Wrist spin

Wrist spin is a style of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the mechanical technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is finger spin.

Related Topics:
Bowling - Cricket - Spin - Cricket ball - Finger spin

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Wrist spin is bowled by releasing the ball from the back of the hand, so that it passes over the little finger. Done by a right-handed bowler, this imparts a clockwise rotation to the ball, as seen from the bowler's perspective; a left-handed wrist spinner rotates the ball anticlockwise.

Related Topics:
Little finger - Right-handed - Clockwise - Left-handed

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Although the biomechanical details of wrist spin are the same for right- and left-handed bowlers, such bowlers are often discussed separately, as the direction in which the ball deviates as it bounces on the cricket pitch is different:

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• Right-handed wrist spin is more commonly known as a leg spin.
• Left-handed wrist spin is more commonly known as a left-arm unorthodox spin.

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