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A googly, also known as a wrong'un or Bosie, is a type of delivery in the game of cricket bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is different from the normal delivery for a leg-spin bowler in that it is turning the other way. The googly is not a variation of the typical off spin type of delivery, in that the cricket ball is presented from the bowler's hand in such a way that once the ball pitches; instead, it deviates in the opposite direction of a leg spinning type of delivery (i.e. towards the leg stump rather than the off stump). It has also been colloquially referred to as the wrong'un,[1] Bosie or Bosey,[2] with the latter two eponyms referring to Bernard Bosanquet, the bowler who originally devised and began using the googly. He first employed it in July 1900, during the second innings of a County Championship match between Middlesex and Leicestershire at Lord's.[3] In that game, Sam Coe became the first batter known to have been dismissed by a googly.[4] During the Edwardian era, some considered its use to be an example of cheating.[5]
- ^ Rundell (2006), p. 206.
- ^ Rundell (2006), p. 20.
- ^ Donnelley, Paul (2010). Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Cricket. London: Hamlyn. p. 88. ISBN 978-0600621737.
- ^ Frith (1985), p. 71.
- ^ Frith (1985), p. 11.