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We lost 2 of the greatest cricket legends on the very same day to heart attacks. Shane had only posted a tribute to Rod a few hours before his own death. RIP Shane and Rod Marsh. 04/03/2022.
It's was, a sad day. 😢
Probably should make the date Ryan proof and say 4 March 2022, you know.....American dates and all.
yep.... and Indiansdoctors confirmed what the cause of the heart attack. was.. and it wasnt alcohol... 10 pts for anyone who can guess
Well said Michelle, yes Warnie will always be the best but I'll always remember watching Marshy taking amazing catches behind the wicket and going the tonk with the bat, especially the time he broke his bat! Both blokes absolutely legends
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He is the spin bowlers equivalent to Don Bradman's battting.
It's also worth noting that the majority of his wickets came against the other top nations in cricket. His numbers aren't propped up from hauls against the lower nations like some others are. He was blowing to the best batsmen in the world
Not really. Bradman was far above any other in his time...almost double their average. While Warne was a great there was at least one other spin bowler that took more wickets in that era.
Warnie got his wickets against top tier nations, not like the chucker from Sri Lanka.
Leg Spin bowling is basically the method/action in how the ball is spun, it requires WRIST rotation to spin the ball.
So for a right hand bowler it will naturally spin from right to left.
For a left hand bowler their wrist spin/leg spin will make it go left to right.
Leg spin bowling is the opposite of 'Off-Spin', Off-spin requires mostly fingers (not wrist) to spin the ball.
For a right hand 'off-spin' bowler, the ball will move from left to right.
The 3 stumps the bowler is bowling at are each named OFF STUMP / MIDDLE STUMP / LEG STUMP (depending on if a right or left handed batsman is batting)
So when Shane Warne is bowling to a right-handed batsman, he usually bowls at/near the LEG STUMP or at batsman's legs because it gives a better chance to spin off the ground and threaten hitting the stumps.
TLDR - Wrist spin = leg spin
Finger spin = off-spin
I'm sure you're still confused. I tried :)
I don't believe legspin actually requires the wrist as if you predominantly bowled balls that spun right to left with finger spin they would still be legbreaks. Same as murali was an offie with his wrist
Awesome job of explaining. Well done.
Warnie was more than the greatest leggie of all time; he was beloved by just about everyone. My sons, who have no interest in Cricket, loved him and were sad at his passing. He was one of the very best Commentators in the game and he was funny and straight-talking. Everyone would have loved to have had beer with Shane.
I met Shane on a couple of occasions. Sad to say, I didn’t particularly like him as a person. However, he was a brilliant cricketeer.
He was actually a very polarising commentator. He could analyse the game brilliantly but he also tended to ramble on with matey drivel with other ex-player commentators until you had to mute the TV. Also, once he decided a player had a flaw (in technique or character) he never changed his mind regardless of evidence to the contrary. But he was apparently a generous person who gave his time and money to good causes. He was a legend, but not a saint.
Shed a tear in the SCG museum at his little section and the lovely lady guide patted my arm… just an absolute legend ❤
I''m an American ex-pat and naturalized Australia. Been down under for 35 years. Second day in Australia, I'm sitting in the bar at a bowls club, watching the lawn bowlers and watching cricket on the tele. Awesome.
RIP S. Warne, the GOAT
Nah Murali
@@henryburton6529 Murali is a chucker... It doesn't count.
@@Suspect333 double jointed elbow actually
@@henryburton6529 which prevents him from bowling a legal delivery
@@Suspect333 Thats not what the ICC thinks - excuse me if I consider their opinion more relevant than yours.
Rest in Peace Warney. The GOAT. Respects from this Englishman.
#3 has been called 'The Ball of The Century'. It was Warne's first ball in Test cricket, IIRC.
Not his first ball in test cricket.
First ball in a test in England. He had bowled in tests in Australia before this.
