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	Leg cutter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the (An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition) sport of (A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs) cricket.
		For a leg cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls his fingers down the left side of the ball (from his viewpoint), rolling the ball out of his hand over the little finger, in an action similar to bowling a (Click link for more info and facts about leg break) leg break, only at higher speed.
		Leg cutters do not turn as sharply as leg breaks bowled by a (Click link for more info and facts about leg spin) leg spin bowler, but at the speed of a fast bowler even a tiny deviation can cause difficulties for the batsman.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/leg_cutter.htm (331 words)

	Leg cutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For a leg cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls his fingers down the left side of the ball (from his viewpoint), rolling the ball out of his hand over the little finger, in an action similar to bowling a leg break, only at higher speed.
		Leg cutters do not turn as sharply as leg breaks bowled by a leg spin bowler, but at the speed of a fast bowler even a tiny deviation can cause difficulties for the batsman.
		A fast bowler will typically use the leg cutter as a variation ball, as it is most effective when it surprises the batsman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leg_cutter (309 words)

	Off cutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For an off cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls his fingers down the right side of the ball (from his viewpoint), in an action similar to bowling an off break, only at higher speed.
		From a right-handed batsman's point of view, this deviation is to the left, or from the off side towards the leg side.
		Off cutters do not turn as sharply as off breaks bowled by an off spin bowler, but at the speed of a fast bowler even a tiny deviation can cause difficulties for the batsman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Off_cutter (285 words)

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		leg of an animal or bird as food.
		leg up help a person to mount a horse etc. or get over an obstacle or difficulty.
		leg to stand on be unable to support one's argument by facts or sound reasons.
	www.spell-dictionary.com /db/LEG (352 words)

	Whoosh! Episode Guide: SHEENA: THE FERAL KING (S24/202)
		Cutter and Sheena look at each other, and then Cutter introduces Sheena to Andrea, and Sheena says she was in the trees and jumped on when the helicopter flew by.
		Cutter is looking for both Sheena and Andrea and sits down on a pile of rocks to take a break only to be stunned by a hand that juts out of the rocks and grabs his leg.
		Cutter hanging from the helicopter wasn't edited as well as it could have been -- sometimes he had one arm over the helicopter "foot" and sometimes he was hanging by one hand, sometimes with both hands.
	www.whoosh.org /epguide/sheena/feral.html (3824 words)

	Articles - Fast bowling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A cutter is the term used to describe a fast ball which is spinning, that is rotating around the opposite axis to the seam instead of keeping the seam straight.
		Cutters can be an effective way for a seam bowler to get the ball to move if he is not receiving much assistance from the pitch.
		The two grips are shown to the right, with the uppermost one producing an off cutter while the lower one shows the grip required for a leg cutter.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Fast_bowling (5165 words)

	Whoosh! Episode Guide: SHEENA: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE (S18/118)
		Cutter grabs his gun and jumps out of the truck to defend the natives, but is shot in the leg with an arrow.
		Meanwhile, Cutter and Mendehlson are returning in their jeep with "medical supplies" that include three boxes of alcohol, and one box twice as expensive and Cutter tells him that that alcohol is for drinking_purely for medicinal reasons.
		Cutter is himself hit in the calf with an arrow and as the warriors scatter, he hobbles to a rock and breaks off the arrow as Mendehlson yanks on the shaft, removing it from his leg.
	www.whoosh.org /epguide/sheena/between.html (4233 words)

	YOJOE.COM \| Cutter
		Cutter (version 2) was released carded as part of the eleventh series (1992) as part of the Drug Elimination Force (D.E.F.) subset.
		Cutter came with a white submachine gun, a white flashlight (that attached to his leg), a white grappling hook, a fl string, a red Electronic Battle Flash grappling hook launcher (spring loaded, that actually fired), a white tripod for the grappling hook launcher, and a fl figure stand.
		Cutter's body is entirely original - no parts were taken from other figures.
	yojoe.com /action/92/cutter2.shtml (143 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		in or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance.
		in or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for leg.
		the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for leg side.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/o.html (893 words)

