There's this chap called Herrera who is doing very well in the MLBPA with his newly developed screwball (a flatspinning delivery that drifts from off to leg due to the Magnus effect). Basically he places the ball in his last three fingers and drags his pinky finger across the ball causing it to spin in a clockwise direction (when viewed from above).
You can see a video of him explaining the ball here:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CmGsXOvZOI
I was mucking around in the nets with a ball and thought to give it a try to see whether it could be bowled as a cricket delivery. I just put the ball in my last three fingers like he did and ran up and rolled my arm over. I thought the ball would behave like a flatspinner, but surprisingly when bowled rather than thrown the ball comes out sidespinning and behaves like a leg cutter, actually it broke quite significantly towards off.
I was quite happy with this and ran up and bowled it quite a few times. It was quite easy to bowl. On the other hand I can't bowl fast and so I don't know whether it would be threatening or not. I was going to post this in the fast bowling section but its not really a leg cutter, more of a spin delivery. I think it could be quite useful for a medium quick bowler, myself.
You can see a video of him explaining the ball here:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CmGsXOvZOI
I was mucking around in the nets with a ball and thought to give it a try to see whether it could be bowled as a cricket delivery. I just put the ball in my last three fingers like he did and ran up and rolled my arm over. I thought the ball would behave like a flatspinner, but surprisingly when bowled rather than thrown the ball comes out sidespinning and behaves like a leg cutter, actually it broke quite significantly towards off.
I was quite happy with this and ran up and bowled it quite a few times. It was quite easy to bowl. On the other hand I can't bowl fast and so I don't know whether it would be threatening or not. I was going to post this in the fast bowling section but its not really a leg cutter, more of a spin delivery. I think it could be quite useful for a medium quick bowler, myself.