THE CULT OF THE SWERVE
The cult of the swerve by some bowlers has made the cricket umpire’s task of answering a legbefore appeal more difficult than ever. With a new ball to assist the “seaming” theory, and a strong cross or head wind as an accomplice, it is possible for the expert to get a regular baseball pitcher’s curve in the air. When a delivery which would apparently miss the batsman’s pads suddenly swings in its flight on to the wicket, it is very hard for the umpire to say what its consequent course would be, and whether it would straighten up after pitching between wicket and wicket. There was quite a controversy in England a while back about the practice of some of the swerve bowlers raising the seam of a worn ball with their finger nails, in order to get the swerve effect, but the habit was held to be just as justified as that of using a touch of resin, or golfing grip-wax, on the finger tips to assist the finger-spin of bowlers. Some of the fieldsmen here could do with some of the sticky stuff on their palms. 7ft 7ft ?ft 7ft hr
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 229, 16 December 1927, Page 10
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198THE CULT OF THE SWERVE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 229, 16 December 1927, Page 10
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