	Employment news for Cutter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cutter Gallatin's 6 cocaine busts a patrol record 13 Nov 2004 The Charleston-based Coast Guard cutter Gallatin made two more cocaine busts over a 48-hour span this week, marking what officials say are the most drug...
		As you've probably guessed, bowled correctly, a leg cutter is a very difficult ball for a batsman to contend with.
		No jail for Cutter and Buck official Nov 6, 2004 Athena Diaz, the former Cutter and Buck controller, received two years of probation and 200 hours of community service yesterday for her role in hiding $5.7...
	www.jobtitles.net /C/Cutter.html (2817 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		on or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for on.
		fielding position on the leg side, about 30 degrees behind square, a static catching position designed to catch the ball after it hits the edge of the bat and deflects a long way, or for misplaced pull or sweep shots; fielding position between leg slip and square leg.
		the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for on side.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/l.html (935 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Skills \| Master the flipper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rather than turn away from the bat like a normal leg spinner or towards the batsman like a googly, the flipper skids on low and fast after pitching.
		Hold the ball like a normal leg break with the top joints of the index and middle fingers are across the seam.
		Unlike the leg break and googly, it's the thumb that does most of the work.
	www41.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/skills/4174048.stm (164 words)

	CricketNext.Com ::: Cricket Coaching ::: Bowling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leg cutter can be bowled with either leg spinners grip or holding the seam horizontally (i.
		Leg cutters with variation in pace can be devastating.
		Only concentrate on pitching the ball on the middle and leg stump to encourage the batsman to play against the direction of the ball for best results.
	www.cricketnext.com /coaching/coachbowling/legcutter.htm (82 words)

	That's Cricket - your source for all that is cricket
		a leg spin delivery which, for a right-hander bowler and a right-handed batsman, will turn from the leg side to the off side (usually away from the batsman).
		The usual stock delivery for a leg spinner is a leg break, but other leg spin deliveries include the googly, the chinaman, the top spinner, and the flipper.
		The name was coined in the mistaken belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg: in fact, he had two legs.
	www.americancricket.net /cricket/index.asp (6480 words)

	Common Cricket Terminology K-N (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is a method of dismissal where the ball when having been bowled would normally strike the stumps if not for the fact it strikes the batsman’s leg first.
		A delivery from a spin bowler, which turns off the surface of the wicket from the leg side to the off side.
		A delivery from a pace bowler which deviates from the leg side to the off side after leaving the surface of the pitch.
	www.abcofcricket.com /cfb1/cfb2/cfb3/cct/cct4/cct4.htm (335 words)

	Bowling
		The action for a leg cutter is similar to that for an in swing.
		The seam is angled towards fine leg and the middle finger is placed on the right side of the seam with the index finger on the left side of the ball.
		As the ball is bowled, the index finger pulls the ball with the wrists turning anti clockwise.
	www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/INTERACTIVE/COACHING/BOWLING/LEG_CUTTER.html (83 words)

	Dictionary of Cricket Terms
		A hit that hits a batter's leg (pad) and is caught by a fielder BEFORE it touches the ground.
		a hit consisiting of a deflection around the batter's legs, of a pitch past the wicket keeper (catcher) and behind him.
		A hit executed towards his leg or on side, by "sweeping" his bat around his body.
	www.seattlecricket.com /history/cktlist.htm (2213 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Skills \| How to bowl leg spin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It may be one of the most difficult skills to master in cricket, but a good leg spinner will almost certainly get plenty of wickets.
		Leg spin involves turning a ball off the pitch from the leg-side of a right-handed batsman, to the off-side.
		It is often described as wrist spin because, unlike off spinners, the revolutions of the ball are generated by the wrist rather than the fingers.
	newswww3.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/skills/4173750.stm (146 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Skills \| How to bowl the off cutter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A well bowled off cutter is the equivalent of facing a fast off spinner.
		The ideal spot to land an off cutter would be on or outside a right-handed batsman's off stump.
		The amount of movement off the pitch is determined by how straight the seam us, the pitch, the condition of the ball and of course, the bowler.
	newswww3.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/skills/4174804.stm (199 words)

