Editing Ambidexterity (section)

===Cricket===
In [[cricket]], it is also beneficial to be able to use both arms. Ambidextrous fielders can make one-handed catches or throws with either hand. [[Sachin Tendulkar]] uses his left hand for writing, but bats and bowls with his right hand; the same goes for [[Ajinkya Rahane]], [[Kane Williamson]], and [[Shane Watson]]. There are many players who are naturally right-handed but bat left and vice versa. [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Thisara Perera]] uses his right hand for writing and bowls with the right hand, too, but bats with his left hand. Players due to injuries may also switch arms for fielding. [[Zaheer Khan]] bowls left-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] but bats right handed. [[Phillip Hughes]] batted, bowled, and fielded left-handed before a shoulder injury. Australian batsman [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982)|George Bailey]] also due to sustaining an injury, taught himself to throw with his weaker left arm. He is now often seen throughout matches switching between arms as he throws the ball. See also [[Batting (cricket)#Reverse sweep|reverse sweep]] and [[Batting (cricket)#Switch hit|switch hitting]]. [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]] has batted right-handed in high school, and has practiced right-handed as well, when he is normally a left-handed switch-hitter. [[Alastair Cook]], [[James Anderson (cricketer)|Jimmy Anderson]], [[Stuart Broad]], [[Ben Stokes]], [[Eoin Morgan]], [[Ben Dunk]], [[Adam Gilchrist]], [[Matthew Hayden]], [[Travis Head]], [[Chris Gayle]], [[Gautam Gambhir]], [[Rishabh Pant]], [[Ishan Kishan]], [[Devdutt Padikkal]], [[Yashasvi Jaiswal]], [[Smriti Mandhana]] and [[Kagiso Rabada]] are natural right-handers, but bat left-handed.

[[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] is naturally a left handed person who bowls left handed but bats right handed.

[[Akshay Karnewar]] is an ambidextrous bowler. Originally, he only bowled with his right hand, but since he does everything else with his left hand, he was taught to bowl left-handed as well but needs to signal to the umpire when he switches hands when bowling to allow for the field to change. He is a left-handed batsman. As an off-spinner and left-arm orthodox spin, the ball will always spin towards the batsman (OB vs. RHB; SLO vs. LHB), or away from opposite-handed batsmen, which is the predominant role of switch-handed spinners.

Sri Lankan [[Kusal Perera]] started his cricket as a right hand batsman, until he changed to left hand to mimic his favourite cricketer [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]. Jayasuriya bats and bowls left handed but writes with his right hand. Another Sri Lankan [[Kamindu Mendis]] is also a handy ambidextrous bowler.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Video: Spinner bowls with both arms in one over at U19 World Cup|url = http://www.newshub.co.nz/sport/video-spinner-bowls-with-both-arms-in-one-over-at-u19-world-cup-2016020409#axzz3yyJNNtdh|newspaper = Newshub|access-date = 2016-02-04}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He can bowl [[Left-arm orthodox spin|orthodox left-arm spin]] and he can bowl right-arm [[Off spin|offspin]] as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/968767.html|title=Kamindu Mendis, Sri Lanka's ambidextrous asset|date=3 February 2016|publisher=ESPNcrcinfo|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> Yasir Jan, however is a fast bowler both right and left handed and tops over 140&nbsp;km/h with both hands, with his right arm being faster.<ref>{{Citation|last=Cricket Highway|title=A Pakistani Bowler Yasir Jan Can Bowl 140+ With Both Hands|date=2016-09-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjeR5_cN0kc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927123216/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjeR5_cN0kc&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-09-27|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref>

[[Jofra Archer]] warms up with slow orthodox left-arm spin, and [[Jos Buttler]] practiced left-handed as a club cricketer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport360.com/video/england/332961/watch-england-quick-jofra-archer-bowls-left-arm-spin-ahead-of-leeds-test|title=Watch: England quick Jofra Archer bowls left-arm spin ahead of Leeds Test|website=sport360.com|access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>