Flipper (cricket) Flipper (cricket) The flipper is the name of a particular bowling delivery used in cricket, generally by a leg spin bowler. In essence it is a back spin ball. Squeezed out of the front of the hand with the thumb and first and second fingers, it keeps deceptively low after pitching and can accordingly be very difficult to play. The flipper is comparable to a riseball in fast-pitch softball. By putting backspin on the ball the Magnus effect results in air travelling over the top of the ball quickly and cleanly whilst air travelling under the ball is turbulent. The
Flipper (1964 TV series) Florida. Nassau was an occasional location, especially for underwater footage. The show was produced in cooperation with the Miami Seaquarium, an aquarium also located on Key Biscayne in Miami. Miami Seaquarium still presents the Flipper Show; a dolphin show in the lagoon that served as the film location for the show. The Miami Seaquarium set where "Flipper" was filmed also served as the set of another Ivan Tors production, "Gentle Ben"; the house where the Ricks family lived was the same house used for the Wedloe family on "Gentle Ben." Flipper was moved to Jimbo's Shrimp (also known as Jimbo's