The art of leg-spin bowling is undeniably one of the most intriguing ones in cricket. For decades, countless leg-spin bowlers have enthralled us with their guile and dexterity. Of the myriad ...

Among the several illustrious players who retired from county cricket after 1957 were D. V. P. Wright, E. Hollies and B. Dooland, who together have taken more than 5,000 wickets. The remaining ...

Bernard Bosanquet, born October 13, 1877, was the first man to bowl a ball with a leg-spinner’s action and make it break from the off. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career and life of the man ...

The visit of the South African team has revived interest in the googly. Poor old googly! It has been subjected to ridicule, abuse, contempt, incredulity, and survived them all. Nowadays one cannot ...

The leg-spinner's prize weapon - bowled properly, a googly is almost undetectable. A googly, or "wrong'un", is a delivery which looks like a normal leg-spinner but actually turns towards the batsmen, ...

Bernard Bosanquet was weaving his magic for MCC against the visiting South Africans at Lord’s. With his leg-breaks and newly invented googly, he had helped England win the Ashes Down Under in ...

STUDENTS of sport's capacity for inflaming nationalist feelings might have expected trouble at the 22-nation cricket tournament just finishing in Kuala Lumpur. Among those taking part was Singapore, ...

India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI on February 6 after Chahal picked four wickets and Rohit Sharma hit a fifty to lead the hosts' charge. AHMEDABAD: India spinner Yuzvendra ...