35 What is Over the wicket?
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This article is from the RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ, by Ganesh with numerous contributions by others.
35 What is Over the wicket?
And what is Round the wicket?
Over the wicket - Bowling arm closer to the stumps
Round the wicket - Bowling arm away from the stumps
Both terms apply equally to both left-arm and right-arm
bowlers.
How to remember which is which?
Do you have a good mnemonic/analogy?
Ron Knight:
When the ball is delivered over the wicket the hand delivering the
ball is much more above (over) the wicket than when delivering from
the other side, when the hand delivering the ball is more round the
side. I offer this not as a mnemonic but as my understanding of the
actual reason for the terms.
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