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A competent left arm bowler should be proficient in bowling the 'arm ball' or 'armer. Invariably, right-handed batsmen tend to spoon a catch close to the wickets or are bowled when they try to cut an armer, which comes slightly into the batsman. I remember a match in Australia in 1977, in which Bedi's bowling was punished severly by Kim Hughes in one particular over. The first three balls were hammered by Hughes to the boundary. The fourth ball was a lovely armer deftly slipped in by Bedi. This delivery uprooted Hughes' stumps as he stepped back to play the square cut. The armer can provide a good haul of wickets, if bowled properly. A slight change in grip is needed for the armer. The ball is held across the seam but, in the case, the first finger is placed on top of the seam. At the time of delivery, the seam should be facing the fine leg position, when bowling to a right-handed batsman.
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