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'''Off spin''' is a type of [[fingerspin spinbowling]] bowling in [[cricket]]. A bowler who uses this technique is called an '''off spinner'''. Off spinners arebowl [[rightwith their arm|right-handed]]arm and a [[spinfinger bowling|spin bowlers]] who use their fingers to spin the ballaction. Their normal [[Delivery (cricket)|delivery]] is an '''off break''',<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-off-break-and-off-spin| title = Difference between Off Break and Off Spin| date = 15 July 2013}}</ref> which spins from left to right (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the [[cricket pitch|pitch]]. For a right-handed [[batsman]], this is from his [[off side]] to the [[legball side]] (that is,breaks towards the right-handed batsman, or away from a left-handed batsman). The ball breaks ''away''them from the [[Fielding (cricket)#Off- and leg-side fields|off side]],<ref name=wikihow /> hence the name 'off break'.

The bowler with the most [[Dismissal (cricket)|wickets]] in the history of both [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and [[One Day International|ODIs]], [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], was an off spinner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Muttiah Muralitharan's rise to the top of the world |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1656490 |website=ICC |access-date=28 July 2020 |date=17 April 2020 |quote=On the occasion of the legendary Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's 48th birthday, we revisit his rise to the top of the international wicket-takers' charts through an animated graph.}}</ref>