| The leg spin bowler has five variations available to | | | | deliveries. The flipper will skid on of the pitch and |
| him. They are the stock ball leg spin delivery, the top | | | | keep 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 standard | | | | ball will keep low and should trap him in front. |
| delivery for the leg spin bowler. This delivery will spin | | | | The googly is a delivery that is bowled out of the |
| from the leg side to the off side after pitching | | | | back of the hand and will spin in the opposite |
| (assuming a right handed batsman). The perfect | | | | direction 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 and | | | | that the ball will spin in the normal leg spin fashion. |
| grip as the stock ball leg spin delivery but will continue | | | | The googly is great on spinning and bouncing pitches. |
| straight on after pitching. In addition it will bounce | | | | The slider (or back spinner) is a delivery that is |
| more due to the top spin. This is an excellent delivery | | | | bowled out of the front of the hand. It is very similar |
| when the batsman is trying to hit you straight all the | | | | to the flipper but will not skid on as quick due to the |
| time. The ball will come onto him quicker and hit him | | | | back spin. This is also a very good delivery on fast |
| higher on the bat, hopefully given a catch to a fielder | | | | wickets 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 are | | | | with the flipper if the batsman keeps playing you on |
| three main variations) than the other leg spin | | | | the back foot. |