What is "slow left-arm chinaman " bowling in Cricket ?  

Tuktuk,
In cricket, left-arm unorthodox spin – often known as slow left-arm chinaman and abbreviated to SLC – is a style of bowling. The bowler uses a wrist torsion action to spin the ball so that when it pitches it turns from off to leg for a right-handed batsman, i.e. from left to right from the bowler's perspective. The direction of turn is the same as that of a conventional right-handed off spin bowler, however, the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.

Charlie 'Buck' Llewellyn, a South African all-rounder who played at the end of the 19th century, laid claim to inventing the delivery. Some chinaman bowlers occasionally bowl the mirror image of a leg-spinner's "googly" (or "wrong'un" in Australia), which turns in the opposite way in order to trick the batsman. In this instance the ball turns away from the batsman, as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner.

The chinaman style of bowling is very rare, as not only is it difficult to bowl accurately (in common with leg spin), but the turn into the right-handed batsman is seen as less dangerous than the turn away from the batsman generated by an orthodox left-arm spinner, so virtually all left-armers choose to bowl orthodox. On the other hand, the chinaman bowler does have some compensating advantages

Answered by Jateen Gutta at 4:10 PM on October 06, 2008

well tuktuk, in cricket "slow left -arm chinamen " is also known as "left -arm unorthdox spin "

in this ball bowler spin the ball such that ball turn from off to leg for right hand batsman .........the ball will turn more sharply due to spin being imparted by the wrist.......
Charli buck Llewellyn ,asouth african allrounder invented this delivery some chinamen bowlers sometimes bowl the mirror image of a leg -spinner's "googly"which turn opposite way to trick the batsmen...........

Good luck tuktuk........

Answered by Manoj Gajraj at 1:26 AM on September 28, 2008

In cricket, left-arm unorthodox spin – often known as slow left-arm chinaman and abbreviated to SLC – is a style of bowling. The bowler uses a wrist torsion action to spin the ball so that when it pitches it turns from off to leg for a right-handed batsman, i.e. from left to right from the bowler's perspective. The direction of turn is the same as that of a conventional right-handed off spin bowler, however, the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist. Charlie 'Buck' Llewellyn, a South African all-rounder who played at the end of the 19th century, laid claim to inventing the delivery. Some chinaman bowlers occasionally bowl the mirror image of a leg-spinner's "googly" (or "wrong'un" in Australia), which turns in the opposite way in order to trick the batsman. In this instance the ball turns away from the batsman, as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner.

The chinaman style of bowling is very rare, as not only is it difficult to bowl accurately (in common with leg spin), but the turn into the right-handed batsman is seen as less dangerous than the turn away from the batsman generated by an orthodox left-arm spinner, so virtually all left-armers choose to bowl orthodox. On the other hand, the chinaman bowler does have some compensating advantages. He can impart more spin than the finger-spinner, generally yielding more turn and bounce (a factor in Johnny Wardle's decision to use this style on pitches outside England, whereas the orthodox style was more effective on damp English pitches). The LBW law allows for a favourable decision even when the ball has pitched outside off stump, whereas it does not similarly favour balls which pitch outside leg (a factor in George Tribe's decision to use this style). In addition, the wrist-spinner can bowl the googly and topspinner with a comparatively modest adjustment in technique, allowing a wider range of deliveries.

Answered by ani at 6:24 PM on September 26, 2008

well Tuktuk, Slow left-arm chinaman is a style of bowling. The bowler uses a wrist torsion action to spin the ball so that when it pitches it turns from off to leg for a right-handed batsman, i.e. from left to right from the bowler's perspective. The direction of turn is the same as that of a conventional right-handed off spin bowler, however, the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.
The chinaman style of bowling is very rare, as not only is it difficult to bowl accurately.

Historically the most famous practitioner of the art was the West Indian all-rounder Garfield Sobers, but he performed it as a third bowling style after left-arm orthodox spin and left-arm fast-medium.

Answered by Beekay at 3:48 PM on September 26, 2008

left-arm unorthodox spin – often known as slow left-arm chinaman and abbreviated to SLC – is a style of bowling. The bowler uses a wrist torsion action to spin the ball so that when it pitches it turns from off to leg for a right-handed batsman, i.e. from left to right from the bowler's perspective. The direction of turn mirrors that of a conventional right-handed off spin bowler, however, the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist. Charlie 'Buck' Llewellyn, a South African all-rounder who played at the end of the 19th century, laid claim to inventing the delivery. Some chinaman bowlers occasionally bowl the mirror image of a leg-spinner's "googly" (or "wrong'un" in Australia), which turns in the opposite way in order to trick the batsman. In this instance the ball turns away from the batsman, as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner.

Answered by Satyakam at 12:59 AM on September 26, 2008