Spin bowling Totally Explained

Everything about Spin Bowling totally explained

Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.
The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it'll deviate, thus making it difficult for the batsman to hit the ball cleanly. The speed the ball travels isn't critical, and is significantly lower than for fast bowling. A typical spin delivery has a speed in the range 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph).
Spin bowling is divided into four different categories, depending on the particular physical technique used. There is virtually no overlap between the two basic biomechanical techniques of wrist spin and finger spin.

Off spin - Right-handed with finger spin technique. (eg. Muttiah Muralitharan)
Leg spin - Right-handed with wrist spin technique. (eg. Shane Warne)
Left-arm orthodox spin - Left-handed with finger spin technique. (eg. Monty Panesar)
Left-arm unorthodox spin - Left-handed with wrist spin technique. (eg. Brad Hogg)

Depending on technique, a spin bowler uses either predominant wrist or finger motion to impart spin to the ball around a horizontal axis that's at an oblique angle to the length of the pitch. This sort of spin means it's also possible for the Magnus effect to cause the ball to deviate sideways through the air, before it bounces. Such deviation is called drift. The combination of drift and spin can make the ball's trajectory complex, with a change of direction at the bounce. This variety of trajectories achievable by a spin bowler can bewilder inexperienced or poor batsmen.
Spin bowlers are generally given the task of bowling with an old, worn cricket ball. A new cricket ball better suits the techniques of fast bowling than spin bowling, while a worn one grips the pitch better and achieves greater spin. Spin bowlers are also more effective later in a game, as the pitch dries up and begins to crack and crumble. This again provides more purchase for the spinning ball and produces greater deviation.

Some notable spin bowlers

Monty Noble

Shane Warne

Terry Jenner

Ashley Mallett

Mohammad Rafique

Jim Laker

Tony Lock

Tony Greig (Also bowled medium pace)

Fred Titmus

Bishen Singh Bedi

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

Anil Kumble

Erapalli Prasanna

Harbhajan Singh

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

Subhash Gupte

Dilip Doshi

Ravi Shastri

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan

Venkatapathy Raju

John Bracewell

Daniel Vettori

Jeetan Patel

Hedley Howarth

Abdul Qadir

Danish Kaneria

Mushtaq Ahmed

Saqlain Mushtaq

Paul Adams

Hugh Tayfield

Muttiah Muralitharan

Upul Chandana

Lance Gibbs

Sonny Ramadhin

Garfield Sobers

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