|Leg spin's all about love!|
|Around the Academy:
England captain Nasser Hussain calls us "mystery bowlers" because of the way we can make the ball spin both ways using a similar wrist action.
It's done by flighting the ball high towards the batsman when you bowl.
You can't fire it in if you want it to spin!
Sometimes though, I think leg spinners are misunderstood.
They are often treated as stoppers and only used when the conditions are not right for fast bowlers.
But if we encourage young bowlers to think that it's okay to concede a few runs to take wickets, that's the way forward.
I remember Shane Warne saying that leg spin bowlers need a lot of love.
It's true, because they get an awful lot of stick.
They need an arm around them, and someone to say "come back for more next week son".
It's an art that has a mystique attached to it, but it's so uncomplicated really, it's a wonder there aren't more of us.
And I'm sure there will be chance for an England leg spinner to develop over the next four or five years.
It's my dream for one of the 'leggies' that I teach to take five wickets in each innings of a Test match against Australia one day.
But I hope Australia still win the match!