Inswinger

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An inswinger is a type of delivery in the

sport of cricket. It is bowled by swing
bowlers.
 Bowling techniques
Types

Fast Seam Swing

Medium pace

Spin Finger (off spin left-arm orthodox)

Wrist (leg spin

left-arm unorthodox)

Deliveries

Fast Bouncer Inswinger Leg cutter

Reverse
Off cutter Outswinger swing
Slower ball Yorker knuckle ball
palmbowl split finger

Spin Arm ball Doosra Teesra Flipper

 Googly Carrom ball Leg break
Off break Slider Topspinner

Other Full toss

Actions

Usual Overarm

Other Underarm Roundarm

Illegal techniques

Throwing Emery ball Beamer

v t e

Grip
An inswinger is bowled by holding the
cricket ball with the seam vertical and the
first two fingers slightly across the seam
so that it is angled a little to the leg side.
Once the ball has worn and been polished
so that one side is rougher than the other,
the rough side is placed on the leg side.
The ball is placed on the pad of the thumb.
This thumb position locks the wrist in a
position inclined to the leg side.

Back foot contact

Inswing can be bowled from side-on, mid-
way or chest on positions. But bowlers
usually tend to pitch it in the good length
spot or up to the batsman. It is the wrist
position that is crucial, not the position of
hips or shoulders. (See thumb position
above).

Point of release
When the bowler delivers the ball, he
angles the seam so that it points slightly
to the leg side. To help achieve this
position the bowling arm should be near
vertical, brushing close to the ear. At
release the wrist should remain cocked so
as to help impart backspin along the
orientation of the seam. The angle of the
seam to the direction of motion produces
an aerofoil effect as the ball moves
through the air, pushing it to the leg side.
This is enhanced by differential air
pressure caused by movement of air over
the rough and smooth surfaces, which
also tends to push the ball to the leg side.
The result is that the ball curves, or swings
in to the batsman.

Use of the inswinger

Inswingers are not considered to be as
difficult for a right-handed batsman to play
as an outswinger. This is because the ball
moves in towards his body, meaning that
his body is often behind the line of the ball,
and any miscalculated shot that is hit by
the edge of the bat may be intercepted by
his body rather than flying to a fielder for a
catch.

Inswingers can, however, sneak between

the bat and pad to hit the wicket and bowl
the batsman out, or miss the bat and hit
the pads for a leg before wicket. A
particularly effective delivery is the
inswinging yorker, which can cause a
batsman to attempt to pull his feet out of
the line of the ball, leaving him vulnerable
to being bowled, or out lbw if he is too
slow. Another deceptive type are those
pitched around the off-stump that appear
to be passing the batmen by but swing in
wildly to knock the stumps off. In the final
match of 1983 World Cup, Balwinder
Sandhu famously clean bowled Gordon
Greenidge with a huge inswinger to which
the batsman had shouldered arms.

See also
Outswinger
Leg cutter
Off cutter

External links
The Science of Swing
 How to bowl an inswinger - BBC
The 'Inswinger' Delivery - testcricket
Inswinger Basics video - wisdomtalkies

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