A: A flipper is a type of delivery practiced by leg-spinners such as Australia's Shane Warne.
It's actually a back-spinner, bowled underhand in a motion a bit like clicking your fingers. It floats through the air in smiling innocence, then skids wickedly along the ground on landing, like a chopped backhand in tennis. Often it's bowled short, and the unsuspecting batsman lays back to cut, thinking the ball is a long hop. But when it bounces, it scuttles, pinning him on the ankle or sneaking under the bat and rattling into the base of the stumps.
See leg-spin in the bowling section for more detail.
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