If batsmen display a marked inability to hit the ball on the offside, or anywhere in front of the wicket, and stand in apologetic attitudes before their wicket, it is said that the googly has made ...

The googly is a leg-spinner’s most prized weapon, as it is designed to deceive the batsman. When a right-arm leg-spinner bowls a normal leg-break, the ball pitches and turns from the leg side to ...