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Break a leg" is an English-language idiom used in the context of theatre or other performing arts to wish a performer "good luck". An ironic or non-literal saying of uncertain origin (a dead metaphor), [1] "break a leg" is commonly said to actors and musicians before they go on stage to perform or before an audition. Though a similar and ...
Leg spin: Some sources make the term 'leg spin' synonymous with leg break, [7] [8] [9] implying that other deliveries bowled by a leg spinner do not count as 'leg spin'. However, other sources use the term 'leg spin' more widely, to include all deliveries bowled by a leg spinner, including non-leg break deliveries.
Some theater history buffs think "break a leg" might be a cousin of the German phrase "Hals- und Beinbruch," which means "neck and leg break." Others connect it to the Hebrew blessing "hatzlakha u ...
While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off side, away from a right-handed batter, a googly spins the other side, from off to leg, into a right-handed batter (and is distinct from an off break delivery). The bowler achieves this change of spin by bending the wrist sharply from the normal leg break delivery position.
The article contradicts itself, the only thing listed under Plausible Theories is "During Elizabethan times when, instead of applause, the audience would bang their chairs on the ground — and if they liked it enough, banging harder on the floor, the leg of the chair would break", yet under the Other Popular, Yet Implausible Theories section it also lists "The audience breaking legs: Various ...
Break a leg is a well-known idiom in theatre which means "good luck". It may also refer to: It may also refer to: Break a Leg (web series) , an American comedy web series
Musthaq Ahmed with English cricketer Monty Panesar during 2009 Ashes series. In late 2008, the England and Wales Cricket Board appointed Mushtaq as spin-bowling coach to the England cricket team until 2014 when lost his job in Peter Moores reshuffle. He joins batting coach Graham Gooch and Richard Halsall, the fielding coach in not retaining ...