A study of the ways a cricket ball can be made to deviate both in the air and off the pitch. After conducting detailed wind-tunnel experiments the author demonstrates why many popular explanations of the sometimes bewildering topics of spin, seam, swing and swerve are so inadequate.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrationen
45 b&w line drawings, 110 b&w photographs
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-3448-8 (9780713634488)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Under-arm to over-arm; spin-swerve; understanding swing; the wind tunnel; the fast bowler's natural spin; late swing; stitching; the moment of release; swing and the atmosphere; a closer look at spin-swerve; swing and spin-swerve join forces; coming to terms with over-arm; hitting the turf - for better or worse; cutting, rolling and spinning; coming to grips; the flipper; S.F.Barnes - leg-spin; variations; left-hand bowling; the batsman's point of view; wind and air resistance; ground-spin; practice; captains.
