Cricket Tips - The Leg Spin Variations

The leg spin bowler has five variations available todeliveries. The flipper will skid on of the pitch and
him. They are the stock ball leg spin delivery, the topkeep low. The flipper is a great weapon for when
spinner, the flipper, the googly and the slider.the batsman is playing you from the back foot. The
The stock ball leg spin delivery is the standardball will keep low and should trap him in front.
delivery for the leg spin bowler. This delivery will spinThe googly is a delivery that is bowled out of the
from the leg side to the off side after pitchingback of the hand and will spin in the opposite
(assuming a right handed batsman). The perfectdirection of the stock ball. The idea behind the googly
length for this delivery is on a driving length.is that the batsman must be deceived into thinking
The top spinner is bowled with the same action andthat the ball will spin in the normal leg spin fashion.
grip as the stock ball leg spin delivery but will continueThe googly is great on spinning and bouncing pitches.
straight on after pitching. In addition it will bounceThe slider (or back spinner) is a delivery that is
more due to the top spin. This is an excellent deliverybowled out of the front of the hand. It is very similar
when the batsman is trying to hit you straight all theto the flipper but will not skid on as quick due to the
time. The ball will come onto him quicker and hit himback spin. This is also a very good delivery on fast
higher on the bat, hopefully given a catch to a fielderwickets as the ball is slowed down a bit after pitching
on the boundary.and so deceiving the batsman. Definitely one to try
The flipper is bowled with a different grip (there arewith the flipper if the batsman keeps playing you on
three main variations) than the other leg spinthe back foot.