Full Toss or Beamer in cricket

A full toss is a delivery in the game of cricket which describes any delivery that reaches the batsman without being first bounced on the pitch.
It is bowled by both spinners and also fast bowlers, most probably unintentionally.Full Toss is generally considered to be an easy delivery for a batsman to hit.It is probably bowled [...]

Seam Bowling in cricket

Seam bowling is a bowling technique in cricket in which the cricket ball is deliberately bowled onto the seam which causes a random deviation.Bowlers using this technique are called as seam bowlers.seam is effectively used by both fast bowlers as well as medium pace bowlers and hence the terms “seamer” and “fast bowler” are largely [...]

Bodyline or Fast Leg Theory In Cricket

Bodyline or Fast Leg Theory is a tactic in cricket brought by the English bowlers for their 1932-33 Ashes tour of Australia mainly to tackle the legendry batsman of Australia, sir Donald Bradman.
The English bowlers came to understand that Don Bradman is vulnerable with the leg-pitched deliveries.The idea probably came from the former England and [...]

Left-arm Unorthodox bowling in cricket

Left-arm unorthodox spin as the name suggests is bowled by a left arm bowler and it is the mirror image of the right-handed leg spin bowler.Spin is generated by the wrist and so the ball turns sharply towards the right-handed batsman.Left -arm unorthodox delivery moves from the off side to the leg side of a [...]

Left-arm orthodox bowling in cricket

Left-arm orthodox spin in cricket as the name suggests is bowled by a left-arm bowler.It is the mirror image of an off spinner bowled by a right-arm bowler.As a result of the left-arm orthodox delivery the ball spins from the leg side to the off side of a right handed batsman.
Left-arm orthodox grip is exactly [...]

How to bowl a reverse swing in cricket?

What is reverse swing in cricket?
Once the ball becomes older (say a 30-40 overs old) the ball swings in the opposite direction where it usually would swing with no changes in the grip of the cricket ball.
To say more clearly, with the older ball and the with the grip of the outswinging delivery,the ball moves [...]

Matthew Hoggard Cricket Tips for a swing bowler in cricket

Matthew Hoggard of England is an orthodox swing bowler, who in this video will show you how to bowl a swing delivery that is both inswing and ouswing delivery.He will also show you some slow bowling tips for a fast bowler in cricket.

How to bowl an off cutter in cricket?

An Off cutter is a delivery in cricket bowled by a fast bowler in which the ball moves from the off side of  a batsman to the leg side.An off cutter is equivalent of facing a fast off spinner.
Tips to bowl an Off cutter

Off cutter grip-With the seam vertical,the index finger will be [...]

How to bowl a Leg Cutter in cricket?

A leg cutter is a type of delivery in cricket bowled by a fast bowler in which the ball moves away from the right handed batsman that is from the leg side to the off side.To say more clearly, the delivery is some what like a leg spin coming with a speed of 80mph.
Leg cutter [...]

How to bowl an Outswinger in cricket?

What is an Outswinger delivery?
Outswinger delivery is the bowling skill in cricket which swings from off stump to the slip fielders that is away from the right handed batsman.
How to bowl an Outswinger?
Step 1
Grip the ball with the first two fingers close together on the seam, with the seam in a vertical position. The thumb [...]

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