No, it was his first ball bowled in England. He had already played in 11 tests prior to this game in 4 series, the first being against India, then Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand. His first gain he was carted for 1/150, but later that same year he got his best ever return of 7/52 against West Indies. But it was definitely the ball that defined Shane Warne.
@@utha2665 thanks, wasn't sure.
@@utha2665 India has always been much better at playing spin than England has, due to the pitches.
First ball in The Ashes more likely.
Ryan, he was truly the most fantastic bloke to ever live.
Thank you for covering him mate, as an aussie, this bloke was the definition of a top bloke :)
It is SO heartwarming to see you, Ry, learning about our cricketers, especially watching you catch on so quickly.
I felt for Ryan. So difficult for an outsider to pick up the jargon. He did ok
Great effort 👌
Shane and Glen McGrath the most dangerous combo in cricket, .I will always remember the ball of the century when i was 19 1993 .His first ball against England in his first ashes test ,RIP Legend.
A key thing to note is that a spinner will bowl a lot of balls that look as though they should spin, but don't (or maybe even slightly spin the other way), and then bowls a ball that spins savagely, even though the action of the arm and wrist looks the same to the batsman. A leg spinner will bowl many different balls (like a pitcher may have different pitches). Just like a pitcher might try to disguise his slider as a fast ball, a spinner will disguise a spinning ball (called, leg spinner) with maybe a straighter, forward spinning ball (called a flipper). A leg spinner can have up to seven different deliveries (Stock ball · Leg break · Top spinner · Googly · Slider / back spinner / zooter · Flipper · Quicker ball). Key to a any spinners success is to make these look as similar as possible. The best batsman of spin, are the ones that can pick the type of ball 'out of the hand' of the bowler.
It's nice that you compared it to baseball because Ryan usually tries that, but I think this time his mind was just so blown since the ball doesn't bounce in baseball.
I’m not a huge fan of cricket (I do like it and appreciate though) and even I was affected by his passing. He was a huge part of our sporting community and was a great all round guy. He made his mark playing his first over of his first game he played for Australia. He is a true legend.
Australian fan here. In 2001 I was in Afghanistan and was meeting a Taliban government official who grew up in Pakistan so he was a huge cricket fan. He told me he thought that Shane Warne is one of the greatest men who ever lived. Knowing what a naughty boy Shane could be at times, I had to restrain myself from pointing out that Shane Warne represented the opposite of everything this guy stood for.
He wasn't that bad...just girls and booze....and gambling...I mean come on...
@@stephensim5839 Don't forget the durries.
"I don't even know which way the ball is going". Neither did the batsmen.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
So true 👍
Shane Warne reinvigorated and changed the game.
He is the Goat 🐐 of spin bowling.
Just imagine how much you need to spin a ball to make it travel 20 metres and grip enough to turn a heavy leather ball.
He was the best of the best RIP the man the legend Shane Warne.
RIP Warnie, we miss you! 😪 He was not only a great leg spinner, he was a great guy and very serious about playing cricket to his best ability! He did a lot of charity work and a lot of partying - certainly larger than life! It's so sad that he died alone, he had so many people around the world who loved him! 😧
The ball bouncing on the ground just in front of the batsmen is what makes cricket so wonderful to watch. Firstly it means the batsman has to have lightning reflexes to be able to judge how to play the ball, but secondly, it opens up such a variety of techniques for bowling the ball. The skill level of first class cricketers is simply off the planet, and individuals like Shane Warne can mesmerise with their wizardry.
The feels for listening to Tony Greig commentate again.
Warnie, you champion.
Warne wasn't just an amazing spinner because he could do these amazing leg breaks, he was also an absolute genius in the field. He would change the amount it spun, bowl balls that didn't spin at all, and when his shoulder wasnt busted he could spin the ball from left to right and also other variations that bounced higher or lower than expected. He was also a master of mind games, getting into a batsman's head to make them do things that they didn't want to do.
