| Joys of Swing Bowling: | | | | ball move away for the right hander. |
| In Swing bowling the ball deviates as the ball moves | | | | Bowlers use this delivery to generate false shots - |
| in the air either towards (in swinger) or away (out | | | | Edge to the wicket keeper or slip region early in the |
| swinger) from the batsman. Key factor that invokes | | | | innings by pitching the delivery on or around the off |
| the swing is the release of the ball in mid air to take | | | | stump and generating enough swing, inducing errors in |
| a parabolic action rather than dig it in short. Holding | | | | the batsman's mind - The region around the off |
| the seam position upright is essential to generate | | | | stump is also termed as corridor of uncertainty by |
| swing. Further effort should be to bowl from as close | | | | many players. Key Exponent: Past: Andy Roberts, |
| to the stumps with a high arm action and head | | | | Kapil Dev, Dennis Lillee, Richard Hadlee, Glenn |
| steady and level. Richard Hadlee's action was found | | | | Mcgrath, Botham, Curtly Ambrose, Allan Donald. |
| to be closest to perfect bowling action. Anyone | | | | Present: Shaun Pollock, BretLee, James Anderson, |
| taking up swing bowling seriously would do a lot good | | | | Jacques Kallis. |
| to review his action in great detail. Do not trade | | | | In-Swing Bowling: Seam position is held near the leg |
| speed for good length at early age as without speed | | | | slip region with the shiny side out (left) and the rough |
| it is not possible to generate decent enough swing | | | | side inside (right). The flow in this case is turbulent on |
| and almost no reverse. Further the acceleration in the | | | | the right side and movement towards the right |
| run up should be gradual. Windy conditions aids swing | | | | hander after pitching. An in swinger becomes potent |
| bowlers. If the wind is blowing east to west it is | | | | when it is bowled as an in swinging Yorker. |
| better to get the best out swing bowler with his | | | | Bowlers use this delivery to great advantage against |
| out-swing following the wind direction and making it | | | | left handers as the ball would move away for a left |
| more difficult for the batsmen to negotiate. Deviation | | | | hander and induce edges. |
| in swing bowling is induced by the bowlers whereas in | | | | Also when there is variable bounce, bowling an in |
| seam bowling the deviation is random and not | | | | swinger to a right hander would get wickets when |
| induced by the bowler. | | | | the ball keeps low and the batsmen in unable to get |
| Outswing Bowling: Seam position is held near the | | | | his bat in time and gets bowled or trapped in front. |
| traditional slip with the shiny side inside (right) and | | | | Otherwise with normal bounce it is far easier to play |
| rough side outside (left). Aerodynamics bring to | | | | an in swinger for a new batsman than an outswinger. |
| action laminar air flow on the shiny side and turbulent | | | | Key Exponent: Past: Imran Khan, Courtney Walsh, |
| air flow on the rough side as the turbulent air flow is | | | | Whispering Death (Michael Holding), Wasim Akram. |
| later than the laminar flow the ball moves in the | | | | Present: Shoaib Akhtar, Lasith Malinga, Irfan Pathan, |
| direction of the turbulent or rough side making the | | | | Mathew Hoggard, Makhaya Ntin . |