Left-arm unorthodox spin
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Left-arm unorthodox spin also known as slow left arm chinaman, is a type of left arm wrist off spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball, and make it deviate, or "turn" from left to right after pitching. The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed off spin bowler; however, the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist. Leg spinners are usually wrist spinners... right handed bowlers turning from leg to off for a right handed batsman. With the similar action, if the bowler occasionally can make the ball turn as off spin; this is called a Googly; When the left handed leg spinner bowl an off spin with a leg spin action; it called a Chinaman. The difference between Googly & Chinaman is the the former is bowled by a right hand bowler whilst latter is bowled left handed bowler with similar action. Obviously the ball deviations of say any spin (including leg spin) our opposite in case right and left handed bowlers respectively.. regular or the wrong one`' Some left-arm unorthodox bowlers also bowl the equivalent of a "googly", (or "wrong'un"), which turns from right to left on the pitch. The ball turns away from the right-handed batsman, as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner.
In cricketing parlance, the word "chinaman" is used to describe the stock delivery of a left-arm "unorthodox" spin bowler (though some reserve it for the googly delivery [1]). The origin of the term is uncertain. One version relates to a Test match played between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford in 1933. Ellis "Puss" Achong, a player of Chinese origin, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for the West Indies. He had Walter Robins stumped off a surprise delivery that spun into the right-hander from outside the off stump. As he walked back to the pavilion, Robins reportedly said to the umpire, "fancy being done by a bloody Chinaman!", leading to the popularity of the term in England, and subsequently, in the rest of the world.
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