Batsmen dont normally fear spinners. They respect them, but they normally only get scared of fast bowlers hitting them. Batters were scared of facing warne, and the only other spinner to really be able to claim that was Muralithiran who got even more wickets than warne.
• Leg stump/off stump: if you are looking down the pitch at a right-handed batsman, the leg stump is on the right (same side as his legs), the off-stump is on the left (same side as his bat). Conversely for a left-handed batsman.
• Warney was a leg-spinner - he is bowling to the leg side, and the ball is spinning back left towards the stumps.
• The most important game on the cricketing calendar from the Australian viewpoint is the annual 5 match series against the English. It''s called The Ashes. Same for the English; the Ashes is the big one! Oh, the pleasure of watching the game unfold over five days of batting and bowling, either at home in Aus or beaming in from England. And, oh, how we love to beat the POMs, which we do more often than not!
As an English fan, I feared Warnie's bowling in the ashes. He got wickets from nowhere
Shane was an absolute legend, but also understood the game better than just about anyone. Surely missed... So glad I was around for his entire career and understood what I were watching right from the get go... Ponting, McGrath, Lee... What I time to be alive.
If you haven't, check out Mitchell Johnson in the Ashes, 2013-14
Saw a photo years ago that completely sums up Shane Warne, he was autographing a woman's bum over the outfield fence.
When your face changed after finding out he died, bought tears to my eyes! S.K.Warne is a legend!😢
RIP Warnie. The quintessential Aussie Root Rat.
Scourge of the boyfriends and husbands of England.
The two commentators are Richie Benaud and Tony Greig, absolute legends in cricket as well
Amazing, these are world class batsman he's bowling to. Basically, he spins the majority of his deliveries right to left, doesnt matter if the batsmen are left or right handed, just to simplify
Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Warnie and your reaction to him. I was so glad my Dad who was a cricket fanatic and who played in country week cricket, got to see Warnie play before he passed away. RIP Dad and Warnie.
Watching you have the joy of watching the great Shane Warne for the first time was a delight. Us Aussies had the pleasure of watching the growth and mastery of one of the greatest cricketers in the sport's history. Welcome to the amazing skill of leg spinners.
Warnie was my GOD and I cried for days after his passing he will never be forgotten and he should of been knighted for services to cricket and his fundraising so raise your glass To Sir Shane Keith Warne the God of leg spin bowling
Shane Warne was our most beloved cricketer. He was a larrikin on and off the field, and all was fofgiven because he was so skilled as a bowler.
Ryan, you are becoming a cricket tragic now, learning more and more about the different aspects of cricket.
Thank you Ryan....watching Warnie spin his magic was bittersweet. He was a legend in his own time. We miss him.
You don't throw it you bowl it. I was there at the 'G for his 700th test wicket. I was there when the keg on legs got him his hat trick. I was one of those muppets in bay 13 when he had to come out on the ground to calm us down. And just countless other memories. Bradman is untouchable, but the King of Spin or Shiek of Tweak is a clear second. Such a lad, but his philanthropic work after cricket is just as amazing. Guys (and girls) go and get your heart checked.
P.S. Yes he passed away from a heart attack. I was at the state funeral at the MCG.
Go and get your heart checked.
He was engaged to Liz Hurley = double legend!
Best spin bowler ever! Great cricketer. Great commentator. A cricketing inspiration for centuries to come.
Greatest bowler and such a character too. Also was a great commentator.
The Ashes were brilliant when he was playing.
RIP 🏏😢 🇦🇺
I started watching cricket in the 1970s when fast bowling was the the dominant delivery. Shane Warne changed all that. A shame he died young. His diet was pretty bad, but he liived life to thefull.
SW was a legend, his spin will NEVER be repeated, RIP Shane
Is, not was.
Bowling with spin into the rough helps to spin the ball, the rough is the part of the pitch usually near the wicket which has been warn away during a match.
