Equivalencies
Both finger spin and wrist spin bowler use a range of different angles of spin to confuse the batsman and dismiss him. Many of these variations have direct equivalents in the other discipline, but the names used for the various deliveries may be different.
| Analogous concepts and terminology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Description | Finger spin | Wrist spin |
| A delivery in which the ball spins towards the batsman to produce dip and bounce. | topspinner | topspinner |
| A delivery in which the ball spins in the opposite direction to the stock delivery ( the "wrong 'un"). | doosra | googly (aka bosey) |
| A delivery in which the ball spins away from the batsmen, scrambed seam. | backspinner (aka teesra) | slider (aka zooter) |
| A delivery in which the ball spins away from the batsmen, seam upright to produce swing. | arm ball | also the slider - rarely used |
| A delivery in which the ball is squeezed out of the fingers with backspin. | no real equivalent | flipper |
| A delivery in which the ball spins horizontally on its axis to produce drift but no turn. | undercutter | no real equivalent |
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