Left armers over or round the wicket?

[Dogwood]

Should you ball left arm seamers over or round the wicket and the same for left arm spinners?

[enigma]

Can't say I've much experience of handling left-arm-seamers but I think the general advice you'll get is to bowl them over-the-wicket to start with & go round the wicket every now & then when you're bowling to a set batsman to change things up a bit.

As for left-arm-spinners, I'd say I've plenty of experience of handling them, I use them effectively in OD & T20, bowling over-the-wicket against right-handers & round-the-wicket against left-handers & place all my fielders on the leg-side, 4 in the circle to save singles at about 15-20 yards from the bat & 5 on the boundary. I bowl seamers in powerplays & then squeeze the opposition for runs with my SLAs, they usually go at about 4 RPO in ODs & under 6 RPO in T20s.

[Sureshot]

I never seem to use left-armers, I normally start with them over the wicket and then move to around the wicket if it's not working, always good to mix it up.

[6ry4nj]

I bowl everyone over the wicket by default, except left-arm spinners to right-handers, in which case I start them round the wicket. Just my idiosyncrasy, based on how I see them bowled in real life.

I then change them to the other side after a while, for variety. You do get an advantage from changing sides from time to time. There is a disadvantage for right-hand bowlers round the wicket to right-handers, and left-armers round the wicket to left-handers. These combinations get less successful lbw appeals. Nevertheless, it's still a good idea to try them out for variety to settled batsmen.

Apart from that, it's a matter of personal preference/gut instinct...or something.