Like others, I am a cricket fan, but I don’t have a clear idea about the following terms. Please explain, thanks.
By and Leg-by: Definition and difference b/w them, who gets the run - batsman or the team, does the ball counted?
What is the difference b/w Leg-breaker, spinner and googly.
Bye...when the ball passes by untouched by the batsman, and a run is scored in the meantime.
Leg-bye...when the ball touches the batsman before passing through, and run is scored in the meantime.
Leg break....when the ball breaks towards the off side. For a right-handed batsman, the off side would be to his right, and vice versa for lefties.
Spinner....a generic term for a slow bowler...one who makes the ball spin, whether its a leg break, or an off break.
Googly....A ball thrown with a full palm grip. Basically, its a confuser, where owing to the grip, the batsman expects an off-break, but the ball turns the opposite way.
Hope this helps, and perhaps others can correct me if im wrong.
[This message has been edited by Akif (edited July 27, 2002).]
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Googly....A ball thrown with a full palm grip. Basically, its a confuser, where owing to the grip, the batsman expects an off-break, but the ball turns the opposite way.
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Err, isn't it the other way round? The bat expects a leg-break and instead gets a disguised off-break in the form of a googly.
Maybe somebody can verify this?
Thanks Akif and sambrialian. Now, what’s off-break?
Off-break is that the ball pitches on or outside of off stump and turns in to the batsman (towards leg). I’m talking about a right-handed batsman here.
Off-break is basically the opposite of a leg-break.