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For those not well versed in Cricket (the game), Googly is when a spin-bowler bowls a ball in the reverse direction of that he usually bowls. So, if the ball us
by eapen 16y ago
For those not well versed in Cricket (the game), Googly is when a spin-bowler bowls a ball in the reverse direction of that he usually bowls. So, if the ball usually spins from right to left, a googly would spin from left to right and trick a batsman and get him out. Hence the phrase "Google bowls a googly". [This is probably better suited for reddit's TIL]
- enry_straker 16y agoNot exactly. A Googly is a type of delivery bowled by a bowler where the ball, after pitching on the ground, turns in the opposite direction of the majority of the balls bowled by the bowler. Thus a bowler who predominantly bowls off-spin ( ie, a ball which, after pitching on the ground, turns from left to right ) bowls one which goes from right to left.