Googly
Also known as: wrong un(term used as-is across languages)
A googly is a deceptive wrist-spin delivery from a leg-spinner that turns the opposite way to the stock ball — toward a right-handed batter instead of away — disguised by an identical action.
Bowled out of the back of the hand, the googly looks like a normal leg-break but spins from off to leg, deceiving batters who play for the expected turn. Its value is entirely in disguise: a googly the batter reads early loses its threat. The term is a cricketing loanword kept as-is across languages (also nicknamed the "wrong ’un").
Example
Expecting the ball to spin away, the batter is beaten as the googly turns back in and raps the pads — out lbw.
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