Although rare now, in the past there were bowlers who used the off-break action who deliberately did not impart any considerable spin on the ball but relied on line and length (or … See more

Off spin: Sometimes the term off spin is used to mean the off break delivery. At other times the term off spin has a wider meaning, to include all deliveries bowled by an off spinner, including non-off break deliveries.
Off spinner: The … See more

Notable off spinners include:
• Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who has the most wickets in both ODIs and Test matches,
• E. A. S. Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, two of the legendary Indian spin quartet See more

• Cricket terminology
• Arm ball
• Doosra
• Leg break See more

Off spin contrasts with leg spin, in which the ball spins from leg to off and which is bowled with a very different action (wrist spin). Off spin is generally considered less difficult to play than … See more

An off break is bowled by holding the cricket ball in the palm of the hand with the seam running across under all the fingers. As the ball is … See more

Another common weapon of the off spinner is the arm ball, which does not spin but goes straight on "with the arm". More skilled offspinners also have the topspinner See more