googly
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Definition
Noun: A deceptive delivery in cricket where the bowler, using a leg-spin action, makes the ball appear as if it will turn from the leg side to the off side (away from a right-handed batter) but instead it turns in the opposite direction, from off to leg.
Usage
The term "googly" is used specifically in the sport of cricket to describe this type of tricky, spinning delivery bowled primarily by a leg-spin bowler. It is a core weapon in a leg-spinner's arsenal to deceive the batter.
Examples
- The batter was completely fooled by the bowler's googly and was bowled.
- He has a very well-disguised googly that is difficult to pick.
- The key to bowling a good googly is to hide the change in wrist position from the batter.
Advanced Usage
- To bowl someone with a googly: To get a batter out by bowling a googly that hits the wicket.
- The leg-spinner bowled the captain with a perfect googly.
- To pick (or read) the googly: For a batter to correctly identify that the bowler has delivered a googly rather than a standard leg-break.
- Experienced players find it easier to pick the googly.
Variants and Related Words
- Wrong'un: (noun) An informal synonym for a googly, commonly used in Australian cricket parlance.
- Bosie: (noun) A dated, chiefly historical term for a googly, named after its inventor, English cricketer B. J. T. Bosanquet.
Synonyms
- Wrong'un
Notes on Different Meanings
"Googly" is a highly domain-specific term with only one primary meaning related to cricket. It should not be confused with the adjective "googly-eyed," which describes someone with bulging or wide-eyed eyes.
Noun
- a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way