Why is it called a googly in cricket?

The googly is sometimes referred to as a Bosie, named for its inventor, English bowler Bernard Bosanquet. The origin is unclear, but the explanation most often accepted is that it was a combination of the words ‘goo’ and ‘guile’. This merged the innocent noise made by a baby with a word denoting cunning.

Who is the best googly in cricket?

Mushtaq Ahmed (born on June 28, 1970) is one of the greatest leg break googly bowlers Pakistan has ever produced. During his playing days, Mushtaq was one of the best three wrist-spinners in the world (other two were Shane Warne and Muralitharan).

What is difference between leg spin and googly?

A leg-spinner’s stock delivery is a ball that after pitching leaves a right-handed batsman. A googly is bowled with the same grip and action but instead of spinning away, spins in. It is bowled by an off spinner, and instead of the ball turning from off to leg, does the reverse.

What is called googly?

In the game of cricket, a googly refers to a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It has also been colloquially and affectionately referred to as the wrong’un, Bosie or Bosey, with those latter two eponyms referring to Bernard Bosanquet, the bowler who originally devised and began using the googly.

What is googly and doosra?

The difference between a Googly and a Doosra is that a Googly is bowled by a leg-spinner and the ball spins from left to right. Whereas, the Doosra is bowled by an off-spinner and the ball spins from right to left. The Doosra is a more recent creation and more difficult to master than a Googly.

What’s a googly ball?

The googly is a variation of the typical leg spin type of delivery, in that the cricket ball is presented from the bowler’s hand in such a way that once the ball pitches, it deviates in the opposite direction of a leg spinning type of delivery (i.e. towards the leg stump rather than the off stump).

Is doosra same as googly?

What is a slog in cricket?

Slog refers to a type of shot in many forms of cricket where the batsman attempts to hit the ball as far as possible with the aim to hit a six or at the least a four.

What is a wicket in the game cricket?

Jump to navigation Jump to search. In the sport of cricket, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket. The origin of the word is from wicket gate, a small gate.

What is Googly Moogly?

The name, Googly Moogly, was derived from a character’s catch phrase on a popular comedy show from the 1970’s. This catch phrase was used whenever the character was excited, nervous and/or scared about something.