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  2. Leg spin - Wikipedia

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    A leg spin or leg break delivery bowled from over the wicket. A leg spin or leg break delivery bowled from around the wicket. Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called a leg spinner. Leg spinners bowl with their right-arm and a wrist spin action.

  3. Googly - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Spin bowling - Wikipedia

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    An off-spin delivery by (right arm over the wicket) A leg-spin delivery by (right arm over the wicket) Spin bowling is divided into four categories, depending on the physical technique used. There is virtually no overlap between the two basic biomechanical techniques of wrist spin and finger spin. [6]

  5. Types of bowlers in cricket - Wikipedia

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    Wrist spinners are bowlers who use their wrists to spin the ball. A right-handed wrist spinner is known as a leg spinner and his or her mode of bowling is known as leg break. A leg break will move from right to left from the bowler's point of view, or from the leg-side to the off-side for a right-handed batsman.

  6. Off spin - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Lyon bowling off spin. Off spin contrasts with leg spin, in which the ball spins from leg to off and which is bowled with a very different action (wrist spin). [4] Off spin is generally considered less difficult to play than leg spin, as off breaks typically spin less than leg breaks, and do not generally possess the same loopy, potentially deceptive flight.

  7. The Surprising Origins of 'Break a Leg'—and Why Performers ...

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    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 ...

  8. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    Leg break a spin bowling delivery which turns from the leg side to the off side of a right-handed batter. The stock delivery of a leg spin bowler. [1] Leg bye Extras taken after a delivery hits any part of the body of the batter other than the bat or the gloved hand that holds the bat. If the batter makes no attempt to play the ball with the ...

  9. Where Did the Phrase “Break a Leg” Come From? - AOL

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