Fast Seam
Swing | Usual Overarm | |
Spin Finger
off spin
left-arm orthodox
Wrist
leg spin
left-arm unorthodox Fast Bouncer
Inswinger
Leg cutter
Off cutter
Outswinger
Reverse
swing
Slower ball
Yorker Spin Arm ball
Doosra
Teesra
Flipper
Googly
Carrom ball
Leg break
Off break
Slider
Topspinner Other Full toss
Lob
Beamer (illegal) | ||
A full toss is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It describes any delivery that reaches the batsman without bouncing on the pitch first.
A full toss which reaches the batsman above the waist is called a beamer. This is not a valid delivery and will lead to a no-ball penalty, but, like the bouncer, is sometimes used as an intimidation tactic.
Other types of full toss are rarely deliberate, as they can be very easy to hit. A low full toss is frequently the result of an error made while attempting to bowl a yorker, which bounces at the batsman's feet. Occasionally a full toss can surprise a batsman so effectively that he is unable to play it properly, and this can lead to a wicket, but few bowlers rely on this.
There have been occasions in which a bowler intentionally bowls a full toss to achieve maximum swing into the base of the stumps. This was commonly seen with Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram of Pakistan, though recently Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka has been bowling low full tosses with his unorthodox round arm action.