Recap of the terms used in cricket that you may have come across.
- Arm ball:
- A ball that has no spin bowled by a spinner.
- Beamer:
- A ball that goes directly above shoulder height, without pitching.
- Bottom Spin:
- A ball that has backward rotation, slows down after pitching.
- Bouncer:
- A ball which bounces above the batsman's shoulders.
- Chinaman:
- Left handed wrist spin, ball spins identical to a right handed off-spinner.
- Doosra:
- A leg break ball bowled by an off-spinner.
- Flipper:
- A topspin ball bowled by a leg spinner.
- Googly:
- An off-spin ball bowled by a leg spinner.
- In-dipper
- A ball that curves into the batsman before pitching.
- Left arm orthodox:
- A left handed finger spinner, ball spins identical to right handed leg spin.
- Leg Spin:
- A ball bowled by a right handed wrist spinner that moves from right to left of the screen after pitching.
- No-ball:
- An ball which is illegally bowled (a foul).
- Off Spin:
- A ball bowled by a right handed finger spinner that moves from left to right of the screen after pitching.
- Orange :
- A very high velocity ball.
- Top Spin:
- A ball that has forward rotation, speeds up after pitching.
- Wide:
- A ball which crosses the batsman at a considerable distance (a foul).