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Guide to spin bowling
Intro Googly Leg-spinner Flipper Top-spinner Off-break Left-arm
Off-break Off-break
The most orthodox type of spin - and unless bowled with flight and ingenuity, it is not difficult for high quality batsman to play.

The fingers are used to rotate the ball as much as possible from outside off stump in towards the right-hander.

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan is the best off-spinner in world cricket.

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