Warne's flipper trap
Shane Warne recounts how he mastered the flipper and picks out his favourite dismissals using the delivery
ESPNcricinfo staff
29-Feb-2016
In an interview with cricket.com.au, Shane Warne talks about how he mastered the art of bowling the flipper, how he planned his variations through a spell and picks out his two most memorable dismissals using the flipper.
"I had a mixture (of people showing me how to bowl it) - Jack Potter was the first to show me it, Jim Higgs, Richie Benaud, even a gentleman by the name of Bob Paulsen. Terry Jenner. So there were these guys showing me sliders, flippers, and I remember trying to bowl (the flipper) and I kept bowling it over the net, double bounces, I couldn't get it right," Warne said. "It took me a good couple of years to perfect it.
"One of the things I learned over time was, the what, when and why: what delivery am I bowling, when am I bowling it, and why am I bowling it?" Warne said. "Rather than, 'I haven't bowled a wrong'un or a flipper for a couple of overs, I'll bowl one'. "There's a real strategy, plan and art to (getting the batsman with the flipper) - I used to love setting a batsman up for it.
"None better than Richie Richardson at the MCG in 1992, and Alec Stewart at the Gabba in 1994 - they were two of my favourite ones that I bowled; they didn't pick them and I set them up beautifully for it. Especially Alec Stewart," he said