Cricket spin bowling remains in its biomechanical infancy

[...]since the departure of Australia’s most successful spin bowler, Shane Warne, from the Australian cricket team in 2007, Australia trialled 14 different spin bowlers from 2007 to 2015 in the pursuit of a world-class spin bowler.3 This may have been a different scenario if bowling coaches had greater biomechanical knowledge to enhance spin bowling performance, and thus develop higher quality performers that are capable of playing for sustained periods. [...]this approach will allow for the development of various biomechanical models of spin bowling, and therefore allow a more tailored approach from bowling coaches come the time for technical intervention. Doctor of Philosophy, 2015, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 4 P. Glazier, K. Davids, R. Bartlett, Dynamical systems theory: a relevant framework for performance-oriented sports biomechanics research, Sportscience, Vol. 7, 2003 5 A. Chin, B. Elliott, J. Alderson, The off-break and doosra: kinematic variations of elite and sub-elite bowlers in creating ball spin in cricket bowling, Sports Biomech, Vol. 8, Iss. 3, 2009, 187-198 6 A.J. Beach, R.E. Ferdinands, P.J. Sinclair, The kinematic differences between off-spin and leg-spin bowling in cricket, Sports Biomech, Vol. 15, Iss. 3, 2016, 295-313 7 W. Spratford, D. Whiteside, B. Elliott, J Sports Sci, 2017, 1-9 8 C.W. Salter, P.J. Sinclair, M.R. Portus, The associations between fast bowling technique and ball release speed: a pilot study of the within-bowler and between-bowler approaches, J Sports Sci, Vol. 25, Iss. 11, 2007, 1279-1285 9 P.S. Glazier, J.S. Wheat, An integrated approach to the biomechanics and motor control of cricket fast bowling techniques, Sports Med, Vol. 44, Iss. 1, 2014, 25-36 10 C. Button, K. Davids, W. Schollhorn, Coordination profiling of movement systems, K. Davids, S. Bennett, K. Newell, Movement system variability, 2006, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 133-152