Left-arm unorthodox spin from right to left on the pitch. The ball turns away from the right-handed batsman, as if the bowler were an orthodox left-arm spinner. In cricketing parlance, the word "chinaman" is used to describe the stock delivery of a left-arm "unorthodox" spin bowler (though some reserve it for the googly delivery ). The origin of the term is uncertain. One version relates to a Test match played between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford in 1933. Ellis "Puss" Achong, a player of Chinese origin, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for the West Indies. He had Walter Robins
Richard S. Ellis Richard S. Ellis Richard Steven Ellis (May 15, 1947 – July 2, 2018) was an American mathematician. He was born on May 15, 1947, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to parents Murray and Helen. Ellis graduated from Boston Latin School and attended Harvard University, where he studied German literature and mathematics. He pursued graduate study at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and began teaching at Northwestern University in 1972. Ellis left for the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1975. He was named fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1999. Ellis died of bile duct cancer in New York City