Editing Googly (section)

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A '''googly''', also known as a '''wrong'un''' or '''Bosie''', is a type of [[delivery (cricket)|delivery]] in the game of [[cricket]] bowled by a right-arm [[leg spin]] [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]]. It is different from the normal delivery for a leg-spin bowler in that it is turning the other way. The googly is ''not'' a variation of the typical [[off spin]] type of delivery, in that the [[cricket ball]] is presented from the bowler's hand in such a way that once the ball pitches; instead, it deviates in the opposite direction of a [[leg spin]]ning type of delivery (i.e. towards the leg stump rather than the off stump). It has also been colloquially referred to as the '''wrong'un''',{{sfnp|Rundell|2006|p=206}} '''Bosie''' or '''Bosey''',{{sfnp|Rundell|2006|p=20}} with the latter two [[eponym]]s referring to [[Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)|Bernard Bosanquet]], the bowler who originally devised and began using the googly. He first employed it in July 1900, during the second innings of a [[County Championship]] match between [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelley |first=Paul |date=2010 |title=Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Cricket |location=London |publisher=Hamlyn |isbn=978-0600621737 |page=88}}</ref> In that game, [[Samuel Coe|Sam Coe]] became the first batter known to have been dismissed by a googly.{{sfnp|Frith|1985|p=71}} During the [[Edwardian era]], some considered its use to be an example of cheating.{{sfnp|Frith|1985|p=11}}