If you’ve ever watched a batter get beaten by a ball that curved, jagged or dipped at the last moment, you’ve seen one of cricket’s great mysteries. Whether it’s a Mitchell Starc inswinger, a Josh ...

Clouds gather over Lord's Ian Kington/AFP via Getty Images It has been cricketing lore ever since an American called Bart King toured England in 1897 and started taking wickets with a delivery known ...

The cross-seamer: Bowled with agrip across the seam with the intention of unpredictability, this variation yields extra bounce if the ball lands on the seam, and skid, or lower-than-true bounce off ...

Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Mithun, who batted despite copping a blow to the head in the second innings of the historical ...

The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The earliest versions of cricket balls had no standard size, weight or stitching: they were ...

The ball homes in towards Virat Kohli. As he attempts to play a shot, the ball curves away late. By the time Kohli has realised as much, he has already committed to a shot: hitting the ball towards ...