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Old 08-08-2005, 12:08 PM in reply to Richard Jenkins's post starting "What is the difference between finger..."
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An excellent assessment of spin-bowling there Richard!

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Originally Posted by Richard Jenkins
You need to tell the umpire if you change the style I think...
I think you're ok so long as you don't change the arm you are using or change whether you are bowling around the wicket or over the wicket. So long as the batman knows which arm to expect will release the ball and which direction the bowler comes from, you can do whatever you want with your delivery (e.g. a Seamer might roll the ball off his fingers to provide a slower ball).

Anyway, this is a side issue!
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