leg break
Noun
Meaning
leg break (plural leg breaks)
(cricket) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
Examples
A googly may also be achieved by bowling the ball as a conventional leg break, but spinning the ball further with the fingers just before it is released.
Grimmet became so enamoured with the delivery that at times he bowled it almost as frequently as his stock leg break.
If the batsman is expecting a leg break, he will play outside the line of the ball after it spins.
It is difficult to disguise the flipper entirely when bowling, as the hand action is distinctly different from a leg break.
The bowler achieves this change of spin by bending the wrist sharply from the normal leg break delivery position.
The left-arm unorthodox spin like a leg break or leg spin is also a bowling action.