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	Bowler (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are several types of bowlers and most teams will have a variety available in the team to take advantage of pitch or weather conditions or known weaknesses of the opposition.
		A spin bowler usually bowls quite slowly and puts tremendous spin on the ball causing it to bounce at an angle off the pitch, forcing the batsman to treat each ball carefully.
		Generally spin bowlers give up the most runs but they all have "tricks" that they use to fool the batsman and get him out (such as the arm ball, googly, flipper, topspinner or doosra).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowler_(cricket) (276 words)

	Fast bowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bowlers who persistantly run onto the pitch can be warned, with three warnings disqualifiying a bowler from bowling again during the innings.
		Spin bowlers on the other hand are almost always aiming for the good length but need a much finer control of flight and line to be effective.
		Two seam bowlers are usually expected to bowl in tandem for the first 10 or so overs, after which time the ball may begin to swing and one or both of them is substituted for a swing bowler or a spin bowler.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fast_bowling (5178 words)

	Leg spin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A leg spin bowler attempts to flick the ball with his wrist in the act of delivery so as to cause the ball to spin anti-clockwise.
		The description applies exclusively to right-handed bowlers spinning the ball in this manner - other forms of spin bowling are known as off spin, left-arm orthodox spin, and the very rare left-arm unorthodox spin where left-handed bowlers use an action that mirrors a leg spinner.
		Good leg spin bowlers are also able to bowl deliveries that behave unexpectedly, including the googly, which turns the opposite way to a normal leg break, and the topspinner, which doesn't deviate significantly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leg_spin (399 words)

	Left-arm unorthodox spin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In cricket, left-arm unorthodox spin – often known as slow left-arm Chinaman and abbreviated to SLC – is a style of bowling.
		The bowler uses his wrist to spin the ball so that when it pitches it turns from off to leg for a right-handed batsman, i.e.
		Very few specialist bowlers of this type have played at Test level: the South African Paul Adams is perhaps the best known recent practitioner, although his technique is highly unorthodox in every sense of the word.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Left-arm_unorthodox_spin (384 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Bowling Styles
		Bowlers who use a fast bowling style but bowl the ball more slowly are called medium pace bowlers - these are often players included in a team primarily for their batting.
		Off spin bowlers are right handed bowlers who spin the ball so that, to a right-handed batsman, it spins from the off side to the leg side when it bounces.
		Leg spin bowlers are right handed bowlers who spin the ball so that, to a right-handed batsman, it spins from the leg side to the off side when it bounces.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/bowling.html (2251 words)

	Cricket Web - Coaching - Spin to win
		Flat spin bowling can be just as useful to a team in the right situation; at its most accurate, batsmen can be tied down to exceptionally slow scoring rates and should they need to score quickly, they can become frustrated and give their wickets away.
		A spinner's run up (often called an 'approach' where slow bowlers are concerned) is still important in that a bowler needs to be well-balanced and travelling at a speed he is comfortable with when the ball is released, whilst the follow-through is one of the most often neglected parts of a slow bowler's action.
		The bowler achieves this effect with a near-identical action by rotating his wrist 180 degrees (the back of the hand faces the batsman), so that the spinning motion imparted causes the revolutions to become clockwise, and the spin off the pitch to go to the right as the bowler sees it.
	www.cricketweb.net /coaching/spintowin.php (2449 words)

	Junior Cricket Upper Hutt - 'http://www.juniorcricket.co.nz' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CHANGE BOWLER The bowler brought into the attack after the opening bowlers have done their stint is called the 'first change bowler'.
		The term 'change bowler' is often applied to a bowler who is not a front liner but is brought into the attack to offer a change of pace or style.
		SPIN A rotary motion imparted to the ball as it is delivered by the bowler's fingers or wrist which makes the ball turn when it hits the ground.
	www.juniorcricket.co.nz /coachGlossary.html (8827 words)

	Generic Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		A swing bowler holds the seam of the ball at a certain angle and attempts to release the ball so that it spins with the seam at a constant angle.
		Since the new bowler faces in the direction opposite that faced by the first one, the wicketkeeper and the fieldsmen shift their positions accordingly.
	www.cricketaroundtheworld.20m.com /photo6.html (2298 words)

