Bowling

From the beginning of cricket, bowling has since being the most skilled and difficult of cricket skills to acquire. Bowling is a practice by which a person (bowler) runs up to the wickets and throws the ball to the batsman with a full arm trying to hit the wicket to get the batsman out. The basic grip to hold the ball is to keep the seam vertical and to hold the ball with your index finger and middle finger either side of the seam with the side of your thumb resting on the seam underneath the ball. The bowler's dominant foot lands on the pitch, near the non-striker's bowling crease. At this point the bowler's body is rotated so that the dominant side is trailing, with the bowling arm held down behind the body, elbow straight, with the hand near the waist. His other arm is held high in front of the body, to counterbalance. The spin on the ball is roughly 30 degrees, so that the ball both spins sideways and dips with the over spin. Closest variation is the top-spinner, where the seam points to the wicketkeeper and the ball over-spins straight down the pitch. The out swinger delivered at pace is one of the most powerful deliveries. It swerves in the air from middle to off, begging for catches for the wicketkeeper or the slips.