Cracks or rough patches on the pitch. These areas can create unpredictable variations in bounce, making it challenging for batters. A damp or wet pitch can effectively assist bowlers in achieving swing or seam movement.
That delivery to Gatting is forever amazing.
Warne had a delivery called a "flipper" which travelled much flatter through the air and skidded straight through. Batsmen had trouble picking this delivery and were often out bowled or LBW.
I was disappointed the video didn't include Warnie's famous flipper.
We don't want to see ten Daryl Cullinan clips.
@@bryankrippner7996 maybe not 10 but a couple would be good.
The Richie Richardson one was pretty special. That was when Warnie announced himself as a spinner to be feared.
No 3 in this list is generally iconic. First ball in the Ashes. England didn’t know what hit em. He didn’t play in the one-day games or the lead up county games. This was first morning too so he didn’t have much to aim at in the footmarks. The look on Gatting’s face as he trudged off.
The BBC radio commentary as they watched it back. Trevor Bailey in his extremely plummy accent: “Thet wors en airbsolute Jaffa!”
Rest in peace Warnie! We miss you. You always remind me of my dad when i see you.
Ryan you should react to Shane Warne on Kath and Kim. The most legendary aussie tv series!
We call him Warnie over in Oz
G’day Ryan … Just a quick few things .. As an Australian I think it’s awesome that you developed a strong interest into this magnificent country and her people … you seem so genuine to learn about Crickey, AFL etc, which is not exactly common for Americans to care too much about anything outside their borders.
On Shane Warne, and the leg spin definition, think in baseball terms. So if you have a right hander at the plate, if Warnie was bowling to him he would bowl the ball to land towards the outside of the plate and spin in back into the batters legs. The exact opposite is true with a left handed bowler, if he is bowling to a left handed batter, he would again aim the ball on outside of plate and spin back towards the legs. So a right handed spin bowler’s primary bowl (just as in baseball a cricket bowler has multiple ways to bowl the ball in same way a pitcher can throw a slider, sinker, fastball etc. So at the technical definition a right handed leg spinner, will be spinning the ball primarily from right to left irrespective of whether batsman is right or left handed. Similarly, a left handed leg spin bowler (also called a “Leggie”), will primarily be bowling from left to right. It’s worth knowing leg spinners can bowl it so that the ball spins the opposite way you would expect (called a wrong ‘un, meaning wrong one as it’s turning the opposite way), they can also bowl top spinners which will hit the ground and then launch itself at the batsman’s throat or head. They call also bowl side spinners and others that look like they are going to turn but instead go straight on which can greatly panic the batter if he can’t pick the type of bowl - just like baseball. Plus Warnie was renowned for insane accuracy. He has done many of his tricks on camera, like placing a roughly nickel size coin anywhere on the pitch and he would hit the coin 19 times out of 20. He also used his accuracy to affect where the batter stands, which would then set up an easy wicket for him. His Cricket IQ was massively high, he could work out a batter’s weakness in a few balls, then develop a plan as to how to set the batter up for a specific bowl which would create a catch or just blow past the batsmen and hit the wickets plus many other ways you can get people out. When he died, our Nation mourned, as did those players from nations who played against him with no respect. Deep down the cricket world knew that is the greatest bowler ( of ANY type). That’s why we call him the Don Bradman of bowling, as he had non one else.
Lastly, I am sure you must have had someone tell you that no one in Australia would ever say “Happy Arvo”. You are much more likely to hear “Good Arvo”.
But again mate, it’s fkn awesome to see people interested in our country and/or culture, especially our allies in combat the USA
Leg spin is the opposite to how most people bowl it's not easy and takes time grew up watching and listening to him and getting smacked for 6 trying to bole like him 😂
In cricket, imagine you split the ground into 2 parts - left and right. The left side is called "off side", and the right side is called "leg side" (sometimes called on side).
So a leg spin bowler spins from the leg-side inwards. An off-spin bowler spins from the off side inwards.
