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CRICKET.

uneven paces at which it leaves the ground, sometimes coming sharply and high, at others stopping on the ground and, in batsman's parlance, 'getting up and looking at you.'

The 'leg break' ball is usually bowled from round the wicket,

The leg-break diagram.
These positions of the fieldsmen will suit under-arm bowling, except that, perhaps, extra mid-off may be put out on the on side.

as from this side there is more scope for the bowler to make the ball twist. It is doubtless the best side of the stumps to choose for the delivery of this ball, but every bowler should remember that it is very nearly as good as a change of bowling to change from 'round' to 'over' the wicket, and this is especially