Tony Blade
U19 Cricketer
It'd be too long :P
Not really.As I say - once you've got three deliveries that do everything it's possible for a cricket-ball to do, you can't develop anything else.
What would that delivery look like?I think if you put massive backspin on a ball it could theoretically shoot up the bat into the air for a close-in catch. I don't think I've ever seen that happen before.
Out of curiosity, can any Hindu/Urdi speaker tell me what comes after teesra? I.e. what is "the fourth one"?
So wait, the names relate to the finger you spin it with or what?What would that delivery look like?
Second: दूसरा = Dūsarā ~ Doosra
Third: तीसरा = Tīsarā ~ Teesra
Fourth: चौथा = Cauthā ~ Joeta/Chowta (chow isn't pronounced like the 'ow' in 'cow', but like the 'ow' in 'row')
the doosra meaning "the second" in urdu/hindi was derived as a code for the delivery by Moin and Saqlain so that whenever saqlain would bowl that Moin would be ready to collect it.So wait, the names relate to the finger you spin it with or what?
I didn't realise the names had a theory behind them.
So doosra meaning 'the second' is just like saying 'the first ball I bowl is the off break and the second ball I bowl is the one that goes the other way' ?the doosra meaning "the second" in urdu/hindi was derived as a code for the delivery by Moin and Saqlain so that whenever saqlain would bowl that Moin would be ready to collect it.
The "teesra" means the third. I doubt they use these terms between them in matches. Probably use some other code now.
yep. that i will now use the doosra in my repertoireSo doosra meaning 'the second' is just like saying 'the first ball I bowl is the off break and the second ball I bowl is the one that goes the other way' ?