Rahkeem Cornwall is the King of Spin, a breakdown
What Happened
Rahkeem Cornwall, the West Indian cricketer known as the "King of Spin," is dominating the opposition's batsmen with his exceptional spin bowling skills. Playing in a match, Cornwall steps up to the crease and immediately makes an impact, dismissing the first batsman with a perfectly-placed delivery that catches the edge of the bat and is cleanly taken by the fielder. Cornwall continues his spin magic, setting up the next batsman with a series of tantalizing deliveries that have the right-hander lunging forward and back, struggling to make solid contact. Finally, Cornwall unleashes a ball that dips sharply and takes the edge, resulting in another wicket. Commentating on Cornwall's performance, the analyst highlights the subtle differences between his deliveries - some that dart straight on, while others loop up high and then spin sharply off the pitch, completely deceiving the batsmen. Slow-motion replays illustrate how Cornwall is able to generate such extreme spin, with the ball almost seeming to "fall off a cliff" as it reaches the batsman. As Cornwall continues his spell, he dismisses another batsman, this time clean bowling him with a beautifully flighted delivery that drifts in the air and then rips sharply off the surface. The fielder at short leg is elated, clapping enthusiastically at Cornwall's dominance. However, the batsmen eventually start to find their rhythm against the towering spinner, with one player stepping up and unleashing a series of powerful sweeps and slog shots, sending the ball sailing over the boundary for several sixes. The fielder chasing the ball expresses his frustration at not being able to stop the onslaught. Despite the counterattack, Cornwall remains unfazed, continuing to vary his pace and flight to try and outsmart the aggressive batsman. As the match progresses, the "King of Spin" showcases his full repertoire, deploying looping off-breaks, leg-spinners, and sharp-turning deliveries that have the batsmen constantly guessing. Rahkeem Cornwall's masterclass in spin bowling is a testament to his skill and experience, captivating cricket fans with his ability to bamboozle even the most accomplished batsmen.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis is Rakim Cornwall the king of spin
breakdown is brought to you by the
warehouse games I edited this before
Christmas and then I kind of forgot
about it but I love spin bowling because
to the common eye to Baseball fans you
think he what is that he just lobbed it
in there like that's pretty slow
obviously this dude's just going to
smash everything wait he didn't hit that
wait he's out he's done first Wicket for
cornall what happened look at the action
the big man nice and simple and smooth
the ball comes from up top and then Just
Darts down he M Hit It One Wicket nice
catch from Andrew there a lot of first
names Andrew James not Cornwall it's the
last name in my opinion all names can be
anything next ball lefties up off spin
but to a lefties is at leg spin no just
toiy it's off spin but when the batsman
change Always trips me up just misses
the edge there nice ball okay now he has
Barnes up the right-handed batsman and a
fresh over and he's going to try and set
him up first he's going to throw one
that spins into him he just gets the
edge he lunged forward and was able to
just get an edge on it to not get hit in
the pads so now he's a little more
careful he gets gets backwards and then
he lunges forward again Cornwall is like
yeah I'll Lop this one because I think
you're going to do that and just a lot
of spin on it and just misses that was
easy I got some overlays and some
comparisons coming up for people that
are still like I don't see anything
happening here just keep watching
because it's very cool in my opinion
opinion and maybe your opinion too
Morris is up first ball he sees that's a
straight one just kind of darted down
not a lot of movement and he just gets
to play with a straight bat and block
that ball the very next ball has Loft
has spin has a hand on it caught by
James this is the spin that's the action
it's higher it spins off the middle of
the bat catches the edge for an out I
diced up those two two balls to compare
them because I think it's very cool so
on the left here this ball doesn't have
much loft it kind of Just Darts down and
stays straight and then the ball right
after that that's lobbed in the air and
then when it hits the ground it turns a
ton and misses the middle of the bat see
I'll go slowly here on the left it's
just going to come straight down on the
right it's going to lob up okay so at
this point on the right we're still eye
level you're making that batter's eyes
look W they're wide and they're tasting
it's like oh I'm going to I don't have
to play uh I don't have to just block
this one I'm going to go after it on the
left it's coming down quicker and more
at an angle on the other one it's
dropping like a grenade and then on the
left it stays straight and it's able to
get the middle of the bat he just blocks
it and on the right as soon as it hits
the ground it starts spinning away from
the batter and you catch an edge and
that is the tiny difference you know uh
a Cricut bat is you know the width of
your hand so you just got to miss the
middle by that much and you can get outs
and in this situation he's got three and
then he's got four the first ball back
broadcast was barely ready he gets
another he is ecstatic he's ripping
through the middle of the order here and
that hits the leg and it would have hit
the Wicket I mean the bat actually got
caught behind his
leg and that is again just lobbed up
there comes down quick spins after it
hits boom another one for the big man
just having a day after that tries for
the reverse sweep you can do that you
can sweep spin because you you get your
bat horizontal which helps you because
that's the way the ball is going if that
makes sense so a lot of guys like to
sweep the spin for those that don't
watch cricket that is way up there and
then sometimes with spin bowling even
though you got four wickets you're going
to run into batsman like Royal who are
like dude I'm not scared or worried
about this I'm going to send that one
way gone step up and Bash it through the
sight screen I'm going to put a hole in
there so the fielders can get some sun
they can get an odd sun tan another one
thank you I'll hit that one for six and
please I'd like another yes I'd take
that one I'll put that one in the seats
make your Fielder have to go get it and
another and you know what maybe that
Fielder should just play in the seats he
should just maybe play out there because
that's where I'm going to keep hitting
them I'm not scared of the spin and yeah
you had to go get it George another
first name oh she's excited she's
clapping if you want to watch Rim
Cornwall bat I would highly suggest it
because he kind of just leans on the
ball and sends it miles our guys over at
Cricket District have a fun video with
him where you can you know get to know
his personality and watch him bang it
around a little bit also as I said this
break was brought to by Warehouse games
and Toby and Jack from cricket District
were part of our warehouse games where
we have a sport that's a mixture of
baseball a mixture of cricket played in
a warehouse utter chaos they played last
year rather
entertaining ball popped in the air oh
me has it go away
oh oh that 6'4 in frame he David is all
ah so close so close he needed to 6'8 to
get that one fck catch the
ball oh my goodness catch the ball he's
really annoyed with himself I don't know
who this Jack guy is but he sucks I
haven't even got any excuses on a
cricketer he can't ball he can't back
call catch clearly that is so
annoying I hear you jack I bet this
one's a wide as well
o oh well Toby's the
soothsayer oh wow
wow what a loser