A leg spinner is based on the direction of the spin. If it goes around the leg, through the leg or in front of the leg - the spin is still a leg-spin.
The "off stump" is the stump on the left. The "leg stump" is the stump on the right.
In terms of fielding positions, you have positions like "mid-off" (left side), "mid-on" (leg/right side), which are the same position, just on a different side of the field. Some fielding positions are also use leg instead of on. ie. square leg (squared or in line with the leg), or deep square leg, fine leg, etc.
If the bowler is left-handed, then everything above reverses.
Great seeing Warnie …
There's the leg side and the off side. Leg stump, middle stump and off stump. A leg spinner spins from the leg side to the off side, an off spinner spins from the off side to the leg side.
Great reactions, Ryan. You are really good at interpreting and enjoying cricket videos. Leg spin means that the ball hits the pitch on the leg side (so in line with or behind the legs of a right-handed batsman) and spins towards the off stump (the one on the side where he is holding his bat). Regarding bowling between the batsman's legs, it is not really necessary for the ball to pass between the legs (although it looks cool), because if he didn't move his leg like that and the ball his leg, he would still be out, just as a leg before wicket rather than bowled. Watching this video, you might think that leg spin was the only type of bowling that Warney used but he had a wide range of bowling styles and even developed new ones himself. He bowled with guile and even great batsmen could not always pick which way the ball was going to go. Warney was also a very gregarious man, generous with his time and will be greatly missed. RIP Warney.
Ryan, we are now getting into the second week of the AFL (Australian Football League) finals (playoffs). Maybe you could react to some footy videos? After all, it is Australia's home grown and most popular (in terms of attendance) sport. Here's a video that explains the game and is a good way to start: ruclips.net/video/u_SqfNNfhmM/видео.html
Brings a tear to my eye every time i remember him
Bradman and Warne are our 2 greatest cricketers of all time... leg spin is pitching, bouncing the ball, inline with the legs and spinning it away from the batsman, off spin is pitching, bouncing, the ball away from the batsman and spinning it back towards the batsman... not only was Warney able to bowl spectacular deliveries but he could always produce them when needed most. Warney used to bowl his leg spin with a lot of over spin causing the ball to bounce sharply up or to shoot forward disguising a faster straight delivery... he was truly a great of the game world wide
Let me tell you my friend..
Leg side is what a leg spinner is, like left or right side essentially..
Anyway as a English guy who shouted crap at warnie, but just a bit of sledging.
The greatest thing us barmy army fans sang at Shane warne..
"We wish you were English"
Over and over, and it near reduced him to tears..
The highest of high respect..
Love you warnie ..🩵
I’m no cricket fan but I certainly appreciated Shane Warne both on and off the field 😊
Off the field he was a #$%^&
the thing about spin bowling is that it's unpredictable. The ball won't bounce or spin the same way. It hits a different crack in the pitch, or gets a certain bit of ruff, lands in a foothole or even just gets a bit more or less rotation from the bowlers hands will result in wildly different things. What Warne did was somehow predict how the batter would react and get the ball in the exact right spot. Most spin bowlers don't hit the wickets all that often, they get LBW or little nicks that are caught by the wicket keeper or a fielder. Warne just... he was a puppet master and it never ceases to amaze me how he did what he did so consistently.
In the early 1990's the art of leg spin had almost died out. Most countries were relying on a fast and medium paced bowling attack with a single off-spinner sometimes used for variety. Warne changed that almost single-handedly. The ultimate cricketing larrikin, he won over the cricketing orthodoxy simply by weight of numbers and his consistency against all opposition. Though leg spin is traditionally generated by a flick of the wrist and twist of the fingers resulting in a delivery turning from the RH batsman's leg side toward the off side, a left arm bowler using this technique and turning the ball in the opposite direction is technically also a "leg spinner".
