If you play cricket , you should get a chance to have a go at bowling so to do that you first have to decide whether you want to be a fast/pace bowler or spin ( leg spin or off spin ). Made your decision? O.K. so if you are a pace/fast bowler then this is the correct  information/knowledge for you. In the next paragraph ,I will be telling you what is a swinging ball.

A swinging ball is a ball that moves in the air so if you like football, then when you curve it into the goal, that is a bit like swing but related to cricket ( bowling ). There are 2 types of swinging balls called outswingers and inswingers . An inswinger is a ball which moves towards the pads of the batsman after pitching and an outswinger is a ball which moves away from the batsman after pitching . In the next paragraph, I will be introducing what it does to the batsmen.

The point/purpose  of the outswinger  is to get a catch/nick  to the wicketkeeper  or the fielders at the slips position. The reasons for bowling an inswinger is to hit the wickets ( bowled out ), to get LBWs ( leg before wicket ) or an inside edge/nick  to the wicketkeeper or onto the stumps.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this story of mine and please look out for my next one. Till then,   BYE.