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Guide to spin bowling
Intro Googly Leg-spinner Flipper Top-spinner Off-break Left-arm
Flipper Flipper
Used to great effect by the world’s best spinner, Shane Warne, in the mid-1990s, this is the hardest variation for the leg-break bowler to get right.

The ball is "squeezed" between the thumb and fingers in such a way that it spins backwards and skids on low and fast with under-spin after hitting the pitch.

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