Leg spinners or leg breaks, spin from the leg side to off stump when bowled to a right-handed batsman. Off spinners or off breaks, spin from the off side to the leg side to a right-handed batsman. What type of spinner is it is determined by the direction the ball spins from. The leg side is the side of the pitch that the batsman's legs are closest to. The off side is the other side furthest away from the batsman's legs.
Warnie was also the absolute King of sledging an opponent. He lived rent free in many batsman's heads for way after the game finished.
Shane spun the ball so fast you could hear the ball fizz as it went down the pitch. He was one of a kind
To simplify it the stump to the left of the left hand batsman is called the leg stump the middle is called the middle stump and the right stump is called the off side stump . The opposite is for a right hand batsman
Love the Don Bradman reference. The greatest sportsman of all time
A leg spinner turns the ball from a right handers leg side towards the off side. The spin on the ball is produced by rotating the wrist as the arm comes over. Hence he is described as a wrist spinner. Warne was also able to bowl a “googly” which is a ball that turns in the opposite direction from off to leg. He had other tricks as well but they are for another day.
Warne changed cricket with a type of bowling that was considered a dying art and made it exciting again. He was an is truely a legend
This was fun to watch. Thanks for the upload!
A leg spinner is a type of spin bowler in cricket who delivers the ball using their wrist to make it spin from leg to off (from a right-handed batsman’s perspective). The ball turns from the batsman’s leg side towards the off side, meaning it moves away from a right-handed batsman. Leg spin bowling is tricky because it can be hard to control but is often more deceptive, producing unexpected turn and bounce.
Other types of spin bowling include:
1. Off Spin: The off-spinner uses their fingers to spin the ball, making it turn from the off side to the leg side (towards a right-handed batsman). This is the opposite direction of leg spin.
2. Left-arm Orthodox Spin: Similar to off-spin, but bowled by a left-handed bowler. The ball turns from the leg side to the off side for a right-handed batsman (like a leg-spinner, but delivered with a finger-spin technique).
3. Left-arm Unorthodox Spin (Chinaman): This is the left-handed equivalent of a leg-spinner. The bowler uses wrist spin to turn the ball from the off side to the leg side for a right-handed batsman, similar to a right-handed leg spinner.
Each type of spin bowling has its own techniques and challenges for both the bowler and the batsman, making spin a crucial and often unpredictable element of cricket.
The seam of the ball had to be up.
In cricket, from the batsmens' perspective, everything on the left-hand side of the field (for a right-hand batsmen) is called the Leg Side. Everything on the right hand side of the field is called the Off Side.
So a leg spinner is a bowler that lands and spins FROM the leg side back to the Off side as his standard ball.
So it spins from right to left as you look at it.
He also has variations.
Eg The wrong-un is so called becuase while it looks like a standard leg spinner ACTUALLY spins the other way ie it spins from left to right.
Another variation is the Flipper. It stays straight and low and seems to come on faster.
And then there is a Top Spinner that seems to jump up at a batman and will generally cause him to hit a catch
RIP Warney! The guy was a legend. He was dating Elizabeth Hurley, only a legend can do that! He was from an age of cricket that Australia dominated everyone. Need to watch Pontings biggest catches as well. There are tons of good cricketers from that 90s and early 2000s era.
Still watching, but these next two better be damn good. Number three has it's own name "The Gatting Ball" S.K.'s first ball in England. You ask any Austrialian who knows anything about cricket and they will know "The Gatting Ball". The look on Michael Gatting's face is simply priceless.
P.S.
It's also just awesome that it was the late great Richie Benaud commentating it.
I was going to be critical but you worked things out really quickly and could appreciate Warne's genius good video!
'Leg spin' also known as 'leg break' is when the ball spins to the left once it lands on the ground, from the perspective of a right armed bowler.
The other thing that isn't immediately apparent is most of these guys were the best batsmen in the world at the time. Number 3 was literally his first ball in Test Cricket. The thing about Test Cricket is it is all about context, number 1 was the last ball of the day, for a game that goes for 5 full days.
