# Cricket - the sport, not the insect

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-the-sport-not-the-insect/49096>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-the-sport-not-the-insect/49096 "2001-01-09T02:18:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-the-sport-not-the-insect/49096/21 "2001-01-10T11:46:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ramesh \*  
> **Anyone: whats the equivalent when an offspinner bowls the wrong one? and left handed legspinner bowling a wrong one?**

A left arm wrist spinner bowling a wrong 'un is a wrong 'un. Bevan absolutely tormented the West Indies batsman with this delivery during their last tour down under.

As to how a finger spinner bowls a wrong 'un, I remember a comment from Ian Johnston (Aust captain in 1956) that it was very important for this delivery to happen that the ball landed correctly in a suitable crack!

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**Author:** ![ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramesh)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-the-sport-not-the-insect/49096/22 "2001-01-17T05:47:20Z")

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[http://www-usa.cricket.org/link\_to\_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET\_NEWS/2001/JAN/071297\_AFP\_16JAN2001.html](http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JAN/071297_AFP_16JAN2001.html)

idiot!! He’s missing two consecutive tours on _HOME_ ground!!! On the only type of pitches the batsmen dont maul him!!!

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