Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Leg spin" in English language version.
Leg break - A spin bowling delivery bowled by a leg spinner that turns from the leg side to the offside of a right-handed batter.
Leg spin involves turning a ball off the pitch from the leg-side of a right-handed batter, to the off-side.
Leg-spinners have five different balls in their armoury: Leg-spinner Top-spinner Googly Slider Flipper
a bowled ball that spins from leg to off on pitching.
I am just trying to build my armoury," Ashwin said after bowling leggies in a domestic 50-over match in Chennai on Monday. "I used to bowl good leg-breaks with my off-spin action when I was playing league cricket in Chennai.
leg break (Noun) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batter).
a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
Leg-break/spin - When the ball pitches and turns from leg to off for a right-hander.
The ESPNcricinfo style sheet makes a fine distinction between legbreak and legspin. Legbreak is a delivery, legspin is an art form of which legbreak is a part. Legbreak is a delivery that turns away from a right-hand batter, legspin is the whole set: legbreaks, wrong'uns, topspinners, sliders, flippers; zooters, if you believe Shane Warne.
And indeed, I never bowled another leggie in international cricket... Having bowled offies and leggies as a kid.
Well that wasn't the way I expected him to pick up the wicket, but that's why you throw the ball to your leggie.
When asked about what sort of a bowler he was, Dananjaya's response was: "I am an offspinner. My wicket-taking balls are leg-spin and the googly."
we look back at the top leg-spinners to have graced the ICC Cricket World Cup
An off-spinner who can bowl leg-breaks is like a multi-lingual, said Sachin Tendulkar.
a bowled ball in cricket that breaks from the leg side to the off side.
Shane Warne lit up a drizzly Lord's when he entered The Zone to deliver a masterclass on the art of leg spin... Warne went into huge detail on the pace leg-spinners should bowl at and when to bowl your variations, including the wrong 'un and flipper.
A leg break is a kind of delivery bowled usually by leg spinners.
Well that wasn't the way I expected him to pick up the wicket, but that's why you throw the ball to your leggie.
Leg spin involves turning a ball off the pitch from the leg-side of a right-handed batter, to the off-side.
Leg spin involves turning a ball off the pitch from the leg-side of a right-handed batter, to the off-side.
I've got four deliveries: the leg-break, the top-spinner, the googly (also known as the wrong'un) and the slider. Which deliveries the bowler bowls depends on the situation on the ball and the pitch.
His orthodox attack was the off-break... His variations, which kept the batsmen on tenterhooks, were the leg-break and plain straight ball.
Mason Crane, the Hampshire leg-spinner
Then there was Eric Hollies. Doing Bradman with a googly was no fluke; the week before he'd bowled him with a regulation leg-spinner but noticed The Don couldn't pick the wrong 'un.
(cricket) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batter).
