Left-arm orthodox spin
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Left-arm orthodox spin, Left-arm off spin also known as slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling, is a type of left-arm finger spin bowling in the sport of cricket.[1] Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch (from the bowler's perspective).
Left-arm orthodox spin bowlers generally attempt to drift the ball in the air into a right-handed batsman, and then turn it away from the batsman (towards off-stump) upon landing on the pitch. The drift and turn in the air are attacking techniques. The stock delivery of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler is the left-arm orthodox spinner.[2]
The major variations of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler are the topspinner (which turns less and bounces higher in the cricket pitch), the arm ball (which does not turn at all, drifts into a right-handed batsman in the direction of the bowler's arm movement; also called a 'floater') and the left-arm spinner's version of a doosra (which turns the other way).
Notable slow left-arm orthodox spin bowlers[edit]
Players listed below have been included as they meet specific criteria which the general cricketing public would recognise as having achieved significant success in the art of left-arm orthodox spin bowling. For example, leading wicket-takers, and inventors of new deliveries.
- Rangana Herath – 433 Test wickets
- Daniel Vettori – 362 Test wickets and 305 ODI wickets
- Derek Underwood – 297 Test wickets
- Bishan Singh Bedi – 266 Test wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja – 223 Test wickets and 188 ODI wickets
- Shakib Al Hasan - 215 Test wickets, 115 T20I wickets and 277 ODI wickets
- Ravi Shastri – 151 Test wickets
- Keshav Maharaj - 129 Test Wickets
- Ashley Giles- 143 Test wickets
- Taijul Islam- 134 Test wickets
- Jess Jonassen – 109 WODI wickets and 71 WT20I wickets
- Sophie Ecclestone - 64 WT20I wickets
- Ajaz Patel - Only left-arm orthodox spinner to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test Match
- Monty Panesar- 167 Test wickets
- Ashton Agar- Highest test score by a number 11 batsman
References[edit]
- ^ "How to bowl left-arm spin". News.bbc.co.uk. 30 October 2003. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "MasterClass: Left arm spin bowling with Nadeem". YouTube. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2019.