Glossary
A wrist-spun delivery that turns the opposite way to the batter’s expectation.
A googly is a leg-spin delivery that is bowled with the wrist turned the other way, so the ball turns the opposite way to a normal leg-break. Batters have to read the hand, not just the ball.
It is a legal delivery and is recorded like any other ball.
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