Types of Delivery
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Deliveries can be delivered by fast bowlers or by spin bowlers. Fast bowlers tend to make the ball either move off the pitch ("seam") or move through the air ("swing"), while spinners make the ball "turn" either toward a right-handed batsman (as in the case of off spin and left-arm unorthodox spin) or away from him (as in the case of leg spin and left-arm orthodox spin).
The ball can bounce at different distances from the batsman, this is called the length of the delivery. It can range from a bouncers (often bouncing as high as the batsman's head) to a yorker (landing at his feet).
There are many different types of delivery that a bowler can bowl. These deliveries vary by; technique, the hand the bowler bowls with, use of the fingers, use of the seam, how the ball is positioned in the hand, where the ball is pitched on the wicket, the speed of the ball, and the tactical intent of the bowler.
- Leg spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm unorthodox spin:
- Leg break
- Googly
- Topspinner
- Flipper
- Slider
- Flicker Ball
- Off spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm orthodox spin:
- Off break
- Doosra
- Arm ball
- Topspinner
- Carrom ball
- Teesra
- Fast bowling deliveries:
- Bouncer
- Inswinger
- Reverse swing
- Leg cutter
- Off cutter
- Outswinger
- Yorker
- Beamer (illegal)
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