Swing bowling

Technique used in the sport of cricket Part of a series onBowling techniques Fast bowlingTechniques: Seam Swing Deliveries: Bouncer Inswinger Knuckle ball Leg cutter Off cutter Outswinger Reverse swing Slower ball Yorker Spin bowlingTechniques: Finger off spin left-arm orthodox Wrist leg spin left-arm unorthodox Deliveries: Arm ball Carrom ball Doosra Flipper Googly Leg break Off break Slider Teesra Topspinner vte Swing bowling is a bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is made to curve through the air, in the hope that the change in the ball's flight path will deceive the batter and cause them to play the ball incorrectly. A bowler who uses this technique is called a swing bowler. Swing bowling is generally classed as a type of fast bowling. A swing bowling delivery is either an inswinger, where the ball curves in towards the batter, or an outswinger, where the ball curves away from the batter. A swing bowler often bowls a mixture of inswingers and outswingers (as well as other non-swinging types of delivery), by changing how they hold the ball. To make the ball swing, a bowling side continually polishes one side of the ball by applying sweat to it, as well as rubbing it