Left-arm unorthodox spin

Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left-arm wrist spin, is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball and make it deviate from left to right after pitching. The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed off spin bowler, although the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.

Some left-arm unorthodox bowlers also bowl the left-arm equivalent of a googly or a 'wrong'un' and the ball ends up turning from right to left on the pitch, going away from a right-handed batsman as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner.

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