title: Howzat?! Why is there an over-representation of left-handed bowlers in professional cricket in the UK?
abstract: An analysis of the bowling action of professional cricketers in the UK for four seasons between 1981 and 1991 shows there to be a significant association between handedness and bowling style (seam or spin bowling). Furthermore, there is a significantly higher number of left-handed spin bowlers than would be predicted from the general population, but not left-handed seam bowlers. As the technical differences between left- and right-handed orthodox spin bowlers are much greater than those between left- and right-handed seam bowlers, these data are consistent with the view that the over-representation of left-handed bowlers reported by Wood and Aggleton (1989) is due to strategic rather than neuropsychological factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beaton