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Flight (cricket), the Glossary

Index Flight (cricket)

In cricket, the flight of the ball is its trajectory through the air between being released by the bowler and bouncing on the pitch.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Backspin, Bouncing ball, Cricket, Magnus effect, Spin bowling, Topspinner.

  2. Cricket terminology stubs

Backspin

In sports, backspin or underspin refers to the reverse rotation of a ball, in relation to the ball's trajectory, that is imparted on the ball by a slice or chop shot.

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Bouncing ball

The physics of a bouncing ball concerns the physical behaviour of bouncing balls, particularly its motion before, during, and after impact against the surface of another body.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Magnus effect

The Magnus effect is an observable phenomenon commonly associated with a spinning object moving through a fluid.

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Spin bowling

Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is delivered relatively slowly but with the potential to deviate sharply after bouncing. Flight (cricket) and Spin bowling are cricket terminology.

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Topspinner

A topspinner is a type of delivery bowled by a cricketer bowling either wrist spin or finger spin. Flight (cricket) and topspinner are cricket terminology.

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See also

Cricket terminology stubs

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_(cricket)

Also known as Flighting (cricket), Loop (cricket).