Imagine facing a leg break. Now imagine the ball hurtling down at you at 80mph.

As you've probably guessed, bowled correctly, a leg cutter is a very difficult ball for a batsman to contend with.

The ball moves off the pitch from the batsman's leg side towards the off side.

The amount of movement will depend on the bowler, state of the pitch and the condition of the ball.

Bowled on or around the batsman's off stump, the leg cutter will give a bowler a greater chance of getting an edge to the wicketkeeper or slips.

Australia's Glenn McGrath and South Africa's Shaun Pollock have picked up plenty of Test wickets with this particular delivery.

Often, you'll find the faintest of movement off the pitch will get the wickets.

Step One
With the seam vertical, the middle finger is placed along the seam with the index finger about two centimetres away.

The ball rests between the thumb and the third finger.

Step Two
As the ball is released the index and middle finger work down the side of the ball so that the thumb passes round under the ball, generating spin on the ball.

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