From: hafeez@vxcrna.cern.ch (Syed Mohammad Ali)
Subject: Re: Chinese bowling
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:02:00 GMT

In article <01GRC3715KYA98558I@ccmail.sunysb.edu>, ABEGLEY@ccmail.sunysb.edu (Anthony M. Begley) writes...
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>               State University of New York at Stony Brook
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>                                            Anthony M. Begley
>                                            Materials Science
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>                                            19-Nov-1992 11:58am EST
>FROM:  ABEGLEY
>TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _rec-sport-cricket@cs.utexas.edu )
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>SUBJECT: Chinese bowling                                              
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>Dear All,
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>I know this is going to reach you all x hhours after the issue is settled but 
>can we have some DEFINITIVE clarification on the Chinaman..
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>Let us   first define some terms:
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>an OFF break spins into a RRH batsman regardless of which arm bowled it
>a LEG break spins away from a RH batsmman regarrdless ...
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>a ball bowled by a left hander than spins into the batsman would be achieved by 
>a similar hand action as a right hander bowling a leg break -- this is not what 
>I believe (I may be wrong) a chinaman is.
> 
>AS one person said a chinaman is the equivalent of a RH googlie
>i.e. it is bowled by a LH, it looks like a LH off break but it spins away from 
>the batsman, i.e. a leg break. It is thus a wrong- (the abbreviation of "one" to 
>"un" is classic of the North of England, i.e., Cheshire, Lancashire, BTW.
>To sum up a chinaman spins towards the slips.
> 
>Naturally chinaman bowlers are very rare since LH leg spinners are very rare -- 
>any examples out there, anybod? 
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>Some other observations:
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>1) great reporting from SA, thanks very much.
> 
>2) No offence here, but God I was beginning to get bored by the discussions on 
>tthe Indian selection polic(I guesess I am just jealous you guys have so much to 
>discuss).
> 
>Im afraid such bandwidthhh has a negative result -- as an impartial (albeit) 
>English  observer of the Test series I am now willing India to fail as it makes 
>for more entertaining r.s.c. articles from our Indian friends.:-))
> 
>3) Dont you all think its ironic that everyone hates the regional selection 
>policy in India, but then when a certain area has no players selected (the 
>South, I believe) everyone complains !!
> 
>Best wishes to all,
>Tony Begley


       Just curious, but wasn't Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, the spinner from
       West Bengal, also a chinaman bowler.
       West Bengal, also a chinaman bowler.

       reagards,

       Syed.
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