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  2. Googly - Wikipedia

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    The googly is not a variation of the typical off spin type of delivery, in that the cricket ball is presented from the bowler's hand in such a way that once the ball pitches; instead, it deviates in the opposite direction of a leg spinning type of delivery (i.e. towards the leg stump rather than the off stump).

  3. Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer) - Wikipedia

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    While playing a tabletop game, Bosanquet devised a new technique for delivering a ball, later named the "googly", which he practised during his time at Oxford. He first used it in cricket matches around 1900, abandoning his faster style of bowling, but it was not until 1903, when he had a successful season with the ball, that his new delivery ...

  4. Left-arm unorthodox spin - Wikipedia

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    In cricket's modern era, Australian Brad Hogg brought the delivery to wider notice [1] and had one of the most well-disguised wrong'uns. [7] Kuldeep Yadav, who debuted for India in March 2017, bowls left-arm wrist spin, [8] [9] and Paul Adams played 45 Test matches and 24 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1995 and 2004 using the ...

  5. Son Barry - Wikipedia

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    "The [recent] death of B.J.T. Bosanquet at the comparatively early age of 59 years has removed a great personality from the cricket world. Most people, and many scribes, are under the erroneous impression that [Bosanquet] was the discoverer of the class of ball known as the "googly" a name, I am led to believe, invented in New Zealand.

  6. Doosra - Wikipedia

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    The doosra is the off-spinner's equivalent of the leg-spinner's googly, which spins in the opposite direction to the leg spinner's stock ball. It is possible for a left-armer (whose action mirrors that of an off-spinner) to bowl the doosra, which in this case would turn from off to leg.

  7. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    Constructed of leather stitched around a cork core. A red ball is used in timed matches (or a pink ball for day/night cricket), whilst a white ball is used in limited overs cricket. 2. A single delivery. Each over contains six (legal) balls. [1] Ball tampering Illegally modifying the condition of the ball, usually by a fielder to facilitate ...

  8. Underarm bowling - Wikipedia

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    "The Lobster" Jephson as caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, May 1902. In cricket, lob bowling is a largely disused style of bowling. It has become illegal under Law 21.1 to use underarm bowling without prior agreement before the match, an amendment to the laws of cricket that was made following the notorious incident in the 1980–81 World Series match.

  9. Off cutter - Wikipedia

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    An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket.It is bowled by fast bowlers.. A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the pitch.