Teenaged leg spinner Redwood ran through the Volcanoes’ middle order on the way to finishing with the impressive figures of 7-72 on debut, as the Scorpions wrapped up a comfortable 178-run victory.

In reply to Slipfeeler

Yep.. Very impressed with his control!

In reply to Slipfeeler

INTERESTING ACTION

It's three of them... pity LI still stuck on Walsh.

Zishan Motara - from Bim (surprised that he didn't play for WI Academy in the first match)
Micah McKenzie - from LI.

Dem fellas impressing for a few years at the youth level... kudos to Jamaica for giving Redwood a chance. Hopefully LI could do the same for McKenzie.

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In reply to Slipfeeler

Lots of promise here. He needs time and guidance

It’s a clean action.

In reply to Raggs
Yep - dat ball sure moved

High point of release in his action plus he’s tall, he spins the ball…

Definitely one for the future.

He needs to develop variations like the greats.

In reply to imusic

He does not pelt like Narine??

In reply to Raggs

What’s interesting about his action has nothing to do with cleanliness.

It’s virtually impossible for a wrist spinner to have an illegal action.

What was interesting to me is how far from his head his bowling hand was at the point of delivery.

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In reply to imusic
Which is why I said what I said

He was in the spin bowling /batting coaching camp with alot of the spinners in the region led by sammy and the chenai kings coach.before the fc season start

In reply to velo

Any link or write up.....

In reply to Onionman0

Its on the windies cricket site
Link

In reply to Slipfeeler

What a delivery. A good leggie in any format is priceless.

Well done Scorpions.

In reply to velo
He uses his entire body not just his arms as most of not all other WI 'spinners'

Makes the JA v Guy match even more interesting as the Guyanese are probably the best batsmen of spin in the region.

In reply to velo

Thanks Bro...

does he have a googly ?

This is him at age 15Link

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In reply to Joshua

Good control even then. Still want to know if he has a googly, especially given his Shane Warne-like angle of delivery. Doesn't have to have one if he is very accurate but would make a big difference to the threat he poses at a higher level. Let's be honest .....Windwards has been notoriously vulnerable to any type of spin but especially wrist spin

In reply to Logic

he does doesnt bowl it too often but has other variations. he is still a work in progress will have his ups and downs.

glad he wasnt picked by academy (and hope they won't soon) for two reasons which is jamaica head coach is a legspinner and secondly the captain is more experienced and so knows how to use and back him. if you have a fellow kid captaining a leg spinner at the academy its tougher to develop.

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In reply to Jammal22

I don't think his control is all that good. But he's very young and should improve over time. What I think is impressive is his ability to spin the ball.

In reply to spider

The regional batsmen can't play donkey drops, let alone genuine leg spin bowling. Look at the top of the bowling averages year after year. Any young spinner who immediately comes on the scene needs to be treated carefully because the cries of "here comes the next great spinner" will soon fall quiet if he is thrown in against international teams that actually can play spin.

I wish the lad all the best but let us be careful and realistic.

Kudos to Coach Kirkland Bailey and his top notch cricket programme at Excelsior High School. There are many more Redwoods in the pipleline

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Spot on. The Mikyle Louis factor needs to be avoided in the future.

In reply to jacksprat
Big up. - long time no see

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In reply to Slipfeeler

Happy for the young man and wish him the best for the future.
However the little I saw of him did not impress at all as he was
obviously overwhelmed by the occasion and nerves in the first innings when
long hops and full tosses were too many and I did not see a googley.

Neither did he look half as good in command as his current head coach, Haynes who was
highly impressive at an even younger age and earned respect from Lloyd and Richards
in his first two matches at Bina against Guyana and Leewards back in '82.
Pity he was never rewarded with a Test cap even when he toured Pakistan.
Hope young Redwood learns his art and put in in the hard work as his future
looks bright and the need for his type of bowling is an invaluable art to
any Test team.
Good luck son, work hard and dedicate yourself to the Calling. Coach Robert could be your
best mentor at this stage.