	Cricket Made Easy
		Bowlers are allowed to polish the ball by rubbing it with cloth (usually on their trouser legs) and applying saliva or sweat to it.
		If a bowler loses his grip on the ball during the delivery action, it is considered to be a live ball only if it is propelled forward of the bowler.
		Bowlers also make use of the state of the pitch, which is quite crucial to the game, and is one of the things the commentators look at in great detail before the game begins.
	www.bama.ua.edu /~cricket/learncricket.htm (8234 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Selectors tied to the past - Friday \| June 4, 2004
		Another answer is that with left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed the one specialist spin bowler in the squad, there was not a spin bowler good enough to be selected.
		If answer number two is true, if there was not a specialist spin bowler good enough to be selected over one of Edwards, Best, Lawson who was just returning to action after a long lay-off, and Collins, it suggests that something is really wrong with West Indies cricket and the selectors.
		If Mohammed was not good enough to play on a pitch that many believed would have assisted spin as the match progressed, if he was not good enough to play over one of those fast bowlers, it is to difficult to understand why he was in the squad in the first place.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040604/sports/sports3.html (295 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Murali's `doosra' doesn't conform to ICC stipulation but should be allowed: UWA report
		Calling for a modification in the ranges of acceptability of elbow angles for spin bowling, the report says that "the logic in reducing the margin for fast bowlers compared with spin bowlers is based on the lower speed delivery of this classification of bowler.
		Particularly when one considers that the speed of his arm rotation is similar to that of a fast bowler and the only scientific data related to fast bowling suggested an increase in the acceptable extension threshold from 10 degrees to 15 degrees.
		This raises the question of why 10 degrees of extension for a fast bowler is acceptable, with only 5 degrees of tolerance granted to a spin bowler whose arm speed is similar.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/04/29/stories/2004042905562200.htm (1879 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		the edge of a cricket bat closest to the bowler's end of the pitch, as the bat is held with its face turned away from the bowler.
		a style of bowling in which the (left-handed) bowler used finger spin to spin the ball so that when it bounces on the pitch it moves from the leg to the off to a right-handed batsman.
		a style of bowling in which the (left-handed) bowler used wrist spin to spin the ball so that when it bounces on the pitch it moves from the off to the leg to a right-handed batsman.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/l.html (935 words)

	Leg spin - TheBestLinks.com - Left-arm orthodox spin, Left-arm unorthodox spin, Flipper (cricket), Off spin, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the ball bounces, the spin causes to ball to deviate sharply from right to left (as seen by the bowler).
		While very difficult to bowl accurately, it is the most effective form of spin bowling against right-handed batters as the spin takes the ball away from the batter rather than in towards them, which is much more difficult to deal with.
		However, leg spin has again become popular with cricket fans and a successful part of cricket teams, as the contest between batter and bowler is perhaps more cerebral than the physical contest between batsmen and faster bowlers.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Leg_spin.html (361 words)

	Pen-sketches of Namibia squad -DAWN - Sport; February 5, 2003
		A steady right-arm off-spin bowler and useful middle order batsman, Kotze was one of Namibia’s most consistent players in their successful ICC Trophy campaign in 2001, conceding just over three runs an over during the tournament and making some valuable contributions with the bat.
		A right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, Burger was a member of Namibia’s ICC Trophy squad in 2001 but he played in only one match in the country’s campaign in the South African domestic limited overs competition during the season leading up to the World Cup.
		A right-handed top-order batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, Keulder captained Namibia to the final of the 2001 ICC Trophy tournament in Canada, his century against 1999 World Cup competitors Scotland in the semifinals was a crucial innings.
	www.dawn.com /2003/02/05/spt9.htm (678 words)

	Googly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off side, away from a right-handed batsman, a googly spins the other way, from off to leg, into a right-handed batsman.
		The bowler achieves this change of spin by rotating his wrist from the normal leg break delivery so that the ball rolls out the back of his hand with a clockwise spin (from the bowler's point of view).
		The googly is a major weapon in the arsenal of a leg spin bowler, and can be one of the bowler's most effective wicket-taking balls.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/go/Googly.htm (271 words)

	Leg break (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the ball bounces on the pitch, the spin causes it to deviate towards the left from the bowler's perspective; this is to the rightt from the batsman's point of view, or towards the off side of a right-handed batsman.
		The ball spins away from the leg side, and this is where it gets the name leg break, meaning it breaks away from the leg.
		This makes it difficult for the bowler to get the batsman out bowled or caught from a leg break, but it does mean there is a chance of leg before wicket, assuming the ball has not turned enough to miss the leg stump.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Leg-break.htm (430 words)

