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[[Image:Off break small.gif|thumb|right|Animation of a typical off spin delivery, bowled from [[wikt:over the wicket|over the wicket]].]]
'''Off spin''' is a type of [[
Off spinners bowl mostly off breaks, varying them by adjusting the [[line and length]] of the deliveries. Off spinners also bowl other types of delivery, which spin differently. Aside from these variations in spin, varying the speed, [[line and length|length]] and flight of the ball are also important for the off spinner.
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>
==History==
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*[[Lance Gibbs]]: first spinner to pass 300 wickets
*[[Ravichandran Ashwin]] of India. Fastest Bowler to reach 250, 300 and 350 wickets in test cricket.
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