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==Use of the inswinger== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Project12.gif|600px|center]] --> Inswingers are not considered to be as difficult for a right-handed batsman to play as an [[outswinger]]. This is because the ball moves in towards his body, meaning that his body is often behind the [[line and length|line]] of the ball, and any miscalculated shot that is hit by the edge of the bat may be intercepted by his body rather than flying to a [[fielding positions in cricket|fielder]] for a catch. Inswingers can, however, sneak between the bat and pad to hit the [[wicket]] and bowl the batsman out, or miss the bat and hit the pads for a [[leg before wicket]]. A particularly effective delivery is the inswinging [[yorker]], which can cause a batsman to attempt to pull his feet out of the line of the ball, leaving him vulnerable to being bowled, or out lbw if he is too slow. Another deceptive type are those pitched around the off-stump that appear to be passing the batmen by but swing in wildly to knock the stumps off. In the final match of the [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 World Cup]], [[Balwinder Sandhu]] famously clean bowled [[Gordon Greenidge]] with an inswinger to which the batsman had [[Glossary of cricket terms#shoulder arms|shouldered arms]]. Some famous bowlers to bowl inswingers include [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]], [[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammad Asif]], [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]], and [[Stuart Broad]].
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