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Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball, and make it deviate, or 'turn' from left to right after pitching. [1] The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed off spin bowler, although the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.
Left-handed wrist spinners, who are much rarer than right-handed wrist-spinners, are called Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers. This form of delivery was often termed a chinaman after an early left-arm finger spinner of Chinese descent, Ellis Achong , who sometimes bowled wrist spinners as a variation while playing for the West Indies .
Left-arm orthodox spin bowlers generally attempt to drift the ball in the air into a right-handed batsman, and then turn it away from the batsman (towards off-stump) upon landing on the pitch. The drift and turn in the air are attacking techniques. The normal delivery of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler is the left-arm orthodox spinner. [2]
The googly is a major weapon in the arsenal of a leg spin bowler, and can be one of the bowler's most effective most important wicket-taking balls. It is used infrequently, because its effectiveness comes mostly from its surprise value. Left-arm unorthodox spinners can bowl with the googly action
Left-arm unorthodox spin the style of spin bowling produced by left-arm wrist spin; the left-arm equivalent of leg spin. Formerly called Chinaman bowling, after Ellis Achong, a West Indian of Chinese descent, but that term is now considered derogatory. [64] Left hand A batter who bats left-handed is said to be a 'left-hand' bat. (Contrast "left ...
John Henry Wardle was born in Ardsley, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire.He attended Wath Grammar School from age 11 to 15. [3]Wardle, though mainly a classical orthodox left-arm finger-spinner, was probably the most versatile of all the great spin bowlers, and he was capable both of originality and accuracy.
One way of reconciling the usage is as Mr Spode suggests. The left-arm wrist spinner *style* of bowling is colloquially called the 'Chinaman' in reference to the exponent's lethal non-stock ball, the 'Chinaman' variation. So a Chinaman bowler bowls left-arm wrist spinners and Chinaman balls, 'Chinamen.'
Tabraiz Shamsi (born 18 February 1990) [1] is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut in June 2016 in the Caribbean.He is widely regarded as one of the best in T20 cricket, with him being the highest wicket taker in T20 history for South Africa.