Bowling action, Over the wicket, Round the wicket
Otherwise known as mode of delivery, the
bowling action is the manner in which the bowler bowls the
next ball - right or left arm, over or round the
wicket. The bowler in the video is bowling right arm over the wicket
Over the wicket means with his bowling arm
closest to the stumps at his end, round the wicket
means with his bowling arm furthest away from them
When a bowler first comes on to bowl, the umpire will
ask what action he proposes to use and will then
inform the striker so that he, too, knows what to expect
The bowler can change his mode of delivery
at any time, but he must tell the umpire before bowling with the new one, otherwise he should be
called
for bowling a No ball. The reason for this is that a sudden,
unexpected, change in the mode of delivery
can be potentially very dangerous to the batsman
Underarm bowling - which was the only legal mode of
delivery many years ago - is not permitted nowadays
unless a special agreement has been reached before the match begins
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