Arm ball meaning

An arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket.

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It is a variation delivery bowled by an off spinbowler 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.

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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.

Offspinners Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Swann and Mohammad Hafeez have excelled in bowling arm balls.

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