Carrom ball
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The carrom ball is a style of spin bowling delivery used in cricket. The ball is released by flicking it between the thumb and a bent middle finger in order to impart spin.
Ajantha Mendis bowling a carrom ball, 2011
Jack Iverson
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John Brian Iverson was an Australian cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1950 to 1951. He was known for his unique "bent finger" grip, with which he briefly perplexed batsmen across Austral
Carrom ball
…it between the thumb and a bent middle finger in order to impart spin. The first bowler known to have used this style of delivery was the Australian Jack Iverson from Victoria, who used it throughout his Test cricket career in the period after the Second World War, although he did not use the name "carrom ball…
Jack Iverson 1952
Iverson's unique bowling grip