What is a wrongun? Which way does the ball swing, how does the bowler deliver it etc?

Answer 1

Ok i'll explain the wrongun/googly to you in a simple way.

Traditionally, a leg-spinner spins the ball away from a right-handed batsman,but a wrong-un/googly spins towards the right-handed batsman

sometimes the leg-spinner tends to surprise the batsman so he bowls the ball in such a way that the ball doesnt move away from the right-handed batsman but moves towards him so that he's surprised and may bowled or Leg-Before-Wicket.

The leg-spinner does this by bowling the ball from the back of his hand,that means that the palm of his hand is facing the opposite direction of the batsman.

It may seem impossible to bowl a ball from the back of your hand but some bowlers can do it.It takes lots of practice to master.But once mastered,it can be a devastating ball.
It's a ball that's used as a surprise

suppose a leg-spinner is bowling to a right-handed batsman and the first 5 balls of the over he has bowled the traditional leg-spin,that means he has bowled the ball so that it moves away from the batsman.
So oviously the batsman is expecting another leg-spin for the sixth ball but the bowler doesnt bowl the leg-spin for the sixth ball insted he bowls the wroung-un/googly and this time the ball moves towards the batsman and completely baffles him!

Only experienced bowlers can bowl a wrong-un/googly
like Shane Warne,Muttiah Muralitharan,Anil Kumble and Danish Kaneria. And only the best batsman can pick-up this ball quickly and play it,while most batsman will get out on a wrong-un/googly.

Hope my answer helped.

Answer 2

Wrongun is a googly. The famous, almost mystical delivery of a leg-spinner. It is a ball that spins the other way, into a RightHander, and tends to surprises him because the normal or stock ball of a leg-spinner is the one that spins away from or leaves a RightHander.

In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie (or Bosey) after its inventor Bernard Bosanquet. In Australia it is commonly referred to as a wrong'un.

While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off side, away from a right-handed batsman, a googly spins the other way, from off to leg, into a right-handed batsman. The bowler achieves this change of spin by rotating the wrist from the normal leg break delivery so that the ball rolls out the back of his hand with clockwise spin (from the bowler's point of view). A googly may also be achieved by bowling the ball as a conventional leg break, but spinning the ball further with the fingers just before it is released.

For more details, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googly

Answer 3

Wrongun is a new term used for googly. When a leg spinner bowls a off spin or an off spinner bowls a leg spin it is called a wrongun.Both are meant to deceive the batsman as the batsman does not expect a leg spinner to bowl a off or an off spinner to bowl a leg spin.

Answer 4

A leg spinner uses it to deceive the batsman. To a right handed batsman, the normal leg break spins from right to left. A wrong-un comes out of the back of the hand slower and spins from left to right - trying to get the batman out LBW usually.