Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as Fast Leg Theory, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman. Bodyline bowlers deliberately aimed the cricket ball at the bodies of batsmen, in the hope of creating legside deflections which could be caught by one of several fielders located in the quadrant of the field behind square leg.

Origin of the term "Bodyline"

In 1932, Sydney journalist Hugh Buggy who worked for The Sun, and who happened to be a colleague of Jack Fingleton, sent a telegram to his newspaper from the Test after a day's play. As a substitute for "in the line of the body" he used the term "bodyline", to keep the cost down.

Related Topics:
Sydney - Hugh Buggy - Jack Fingleton

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