Talk:Leg break

As with the Wrsit Spin and Leg Spin page, there are a couple of inaccuracies on this page. 1) No leg break bowler in history grips the ball with the seam under all four fingertips. Using this grip, it would be impossible to control the ball at the moment of release because only the fingertip of your little finger would be on the ball. The most common grip is to a) run the seam from index fingertip to middle finger first knuckle, with both fingers striaght and with ring and little resting on palm (Anil Kumble and Richie Benaud's grip) or b) similar seam, but with middle finger half bent, index slightly, and ring first knuckle firmly against side of ball. (Shane Warne's grip). 2) There is absolutley no mention of wrist position in the article. Anybody who has witnessed both Kumble and Warne bowl would realise the essential difference between the two bowlers. Both however, bowl classical leg breaks, albeit with different wrist positions. Warne bowls with his to the left of the ball, while Kumble under the ball. Both snap the wrist, both impart most of the spin with their ring and middle fingers, both grip the ball with a similar grip but they bowl completely different stock leg breaks. 3) Again, no spin is ever imparted with the little finger. Too inaccurate, to difficult to bowl (Trust me I've tried) I'd like to fix it, but unsure of how. If someone could, please do. Weststigersbob 10:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Practitioners of the Art
The list of players who are identified as leg-break bowlers has been deleted with an edit note stating "do not reinstate". I find this difficult to follow.

I think that having a list of players included in the article adds greatly to a non-fan's understanding of the subject. With the proviso that the players so listed must be clearly identified as bowlers of leg-breaks. For example, we can be sure that Shane Warne should be included in such a list, as should Clarrie Grimett. The interesting thing about these two bowlers is that they had two very different bowling actions and techniques yet both bowled leg-breaks.

I'm re-instating the list recently deleted and will check that each player so listed is identified as a leg-break proponent. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 21:28, 3 January 2015 (UTC)


 * This has been discussed to death and the overwhelming consensus is that a completely arbitrary and unnecessary list of players is both unencyclopaedic and unheplful. There are thousands of leg break bowlers in the history of cricket, a list of a handful of random names like this is entirely subjective, and always will be. It doesn't add anything to the article. I will give it 24 hours grace and then remove it, if it has not already been removed Py0alb (talk) 22:03, 3 January 2015 (UTC)