To sum it up fairly simply for you, a leg spinner's stock ball will spin from leg to off. An off spinner's stock ball will spin from off to leg. Leg spinners are usually able to spin the ball more than off spinners, because the wrist is used to impart the spin instead of the fingers in the case of the off spinner. Leg spinners also have more variety in the direction that the ball can spin. They can bowl a ball called a googly that spins the other way by rotating the wrist under the ball during delivery, instead of rotating the wrist over the ball for a leg spinner. And then they have a couple of other tricks, like a top spinner that goes straight on instead of spinning, and a flipper that also goes straight on, but quicker.
Ryan I have never played Cricket I raced Dirt Bikes but talk to anyone that is good at Cricket it is one off the very hardest Games You can play and learn You need to look at the greatest Players off the Cricketing Nationals a great watch cheers Mick NSW Australia
There are bowlers who specialise in different types of spin, as with pitchers in baseball. However, because cricket balls are bounced, there are more varieties of spin. Top spin, leg spin, off spin, carrom ball spin, etc. Within this range there are also specialty deliveries, such as a googly (off spin with a leg break), a doosra, etc. Btw, what baseball calls a fast pitcher is generally referred to as a pace bowler in cricket (medium pace, fast pace, etc.). Thanks for showing interest. Cricket will return to the Olympics at LA in 2028, for the first time since the 1900 games in Paris. 🏏
Mesmerising to watch.
You watch him work on a batsman long enough?... You can see Warne setting him up.
Everyone knows what's coming, including the batsman, just don't know when. Then whhoosshhka!
Magician!!!
Apparently, those around him could hear the ball whizzz through the air, such was his incredible ability to spin the ball.
He had a very controversial personal life, but what a cricketer, and beloved by all aussies.
Speak for yourself.
Yes, the "leg" in leg spin just refers to a side of the field. To put it simply, a leg spinner's normal delivery will spin from right to left. (An off spinner's normal delivery spins from left to right) There's a Shane Warne tutorial video on here where he explains very well the different type of deliveries he bowled. It's still hard to believe he's gone.
"Leg Spin" is bowled toward the "Leg Side". It refers to the side if the pitch that the batter is standing on. The batter is standing on either the left or the right of the pitch (depending on whether he's a lefty or a righty), so the side that he is standing on is called the "leg side", the other side is called the "off side". He bowls toward the leg side and the ball spins away toward the off side after the bounce.....(follow?)
Most spin bowlers bowl toward the "off side" and have the ball spinning in toward the stumps, before Shane Warne, "leg spin" was considered a dying art, nobody did it any more, because "off spin" is so much easier and more profitable, that's why so many batters had so much trouble playing Shane's bowling style, they rarely ever had to face "leg spin" and Shane brought it back into the game.
This is why people watch test matches (5 Day Game) the age and condition of the ball comes in to it, but also the condition of the pitch. So spinners sometimes aim for the foot holes (in to the rough) of the fast bowers (Seamers) as it can cause the ball to deviate more when it hits the pitch
Leg spin is wrist spin, and mostly out of the back of the hand, which makes Warnie even more special. As opposed to an Off Spin which is primarily finger spin out of the front of the hand, and an easier technique to master.
Imagine a baseball player throwing a pitch out of the back of their hand?
Leg spin is from the side of the hand. The wrongun/googly comes from the back of the hand.
Points for noticing the prodigious drift Mate.
Some technicalities to look for with Shane...1. the amount of revolutions he was able to deliver the ball with. 2. he managed to very successfully use imperfections in a wicket surface e.g. the footmarks of the bowler at the other end of the wicket...fast bowlers like Glenn McGrath would break up the surfact with their foot landings creating a crumbly area. Wickets also tend to dry and crack the surface as a five day Test game evolves and spinners are masterful at taking advntage of this.
