cricket with baseball .It s like ground to sky

[@jeremylegood8081]

rest easy

[@jnkynrih]

Man I need to lie down for a lil while... My brain's Spinning... 😖😖

[@mehumanalien9585]

guys google the gatting bowl