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 for a fast bowler will produce a small spin from leg side to off side (According to a right handed batsman) in which there is a high chance of getting an outside edge to the wicket keeper or slip fielders.
Tips to bowl a Leg cutter
Leg Cutter Bowling Grip
- The leg-cutter grip-with the seam vertical,the middle finger is placed along the seam with the index finger about two centimeters away from the seam.And the ball rests between the thumb and the third finger.
- At the point of releasing the ball the index and the middle finger act upon the side of the ball so that the thumb passes round under the ball, generating spin on the cricket ball.
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I thought u had 2 cut ur hands on the rough side of the ball