The pitch: Green tops favour bowlers because there's usually moisture under the pitch, which helps the ball to swing, especially if the sun's out. Bowlers can get movement off the wicket if the pitch ...

England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson gives a masterclass on how to swing the ball. Available to UK users only. England legend Anderson gives swing masterclass. Video ...

In the beginning there was no swing. When the first purpose-made cricket balls were manufactured in the Garden of England around 1750, they were delivered underarm and could not have swung ...

The cricket ball does ... of air on either side of the ball by using the seam or surface of the ball. These are known as the shiny side and the rough side. The ball must be 45 or more overs old before ...

"I bowled probably just straighties," she says. "I was not so cluey about cricket or how to make the ball swing." But a stress fracture she suffered at 16 forced her to think about her game.

universally used for white ball cricket, including the World Cups, have a tendency of staying true to the line than move, swing or wobble. In the IPL, where it is also being used, only the new ...

Cricket balls swing. Swing makes the game richer. It might be the least challenging of the movements bowlers access, but visually it is arguably the most spectacular. It occurs over a longer ...

NEW DELHI: Wasim Akram, often hailed as the 'Sultan of Swing', earned this title through his extraordinary ability to make a ...