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Arm Ball
An arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket. It is a variation delivery bowled by an off spin bowler or slow left-arm orthodox bowler. It is the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's ''slider'' or ''zooter''. In contrast to the stock delivery, an arm ball is delivered by rolling the fingers down the back of the ball on release. This puts backspin onto the ball, which does not turn appreciably off the pitch. Instead, it travels straight on in the direction of the arm. By keeping the seam upright, the bowler can also hope to obtain some outswing away from the right-handed batsman, thereby confusing the batsman who expects the ball to turn. The arm ball is often used as a surprise variation by an off spinner who is turning the ball considerably. A complacent or poorly skilled batsman playing for the expected spin can be taken by surprise and get out bowled or lbw, or edge the ball with the outside edge of the bat to offer a catch to the wicket-keeper or slip fielders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delivery (cricket)
A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball toward the batter. Once the ball has been delivered, batters may attempt to score runs, with the bowler and other fielders attempting to stop this by getting the batters out. When the ball becomes dead, the next delivery can begin. During the play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler and bowls deliveries toward the batter. Six legal balls in a row constitutes an over, after which a different member of the fielding side takes over the role of bowler for the next over. The bowler delivers the ball from their end of the pitch toward the batter standing at the opposite wicket at the other end of the pitch. Bowlers can be either left-handed or right-handed. This approach to their delivery, in addition to their decision of bowling around the wicket (from the sides of the wicket on the bowler's end) or over the wicket, is knowledge of which the umpire and the batter ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedley Verity
Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 – 31 July 1943) was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire and England national cricket team, England between 1930 and 1939. A Left-arm orthodox spin, slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 Wicket#Dismissing a batsman, wickets in first-class cricket at an Bowling average, average of 14.90 and 144 wickets in 40 Test cricket, Tests at an average of 24.37. Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, ''Wisden'' Cricketers of the Year in 1932, he is regarded as one of the most effective slow left-arm bowlers to have played cricket. Never someone who spun the ball sharply, he achieved success through the accuracy of his bowling. On pitches which made batting difficult, particularly ones Sticky wicket, affected by rain, he could be almost impossible to bat against. Verity was born in Leeds and, from an early age, wished to play cricket for Yorkshire. After establishing a good reputation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Kishore
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (born 6 November 1996) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League, IPL. He is primarily a left-arm orthodox bowler, and also bats left-handed. He made his Twenty20 International, T20I debut for India national cricket team, India on 3 October 2023 in the Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament, Asian Games. Domestic career He made his List A cricket, List A debut for Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 March 2017. He made his first-class cricket, first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 14 October 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 22 dismissals in six matches. He topped the wicket-takers list in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Ecclestone
Sophie Ecclestone (born 6 May 1999) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire Women cricket team, Lancashire, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals, UP Warriorz and England women's cricket team, England. In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the Emerging Player of the Year. At the end of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, ICC Women's T20 World Cup in March 2020, she became the world's number one bowler in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket. In July 2021, Ecclestone was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for June 2021. She was named as one of the 2025 Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Early life Ecclestone was born in Chester, Cheshire, and raised in Helsby, a village in the same county. From when she was a young child, she, her older brother, James, and her father, Paul, played cricket or football outside their home, on a daily basis. She also displayed proficiency at cricket. Ecclestone considers that her brother James, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan (; born 24 March 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test cricket, Test, One Day International, ODI and Twenty20 International, T20I cricket for the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladeshi cricket team. He was a former Member of Parliament (Bangladesh), member of Parliament for Magura-1. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the Batting order (cricket), middle order and controlled Left-arm orthodox spin, slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He was the captain in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN in 2019. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi sportsman, and considered as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. Shakib Al Hasan made his Test debut in 2007 against India national cricket team, India. His breakthrough came in the Test against New Zealand in Chittagong in 2008, where he picked up 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akeal Hosein
Akeal Jerome Hosein (born 25 April 1993) is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Domestic and T20 career Born in Port of Spain, Hosein represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia. His first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago came during the 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition, against Jamaica. The following season, Hosein was man of the match in consecutive games, taking 6/33 and 5/34 against the Windward Islands and then scoring a maiden first-class century, 102 not out, against the Leewards. He subsequently signed with the Barbados Tridents for the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, and has since made appearances for the team at the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 and the 2015 CPL tournaments. In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axar Patel
Akshar Rajeshbai Patel, known simply as Axar Patel, (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team in all formats of the game as an all-rounder as well as vice-captain of India in T20I format. He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket and is the new captain of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He is a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was an integral part of the squad that won the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy. He made his ODI debut on 15 June 2014 against Bangladesh. He was selected in India's 15-man squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. He made his Test debut for India against England on 13 February 2021, where he took 7 wickets. He became the ninth bowler for India to take a five-wicket haul on debut in Test cricket. He is best known for his consistent wicket taking ability in Test cricket. Domestic career In his second first-class match, aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who represents the national team currently in ODI and Test formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. Widely hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders and among the finest fielders in cricket history, he earned the reputation of a complete all-rounder, cemented further in 2025 when he became the longest consecutively reigning World No. 1 Test all-rounder in the ICC Rankings. Jadeja was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Champions Trophy and received the man of the match award as a member of the final-winning team. He was a part of the team which won the 2024 T20 World Cup, after which he announced his retirement from T20Is. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and has captained the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Jadeja is the 7th highest ODI wicket taker for India with 220 wickets. Jadeja was vice-captain of the Indian U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Maddy
Darren Lee Maddy (born 23 May 1974) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs and for the England cricket team. Maddy made three Test match, eight One Day International (ODI) and four Twenty20 International (T20I) appearances for England and played domestic county cricket for 20 years. Maddy was born at Leicester in 1974 and educated at Wreake Valley College.Darren Maddy ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2019. CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2019. Domestic career Maddy left school to join Leicestershire aged 17Halford B (2013[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Underwood
Derek Leslie Underwood (8 June 1945 – 15 April 2024) was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ... (MCC) in 2008. Through much of his career, Underwood was regarded as one of the best bowler (cricket), bowlers in Test cricket. Although classified as a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Underwood bowled at around medium bowler, medium pace. He was often unplayable on seaming English wickets, particularly sticky wickets, earning his nickname 'Deadly'. Underwood was a First-class cricket, first-class bowler from his teens and took his 100th Test wicket and 1,000th first-class wicket in 1971, aged only 25. Only George Lohmann and Wilfred Rhodes had secured a thousand wic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangana Herath
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (; ; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the best spinners ever, Herath is the most successful left arm bowler in Test cricket history. Herath was a member of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Herath is the first left-arm spinner to take 400 Test wickets. On 10 February 2018 during Bangladesh tour, Herath became the most successful left-arm bowler in Test cricket history by surpassing Wasim Akram. He has the longest Test cricket career for Sri Lanka with a span of 19 years from 1999 to 2018. On 29 May 2016, Herath became the third Sri Lankan bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket history after Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas. On 8 November 2016, Herath became only the third bowler in history to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