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		An iron leg used to confine the upper part of the rigging to the mast.
		A piece of wood, by which the legs of the crow-foot to an awning are extended.
		One with two legs, and a thimble to each, is often made fast to the topsail for the buntlines to reeve through.
	www.usedboats.com /nautical-terms-glossary.htm (11830 words)

	analyst: L Lap - Loop
		However, the ball has to satisfy a number of criteria before a batsman can be given out leg before wicket.
		This can happen by accident – caused by the ball landing on the seam – or be deliberately extracted by the bowler tweaking his wrist sideways as he releases.
		Leg-side –; the area of the field behind a batsman's legs standing in his normal position at the crease.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/analyst/jargon/ana_28.html (341 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Skills
		The leg spinner's prize weapon - bowled properly, a googly is almost undetectable.
		The off cutter moves the ball off the pitch from the off-side of a batsman towards the leg-side.
		Bowl the leg cutter - where the ball moves off the pitch from the batsman's leg-side towards the off-side.
	newsalerts.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/cricket/skills/default.stm (515 words)

	Generic Template
		If the ball moves from the leg side to the off side of a right-handed batsman, the delivery is called a leg-cutter, or an off-cutter if it moves from the off to the leg.
		A spin bowler has a more ambling run-up and uses wrist or finger motion to impart a spin to the ball.The ball then spins to one side when it bounces on the pitch, thus also hopefully causing it to be hard to hit.
		The batsman is also out if the his leg intercepts a straight bowled ball and thereby prevents the ball from striking the wicket - Leg Before Wicket or if any of several other rules are violated.
	www.cricketaroundtheworld.20m.com /photo6.html (2298 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: India vs New Zealand Match Report 3rd test day 1
		The form book finally worked, though, when Prasad beat Parore for the nth time with the leg cutter, again finding the edge — this time, Laxman at third slip lunged forward to hold just as the ball was dying on him.
		On the evidence, not — the bowler was wide of the crease, the ball was pitching middle going to leg, seaming and doing too much off the seam, you could see off and middle when the ball hit the pad, that one was looking to miss leg stump.
		Incidentally, the last time Tendulkar was out leg before was about four years and 30 Tests ago — a reflection on the way the batsman uses the bat, rather than pad, to play the cricket ball.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1999/jan/03a.htm (2305 words)

	analyst: Movement off the pitch
		This term has nothing to do with possible injury (although a good leg cutter can seriously damage your average) but is derived from the fact that it cuts from leg to off.
		At this point the batsman and bowler have no idea which way the ball is going to move, or indeed if it's going to move at all.
		If anything, because Walsh bowls from wide of the crease, the batsman might have expected it would be slanting towards leg stump and he could shape up to play it to mid-on.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/analyst/bowling/ana_73.html (543 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Jacobs rescues WI with maiden 100 - Monday \| April 2, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Dillon, Dinanath Ramnarine and Cameron Cuffy all gave essential support as he was able to lash his way to a dream century.
		Jacobs marched towards the century by pulling left-arm spinner Nicky Boje powerfully over square leg for his third six and then sweeping the next delivery for a single to move to 97.
		In the next over, he swung fast bowler Makhaya Ntini high over long leg into the Hall and Griffith Stand for his fourth six to post his well-deserved century in 204 minutes off 161 balls.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010402/sports/sports1.html (709 words)

	Saint and the Demon, The-Life and Death by t.santitoro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As blinding pain shot through his bad leg, Cutter labored to concentrate on the fight, and to keep the charred blade from slashing him.
		Cutter felt the nick of the blade, but ignored it, focused only on the pulse throbbing at the side of Kowalski’s neck.
		Cutter glanced over at his woman, wondering what she was thinking.
	www.iscifistory.com /chapter.asp?intChapterID=114 (2296 words)

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