	Off break (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the ball bounces on the pitch, the spin causes it to deviate towards the right from the bowler's perspective; this is to the left from the batsman's point of view, or towards the leg side of a right-handed batsman.
		This makes it difficult for the bowler to get the batsman out bowled or caught from an off break, but it does mean there is a chance of leg before wicket, assuming the ball has not turned enough to miss the leg stump.
		A ball bowled by a left-arm orthodox spin bowler with an off break action spins in the opposite direction.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Off-break.htm (420 words)

	The Zimbabwe Independent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		JOHN Traicos was a world-class spin bowler when Zimbabwe were awarded Test status in 1992.
		No wonder South Africa always mourn their lack of top spin bowlers in years of international cricket.
		Spin bowler Nicky Boje, who needs to bat well to be in the South African team, took a five-wicket haul against England earlier this year, becoming the only South African to do so on home soil in more than 50 years.
	www.theindependent.co.zw /news/2005/June/Friday24/2602.html (431 words)

	An Introduction to Ultra Cricket (Ken Sproat)
		A bowler is like a baseball pitcher: he bowls (pitches) the ball at the batsman in an attempt to get the batsman out, while the batsman attempts to score runs from that same ball.
		The bowler is helped by the other 10 men on the bowler's team, called fieldsmen, who are scattered around the cricket field in an attempt prevent runs and help the bowler get the batsman out.
		A spin bowler is a slower bowler who causes the ball to deviate left or right from the "grassed pitch" by placing a spin on the ball as he bowls.
	www.pbm.com /~lindahl/pbem_articles/ultra.cricket.html (1410 words)

	Was spin bowling once an easier art? - Cricket Web - Cricket Chat
		True, but the whole point of spin bowling is deception to the point that hand eye co-ordination of a batsman cannot counter whatever a spin bowler is making the ball do.
		A lot of bowlers today are not flighting the ball enough due to the one day cricket which is the reason they are not bein successful.
		If you try to attack spin when the ball is turning, meanwhile, the chances are you'll pay for it sooner rather than later, so I don't think attacking batting has made potentially good bowlers less so.
	www.cricketweb.net /forum/showthread.php?t=6585 (822 words)

	A mind reader
		No bowler of Shane Warne's pace has ever produced that shiver of excitement in the crowd and that trembling terror in the batsman simply by standing at his mark and walking, oh so slowly, for half a dozen paces towards the wicket.
		The effect of the previous ball, the state of the match, the condition of the pitch, the skill of the batsman, the size of his score, his team's score, the position in the series, the mind set of the captain, the pressure of previous failure...
		Perhaps it even endears him to an Australian public ready to worship his unorthodox spin, especially as cricket seemed to be a fast bowler's world when he first appeared, beach boy fat, wearing an unmatched white and cream uniform and with hair on the wild side of uncombed, in 1992 against India.
	www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2744/stories/20041030007300800.htm (1555 words)

	NEK player profiles - bowlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A spin bowler who was dogged by controversy about his action early in his career, especially after his 5 for 18 in NEK's first test win over GIG.
		NEK's only true attacking spin bowler, Tim got a late start on his career, never really becoming a permanent fixture in the first XI until season 10 despite some promising performances.
		Currently the best bowler on the team and one of the best in the game, he is the cornerstone of the NEK bowling attack.
	www.dam.brown.edu /people/cnr/cr/bowl.html (1017 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Let's go for a spin bowler or two - Sunday \| June 13, 2004
		The responsibility of selectors is to select the best team, that suggests that they should select the best bowlers, and there can be no question that Banks must be one of the top four bowlers in the West Indies.
		The fact is, however, the West Indies no longer possess quality fast bowlers, and until they do, they should face the reality of the situation and go for their best bowlers.
		If not spin from both ends for long spells, pace from one end and spin from the other may well be the Windies' best chance of ambushing England.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040613/sports/sports3.html (469 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 33-year-old spin bowler, who struggled with the flu in the early stages of the match, was back to his mesmerising best under the grey skies of Kandy, returning the outstanding figures of eight for 46, as the inexperienced visitors, set the improbable target of 378, were bundled out for 137 at the Asgiriya Stadium.
		The only one of the quartet to escape the spin wizard was Chanderpaul, the West Indies captain prodding forward to left-arm spin bowler Rangana Herath to give Mahela Jayawardene one of his four catches at silly point in the innings.
		Deonarine's bold stroke off Muralitharan could not disrupt the rhythm of such an experienced campaigner, and the spin bowler had the last laugh, bowling the left-hander before adding the scalp of Omari Banks via an attempted sweep that give a catch off the glove to the diving Sangakkara down the leg-side.
	www.radiojamaica.com /news/story.php?category=3&story=18817 (1023 words)

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