What is the difference between left hand chinaman and left arm orthodox bowling?

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GC I am not racially abusing anyone you fool.

i just came accross the term while answering one of the question

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind…

so i wanted to know what both the terms ment.

Silver dreams and Golden dreams, I agree with you that OIM is correct.

but GC, another user, told me that I was a racist.

That is why additional detail no. one took place

sorry, Silver dreams and Golden smiles

Answer 1

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Left hand chinaman is basically a left arm legspin bowler.

Left arm orthodox is basically a left arm offspin bowler.

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Answer 2

Left hand chinaman bowls action like leg spin but he bowls off spin.
Left orthodox bowl leg spin.

Answer 3

Your first poster has got it spot on, but where you are supposed to be racist I do not know.

Answer 4

Oim is 100% correct
MBTB.is 100% wrong

Answer 5

left arm orthodox is finger spin which spins the same direction for their standard ball as a right arm leg spin bowler. a left arm chinamen is a wrist spinner and their standard ball spins the same way as a standard off break for a right armer. basically a chinamen is the left arm equivalent of Shane warne or anil kumble wrist spin and orthodox is the same as a mark Waugh or Andrew symonds finger spin

Answer 6

left hand chinaman is a asian bowling left arm orthodox while left arm orthodox is the rest of the races. thats why there are little left arm chinamens in the world.

Answer 7

Left handers googly is called the Chinaman.

While the orthodox left handers spin becomes off spin to the right hand batsman.

Answer 8

aussies are motsly chinamen !

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/c…

Answer 9

OIM is rite... Vetori is left arm orthodox
Hogg is left arm china man

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