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A [[left arm|left-handed]] [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] who bowls with the same (finger spin) action as an off spinner is known as a [[left-arm orthodox spin]] bowler. While the orthodox spinner has the same action as an off-spinner, the ball itself spins in the opposite direction (akin to a right arm leg spinner).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/skills/newsid_3207000/3207491.stm |title=How to bowl left-arm spin |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref> Such a ball is not normally called an off break, but a ''left-arm orthodox spinner''.
==Terminology==
'''Off spin:''' Sometimes the term 'off spin' is used synonymously with 'off break'.<ref>{{cite web |title=A glossary of cricket terms |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21322339/a-glossary-cricket-terms |website=ESPN |accessdate=31 July 2020 |date=17 April 2007 |quote=Off-break/spin - A ball turning into the right hander- from off to leg (from left to right)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of offspin |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/offspin |website=Merriam-Webster |accessdate=31 July 2020 |date= |quote=spin imparted to a bowled ball in cricket that tends to cause it to break from the off side to the leg side.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The man behind Murali |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22946228/the-man-murali |website=ESPN |accessdate=31 July 2020 |date=15 July 2007 |quote="A coach cannot change a bowler like Murali. If anyone tried to do that he will be lost. What made Murali so special was his off-spin. It was his main weapon. With his experience he added the doosra. But he got most of his wickets with off-spin," Fernando continued.}}</ref><ref name="Narine">{{cite web |title=Sunil Narine banned from bowling his off-spinner in IPL |url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/15815/9827864/sunil-narine-banned-from-bowling-his-off-spinner-in-ipl |website=skysports.com |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=29 April 2015 |quote=West Indies 'mystery spinner' Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling his off-spin delivery at the Indian Premier League... A statement from the IPL read: "...the committee has concluded that Mr. Narine’s bowling action for his off-spinner, contravenes Law 24.2 (as read with Law 24.3) of the Laws of Cricket. Therefore the player is now banned from bowling the off-spinner in matches organised by the BCCI, including the IPL."}}</ref> At other times the term 'off spin' has a wider meaning, to include all deliveries bowled by an off spinner, including non-off break deliveries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Simple And Common Variations In Off Spin |author=[[Peter Such]] |url=https://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/metarasa/cricket/spin/simple-and-common-variations-in-off-spin/ |website=teamtechnology.co.uk |accessdate=31 July 2020 |date= |quote=Once the basics of bowling off spin have been mastered (the mechanics of finger spin bowling) to become a complete off spin bowler one must develop and have the ability to consistently deliver a range of variations... The Arm Ball, Swinger Or Floater}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=From cow corner to Mankads - your cricket questions answered |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52271285 |website=BBC |accessdate=7 August 2020 |date=17 April 2020 |quote=When the ball spins the opposite way to how a batsman would expect, it is called a doosra (when an off-spin bowler turns it away from a right-hander)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Off Spin Variations: How to Bowl Off Spin |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0DUMc9Xb4 |website=YouTube |accessdate=1 August 2020 |date=19 August 2017 |quote=The one you've all been asking for, here's Kieran talking us through how to bowl the different off spin variations.}}</ref>
'''Off spinner:''' The term off spinner can be used to mean either the bowler<ref>{{cite web |title='Ashwin is the best off-spinner in the world' – Graeme Swann |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/835438 |website=ICC |accessdate=7 August 2020 |date=28 August 2018 |quote=Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann has rated India's Ravichandran Ashwin as the best Test spinner in the world while picking Afghanistan's Rashid Khan as the best in Twenty20s. "Ashwin is easily the best off-spinner in the world."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=England's Graeme Swann maintains a rich Old Trafford off-spin tradition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/aug/02/england-graeme-swann-old-trafford |website=The Guardian |accessdate=7 August 2020 |date=2 August 2013 |quote=But there have been matches here that were not so memorable for off-spinners... Two fine English off-spinners, Fred Titmus and John Mortimore, bowled 93 overs between them in that match, yielding 222 runs without a wicket... Australia had one off-spinner, Tom Veivers}}</ref> or the off break delivery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan v Australia |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152733.html |website=ESPN |accessdate=4 August 2020 |date= |quote=MacKay, bowling off-spinners on a perfect length}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Definitive: Michael Vaughan |url=https://wisden.com/stories/the-definitive-michael-vaughan |website=Wisden |accessdate=4 August 2020 |date=26 June 2014 |quote="I was in the Yorkshire under 15 side and batting regularly at number seven and bowling off-spinners."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ashes 2015: England and Australia’s spinners prove a threat in a big-hitter’s era |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/jul/15/ashes-2015-england-australia-spinners-cricket |website=The Guardian |accessdate=4 August 2020 |date=15 July 2015 |quote=Bowling off-spinners was a peaceful occupation then.}}</ref><ref name="Narine"/>
==Technique==
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