The googly, a tricky pitch in cricket which turns the opposite way to a leg-break, was developed by Bernard Bosanquet, an English cricketer, in the early 1900s. Bosanquet's innovation revolutionized ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Googly bowlers, Dave Nourse, Percy Sherwell engineer South Africa’s first ever win in a heart-stopping Test It took them 16 years and 12 Test matches, but South Africa finally achieved their first ...

In the world of cricket, the terms “googly” and “wrong’un” are often used interchangeably, causing confusion among fans and players alike. A googly, also known as a wrong’un or Bosie, is a type of ...

Amelia Kerr is making her WBBL debut, in October 2019. She comes to Brisbane Heat with a big reputation. Can she live up to it? For a while, it appears as if she might not bat or bowl. And then in the ...

It is extremely difficult these days to make a mark for oneself as an established spin bowler unless he has a wide variety of tricks up his sleeve. It is not just enough that he bowls the conventional ...

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, ...