Finger spin

Encyclopedia : F : FI : FIN : Finger spin

Bowling Techniques ^{[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ]}
Bowling strategy Fast bowling Seam bowling Swing bowling Spin bowling Left-arm orthodox Left-arm unorthodox Leg spin Off spin Finger spin Wrist spin
Deliveries
Full toss/Beamer Fast bowling Bouncer Indipper Inswinger Leg cutter Outswinger Off cutter Outdipper Reverse Slower ball Yorker Spin bowling Arm ball Doosra Flipper Googly Leg break Off break Slider Topspinner
Historical Styles
underarm roundarm overarm lob

Finger spin is a style of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the mechanical technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin.

Finger spin is bowled by releasing the ball from the front of the hand, so that it passes over the index finger. Done by a right-handed bowler, this imparts an clockwise rotation to the ball, as seen from the bowler's perspective; a left-handed finger spinner rotates the ball counterclockwise.

Although the biomechanical details of finger spin are the same for right- and left-handed bowlers, such bowlers are often discussed separately, as the direction in which the ball deviates as it bounces on the cricket pitch is different:

Right-handed finger spin is more commonly known as an off spin.
Left-handed finger spin is more commonly known as a left-arm orthodox spin.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.