What Does a Maiden Over Mean in Cricket? A maiden over in cricket is an over in which the bowler concedes no runs from the bat or from extras charged against the bowler. In simple terms, six legal deliveries are completed and the batting side does not add to the score from that over. It […]

How to Bowl an Off-Spin Delivery Off-spin is one of cricket’s most deceptive arts because the delivery often looks gentle until it starts causing doubt. The bowler is not trying to blast the batter with speed. The threat comes from drift, dip, turn, and the constant suggestion that the next ball may behave slightly differently […]

LBW Is One of Cricket’s Most Important and Most Misunderstood Decisions LBW stands for leg before wicket. It describes a way a batter can be out if the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps but is blocked by the batter’s body instead, usually the pad. That definition is simple enough to remember, […]