'X', also known as fast leg theory, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman. A 'X' delivery was one where the cricket ball was pitched short so as to rise towards the body of the opposing batsman on the line of the leg stump, in the hope of creating legside deflections that could be caught by one of several fielders in the quadrant of the field behind square leg. This tactic was considered by many to be intimidatory and physically threatening. Although no serious injuries arose in the series from any short-pitched deliveries while a leg theory field was set, the tactic still led to considerable ill feeling between the two teams. Over the next two decades, several of the Laws of Cricket were changed to prevent this tactic being repeated.
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