Overarm bowling
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Overarm bowling
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In cricket, overarm bowling refers to a delivery in which the bowler's hand is above shoulder height. When cricket originated all bowlers delivered the ball underarm, where the bowler's hand is below waist height. However, so the story goes, John Willes became the first bowler to use a "round-arm" technique after practising with his sister Christine Willes, who had used the technique, as she was unable to bowl underarm due to her wide and huge skirt impeding her delivery of the ball. A roundarm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overarm_bowling
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2023-04-15T06:08:39Z
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