As far a leg spinning is involved if you study the delivery action of a screwball pitcher e.g. Fernando Valensuela, you will get an appreciation of the wrist action and arm tortion / pronation required to deliver a ball with with the rotation that, in Shane's case, would move from leg stump towards off stump (for a right handed batsman). Like screwballers good leg (wrist) spinners are very uncommon.
p.s. the "setting-up" of a batsman was also a big part of his success. Same as for baseball. You will find references by Shane where this often did not involve the bowling of the ball but rather psyching up the batsman as to what he was thinking the next type of delivery might be.This was done with movements of fieldsmen.
He doesn't just throw it between his legs. He bowls it between his legs, meaning the ball has to bounce off the wicket first and the spin he puts on it takes it through or around the batsman's legs.
If you notice the dark patches on the pitch , near the batsman's legs , they are usually caused by the bowler's follow through. These patches can really assist the amount of spin put on the ball.
"The two main spin delivery types are off-spin, where the ball deviates to the right of the batsman after landing, and leg-spin, where the ball deviates to the left after landing." (Beach, Ferdinands and Sinclair, 2012).
Warnie was to spin bowling what Jordan was for basketball except Warnie was overweight, a chain smoker, heavy drinker and slept with Liz Hurley. He was doing it for every normal Aussie guy out there. He was living our collective dream. Australia isn't the same in a post Warnie world.
The half of a cricket field on the 'leg side' of the batsman is historically called the "leg side" for obvious reasons, although it is also called the "on side", which is short for 'on the leg side'. The other side of the field is the "off side" (short for 'off the leg side').
A leg-spin bowler is one who spins his stock ball from the leg side to the off side.
An off-spin bowler is one who spins it from the off side to the leg side.
Both these types of bowlers have variations on this, and both are right-handed.
These wickets are fantastic examples of what spinners can do with the ball. Not all spinners can make it turn as much as he did, and he wasnt doing this every ball. The other thing to recognise is the actual batters whom he was getting out. They were all the best in the world and wouldve been defending ball after ball of these and been successful, to then misread just that one which totally gets them. This is the pure form of the sport and how tests can go on for days. Warnie was a true legend
“I don’t even know how you could hit that.” That was the thing. Batsmen couldn’t hit deliveries from Shane Warne if he got the spin right. Shane was one of a legendary Aussie team that dominated cricket for a decade.
The batsmens dumbfounded reactions are the bits that I love
RIP 23
Shane would be my number one pick ever and I'm English.
Gattings career died in that flash, Shane was able to turn a game. The ashes game at Adelaide Oval, he bowled hand grenades, bowled England out then Australia made the few runs, when 99% of people thought the game was dead.
Born & bred Aussie here and I have absolutely no idea what they were talking about lol. We only played pretend cricket out the back yard destroying mums old tin rubbish bins 😂
I couldn’t even see the ball in vid as they were bowling so fast. My family, except me all loved footy. I thought I was adopted but my sister and I got called bookends lol. Oh mum and my sister played tennis. Ryan knows more about cricket than I do 😂
The best spin bowler ever imo.
He could do amazing things either way the ball.
Leg spin is the most difficult type of bowling and to do it at such a high level for such a long time was the most impressive thing I think.
RIZp Warnie.
He was a freak and we love him.❤
There were very few events in sport as exciting as Warnie up against the Poms on a turning SCG wicket. Magic.
The term Leg spinner refers to spinning the ball in an anti clockwise direction out of the back of the hand . What they havent really shown is all the other deliveries he could bowl. A leg spinner can change the direction of the spin by changing the angles of his wrist . He could bowl so it spun the other way called a wrongun, where it came into the batsman , or a top spinner where it would hit the pitch then go lower and faster. The problem with leg spin is having the accuracy to place it in the right spot. Warne had the ability to put the very first ball in the exact right spot. His revs per second were extremely high which not only moves the ball off the pitch but also curves it in the air deceiving the batsman in flight.
He was the best to ever live . Revered by the whole cricket world and inspiring so many kids to become spin bowlers.