Like the googly, the flipper is yet another
weapon in the leg-spinner's armoury.
Rather than
turn away from the bat like a normal leg-spinner or towards the batsman like a
googly, the flipper skids on low and fast after pitching.
You
could describe it as a back spinner - and like the "wrong'un", it
takes plenty of time to perfect.
The
ball is "squeezed" between the thumb and fingers in a way so it spins
backwards and skids on low and fast with under-spin after hitting the pitch.
Hold the ball like a normal
leg-break with the top joints of the index and middle fingers are across the
seam.
STEP 2
Unlike the leg-break and
googly, it's the thumb that does most of the work. Imagine you're clicking your
fingers when you release the ball.
The ball should be rotating
in a clockwise direction with the seam facing the batsman.
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