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  1. Pace bowlers. Pace bowlers, or fast bowlers or pacemen, rely on speed to get a batsman out. This type of bowler can be further classified according to the speed at which they bowl the ball on average. Most pace bowlers are medium-fast to fast in top level cricket. In general, bowlers of this type are described as right arm or left arm "fast" or ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Break-offBreak-off - Wikipedia

    Break-off may refer to: Break-off phenomenon, a psychological effect experienced by astronauts after seeing Earth from space. Break off or Break shot, a term in billiards for the first shot in most types of billiards games. Category: Disambiguation pages.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DoosraDoosra - Wikipedia

    Bowling techniques. A doosra is a particular type of delivery by an off-spin bowler in cricket. The doosra spins in the opposite direction to an off break (the off-spinner's default delivery), and aims to confuse the batter into playing an unavoidable shot. Doosra means " (the) second (one)", or " (the) other (one)" in Hindi-Urdu.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Off_cutterOff cutter - Wikipedia

    Slider. Teesra. Topspinner. v. t. e. An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket. It is bowled by fast bowlers . A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the pitch.

  5. Where does the noun off-break come from? Earliest known use. 1860s. The earliest known use of the noun off-break is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for off-break is from 1866, in a paper by Walter Gregor, folklorist. off-break is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, break n., off adj.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Leg_spinLeg spin - Wikipedia

    A leg spin or leg break delivery bowled from around the wicket. Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery causes the ball to spin from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the pitch. For a right-handed batter, that is ...

  7. Break 'Em Off. " Break 'Em Off " is a song by American rapper Paul Wall featuring fellow Houston -based rapper Lil' Keke. It was released on February 20, 2007 through Swishahouse / Atlantic Records as the lead single from Paul Wall's third solo studio album Get Money, Stay True. The production was handled by Leroy "Mr. Lee" Williams.