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A delivery in cricket refers to a single action of bowling the ball toward the batsman. During a match, bowlers on the fielding team bowl deliveries in sets of six called overs. There are many different types of deliveries that vary based on the bowler's technique, hand used, speed, and tactical intent, such as fast balls that move through the air or spin and bounce off the pitch.

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Pe Class Notes

A delivery in cricket refers to a single action of bowling the ball toward the batsman. During a match, bowlers on the fielding team bowl deliveries in sets of six called overs. There are many different types of deliveries that vary based on the bowler's technique, hand used, speed, and tactical intent, such as fast balls that move through the air or spin and bounce off the pitch.

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A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball toward the batsman.

These terms
can also refer to the events that occur after the ball is bowled (i.e. the fall of a wicket)[1] while the ball is
not dead.

During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls
deliveries toward the batsman. Six legal balls in a row constitutes an over, after which a different
member of the fielding side takes over the role of bowler for the next over. The bowler delivers the ball
from their end of the pitch toward the batsman standing at the opposite wicket at the other end of the
pitch. Bowlers can be either left-handed or right-handed. This approach to their delivery, in addition to
their decision of bowling around the wicket (from the sides of the wicket on the bowler's end) or over
the wicket, is knowledge of which the umpire and the batsman are to be made aware.

Some forms of cricket limit the number of legal deliveries that may be bowled in each innings; for
example, 100-ball cricket has a maximum of 200 legal deliveries in the game. Every delivery in a cricket
match is notated as "Over # [number of completed overs].[number of legal balls bowled, including the
delivery in question, in current over]"; this means that a set of deliveries can have the same notation if
they happened consecutively and at most the final one was legal. Illegal deliveries can occur when a
bowler bowls from too close to the batsman, or delivers the ball out of the batsman's reach.

Deliveries can be made by fast bowlers or by spin bowlers. Fast bowlers tend to make the ball either
move off the pitch (‘seam’) or move through the air (’swing’), while spinners make the ball ’turn’ either
toward a right-handed batsman (as in the case of off spin and left-arm unorthodox spin) or away from
him (as in the case of leg spin and left-arm orthodox spin).

The ball can bounce at different distances from the batsman, this is called the length of the delivery. It
can range from a bouncer (often bouncing as high as the batsman's head) to a yorker (landing at his
feet).

There are many different types of delivery that a bowler can bowl. These deliveries vary by: technique,
the hand the bowler bowls with, use of the fingers, use of the seam, how the ball is positioned in the
hand, where the ball is pitched on the wicket, the speed of the ball, and the tactical intent of the bowler.

• Leg spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm unorthodox spin:

o Leg break

o Googly

o Topspinner

o Flicker ball

o Slider

o Flipper

• Off spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm orthodox spin:
o Off break

o Doosra

o Topspinner

o Carrom ball

o Arm ball

o Teesra

• Fast bowling deliveries:

o Bouncer

o Inswinger

o Reverse swing

o Leg cutter

o Off cutter

o Outswinger

o Yorker

o Beamer (illegal)

o Knuckleball

o Slower ball

Deliveries can be made by fast bowlers or by spin bowlers. Fast bowlers tend to make the ball either
move off the pitch (‘seam’) or move through the air (’swing’), while spinners make the ball ’turn’ either
toward a right-handed batsman (as in the case of off spin and left-arm unorthodox spin) or away from
him (as in the case of leg spin and left-arm orthodox spin).

The ball can bounce at different distances from the batsman, this is called the length of the delivery. It
can range from a bouncer (often bouncing as high as the batsman's head) to a yorker (landing at his
feet).

There are many different types of delivery that a bowler can bowl. These deliveries vary by: technique,
the hand the bowler bowls with, use of the fingers, use of the seam, how the ball is positioned in the
hand, where the ball is pitched on the wicket, the speed of the ball, and the tactical intent of the bowler.

• Leg spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm unorthodox spin:

o Leg break

o Googly

o Topspinner
o Flicker ball

o Slider

o Flipper

• Off spin deliveries and mirror equivalents for left arm orthodox spin:

o Off break

o Doosra

o Topspinner

o Carrom ball

o Arm ball

o Teesra

• Fast bowling deliveries:

o Bouncer

o Inswinger

o Reverse swing

o Leg cutter

o Off cutter

o Outswinger

o Yorker

o Beamer (illegal)

o Knuckleball

o Slower ball

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