How do I bowl a yorker?

Full pace with a flat release: load the action fully and flick straight up the screen as you let go. A flat, fast ball pitches within a metre of the stumps and skids into the base.

How do I bowl a bouncer?

Flick downward instead of upward. A steeper release angle pitches the ball earlier, and it climbs at the batsman off the surface.

How do I swing the ball?

Add sideways movement to the flick. The lateral component becomes swing in the air, which is strongest before the ball pitches, so it is the late movement that finds the edge.

Why was that called a wide?

Your aim was more than 0.95 metres from middle stump when the ball reached the batsman. Swing counts: a ball aimed at the stumps can swing itself into a wide.

How to bowl

There is no delivery menu in this game. You aim, load and release, and the ball does whatever the physics says it should. This page explains the mapping so you have somewhere to start — but the feel of it only arrives after an over or two.

The three inputs

Aim: Where you are pointing across the pitch when you release. Past 0.95 m from middle stump it is a wide, and swing can carry a straight aim outside that line.
Load: How far you drag back. This sets a floor under your pace, and a long slow drag is a gentle, accurate ball.
Flick: The speed and direction of your hand at release. Speed is pace. Upward flattens the trajectory. Downward steepens it. Sideways is swing.

Deliveries

Ball	Action	What it does
Yorker	Full load, fast flat flick up	Pitches under a metre from the stumps and stays low. Late batsmen get bowled.
Good length	Full load, level flick	Lands four to five metres out. The hardest ball to score off.
Bouncer	Fast flick downward	Pitches eight metres out and climbs to the shoulder. Invites the hook and the top edge.
Full toss	Flick sharply upward	Never pitches. Easy to hit — and above waist height it is a no ball.
Outswinger	Flick up and away from the stumps	Straight line, then it leaves the bat late. This is how you find the edge.
Slower ball	Long slow drag, gentle flick	Around 90 km/h. Batsmen time it early and hit it in the air.

Getting wickets

Wickets come from three places. Beat the bat for pace and the stumps do the rest — a batsman who swings late is bowled. Move the ball after they have committed and you get the edge, which usually carries to the keeper or slip. Or make them hit it in the air: a mistimed pull hangs long enough for somebody to get under it, and hang time is what catches are made of.

Try it

More guides

What is a yorker? The full, fast ball that pitches at the batsman’s feet. Bowling lengths explained Yorker to bouncer, and what each length does. Cricket scoring rules Runs, overs, wickets and extras — the basics. Cricket shots explained Drive, pull, cut, loft, push and block. How do wickets fall? Bowled, caught and LBW, explained. Swing and seam bowling Outswing, inswing, cutters and seam movement.