Left-arm orthodox spin

In the sport of cricket, left-arm orthodox spin is the equivalent of off spin bowling, but bowled with the left hand. As a result, the ball spins away from a right-handed batsman, like leg spin. It is usually considered to be harder for a right-handed batsman to play against than off spin, but easier to bat against than leg spin due to the (generally) smaller repertoire of delivery types.

Examples of current left-arm orthodox spinners are:

• Daniel Vettori, a member of the New Zealand cricket team
• Ashley Giles, a member of the England cricket team
• Yuvraj Singh, a member of the Indian cricket team
• Darren Lehmann, a member of the Australian cricket team
• Ray Price, a member of the Zimbabwe cricket team

Historic left-arm orthodox spinners include:

• Tony Lock
• Phil Tufnell
• Bishen Bedi