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{{Short description|Cricket bowling technique}}
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A '''leg cutter''' is a type of [[delivery (cricket)|delivery]] in the [[sport]] of [[cricket]]. It is [[bowling (cricket)|bowled]] by [[fast bowling|fast bowlers]].
A bowler releases a normal
What differentiates a genuine leg cutter from a seam-up delivery that simply moves away off the seam is that it is deliberately bowled.
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Leg cutters do not turn as sharply as leg breaks bowled by a [[leg spin]] bowler, but at the speed of a fast bowler even a tiny deviation can cause difficulties for the batsman. If he is not quick enough to react to the movement, the batsman can edge the ball off the outside edge of his [[cricket bat|bat]], offering a catch to the [[wicket-keeper]] or [[slip (cricket)|slips]] fielders.
A fast bowler will typically use the leg cutter as a variation ball as it is most effective when it surprises the batsman. The leg cutter action can also produce a significantly slower ball with little obvious change in the bowler's arm speed, making the delivery doubly deceptive. On the other hand, the lack of pace of the delivery may be disadvantageous. Former Australian captain [[Ian Chappell]] described [[Jeff Thomson]]'s leg cutter thus: "He had this leg cutter, and you were usually pretty happy to see it, because it meant that the ball wasn't coming at your head at 95 miles an hour."{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
The most prominent users of leg cutter include [[Alec Bedser]], [[Fazal Mahmood]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Selvey |first=Mike |date=2005-06-03 |title=In search of the leg cutter: gone, missing in action |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/jun/04/cricket.comment |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and of late [[Terry Alderman]], [[Carl Rackemann]] and [[Venkatesh Prasad]].
Leg cutters are much more frequently seen in [[indoor cricket]] as the physical arena in which the game is played limits the pace at which bowlers can bowl, and hence they must use other techniques to prevent the batsmen from scoring.
== References ==
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==See also==
* [[Off cutter]]
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[[Category:Bowling (cricket)]]
[[Category:Cricket terminology]]
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