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  2. Handedness - Wikipedia

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    In cricket, the overall advantage of a bowler's left-handedness exceeds that resulting from experience alone: even disregarding the experience factor (i.e., even for a batter whose experience against left-handed bowlers equals their experience against right-handed bowlers), a left-handed bowler challenges the average (i.e., right-handed) batter ...

  3. Left-arm unorthodox spin - Wikipedia

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    Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball, and make it deviate, or 'turn' from left to right after pitching. [1] The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed off spin bowler, although the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.

  4. Types of bowlers in cricket - Wikipedia

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    The ball will appear to move just as the left-arm unorthodox ball does, from off to leg for a right-handed batsman. Muttiah Muralitharan (often called "Murali") of Sri Lanka and Graeme Swann of England, two of the most successful bowlers in Test and ODI cricket history, are off-spinners. Murali's bowling style is unique, while Swann's is more ...

  5. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    For a right-handed bowler this produces off spin, whereas the same technique by a left-handed bowler produces left arm orthodox spin. First-class cricket the senior form of the game; usually county, state or international. First-class matches consist of two innings per side and are usually played over three or more days. [10] First change

  6. Off side - Wikipedia

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    Which half of the field is the off side therefore depends on whether the on-strike batsman is right-handed or left-handed. The other half of the field, behind the on-strike batsman, is called the leg side. [1] From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it is the right-hand side of the field. [2]

  7. Leg side - Wikipedia

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    From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it can also be thought of as the left-hand side of the cricket field, [3] and from the bowler's perspective, it is the right-hand side. With a left-handed on-strike batsman, the leg side is to their right, and from the bowler's perspective, it is the left-hand side.

  8. Cricket - Wikipedia

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    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a ... Batters are classified according to whether they are right-handed or left-handed, ...

  9. Left-arm orthodox spin - Wikipedia

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    Left-arm orthodox spin bowlers generally attempt to drift the ball in the air into a right-handed batsman, and then turn it away from the batsman (towards off-stump) upon landing on the pitch. The drift and turn in the air are attacking techniques. The normal delivery of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler is the left-arm orthodox spinner. [2]