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In the sport of cricket the delivery or ball is a single incident of the bowler moving the ball toward the batsman - analogous to a pitch in baseball. There are many types of delivery involving a number of techniques that vary by which hand is used for bowling, the manner in which the ball is held...
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In the sport of cricket, a bouncer (or bumper) is a type of delivery, usually bowled by a fast bowler. It is pitched short so that it bounces on the pitch well short of the batsman and rears up to chest or head height (or even higher) as it reaches...
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| x Inswinger |
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An inswinger is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is bowled by swing bowlers.
An inswinger is bowled by holding the cricket ball with the seam vertical and the first two fingers slightly across the seam so that it is angled a little to...
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| x Outswinger |
An outswinger is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is bowled by swing bowlers.
An outswinger is bowled by holding the cricket ball with the seam at an angle and the first two fingers running along either side of the seam. Once the ball...
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| x Yorker |
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Yorker is a term used in cricket that describes a ball bowled (a delivery) which hits the cricket pitch around the batsman's feet. When a batsman assumes a normal stance this generally means that the cricket ball bounces on the cricket pitch on or...
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| x Reverse Swing |
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In the sport of cricket, making the ball move in the air with the older ball is called reverse swing. It is also referred to as Irish swing.
The cricket ball often moves in the air towards or away from a batsman when a pace bowler is bowling. It is...
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| x Off cutter |
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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...
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| x Leg cutter |
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A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the sport 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...
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| x Indipper |
In cricket, the Indipper is a delivery that combines elements of the dipper, the yorker and the in-swinger. The delivery is meant to be served on or near the batsman's toes, with the ball swinging into the batsman, and dipping (in altitude) at the...
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Off Spin Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.
An off break is bowled by holding the cricket ball in the palm of the hand with the seam...
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A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the...
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| x Googly |
In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie (or Bosey), an eponym in honour of its inventor Bernard Bosanquet.
While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off...
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| x Doosra |
A doosra (Urdu: دوسرا) is a particular type of delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket, invented by Pakistani cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq. Doosra is an Urdu word which means "(the) second (one)", or "(the) other (one)" in Urdu. Saqlain...
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| x Teesra |
The Teesra (Urdu: تیسرا), also known as the Jalebi (Urdu: جلیبی) is a delivery invented by renowned off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. However upon closer inspection, the ball is simply an orthodox backspinner, a very common delivery that has been bowled by...
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| x Flipper |
The flipper is the name of a particular bowling delivery used in cricket, generally by a leg spin bowler. In essence it is a back spin ball. Squeezed out of the front of the hand with the thumb and first and second fingers, it keeps deceptively low...
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| x Full toss |
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A full toss is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It describes any delivery that reaches the batsman without bouncing on the pitch first.
Full tosses are rarely bowled deliberately, as they defeat the purpose of most types of delivery,...
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In the terminology of the game of cricket, a beamer (less commonly beam ball) is a type of delivery in which the ball (bowled at a fast pace), without bouncing, passes above the batsman's waist height. Such a ball is often dangerously close to the...
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| x Carrom Ball |
The carrom ball is a style of spin bowling delivery used in cricket. The ball is released by flicking it between the thumb and a bent middle finger in order to impart spin. Though the delivery is known to date from at least the 1940s, it was re...
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| x Long hop |
A long hop is a type of inadvertent delivery in the sport of cricket. It describes a short delivery which is not especially fast, which is thus easy for the batsman to hit because he has plenty of time to observe the speed and direction of the ball...
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| x Topspinner |
A top-spinner is a type of delivery bowled by a cricketer bowling either wrist spin or finger spin. In either case, the bowler imparts the ball with top spin by twisting it with his or her fingers prior to delivery. In both cases, the topspinner is...
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| x Arm ball |
An arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket. It is a variation delivery bowled by an off spin bowler or slow left-arm orthodox bowler. It is the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's slider or zooter.
In contrast to the stock delivery, an arm...
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| x Good length ball |
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A good length ball is a type of delivery in cricket that pitches at a distance from the batsman that makes it difficult to score runs. Furthermore, such a delivery is difficult for the batsman to judge whether to play on the back-foot or on the...
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| x Inswinging yorker |
In cricket, an inswinging yorker is a yorker which swings into a right-handed batsmen. It is one of the most difficult deliveries to face, since it attacks at the stumps in two ways at a fast pace. Pakistani Waqar Younis was a master of bowling this...
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| x Slower ball |
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In the sport of cricket, a slower ball is a slower-than-usual delivery from a fast bowler. The bowler's intention is to deceive the batsman into playing too early so that he either misses the ball completely or hits it high up in the air to offer an...
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| x Back of a length |
Short of a length (sometimes referred to as "back of a length" or "short of a good length") is a term used in the sport of cricket. It describes a delivery from the bowler that pitches short of the optimum length.
Length in cricket defines where the...
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In cricket, Lob bowling is a largely disused style of bowling. It became illegal under Law 24.1 to use underarm bowling without prior agreement before the match.
The last regular bowler of lobs in international cricket was George Simpson-Hayward in...
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| x Slider |
In cricket, a slider is a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler. Whereas a topspinner is released with the thumb facing the batsman, a slider is bowled with the thumb facing the bowler. On release the wrist and ring finger work to impart...
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