Left-Arm Orthodox Spin

Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch (from the bowler's perspective).

Left-arm orthodox spin bowlers generally attempt to drift the ball in the air into a right-handed batsman, and then turn it away from the batsman (towards off-stump) upon landing on the pitch. The drift and turn in the air are attacking techniques. The stock delivery of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler is the left-arm orthodox spinner.

The major variations of a left-arm orthodox spin bowler are the topspinner (which turns less and bounces higher in the cricket pitch), the arm ball (which does not turn at all and drifts into a right-handed batsman in the direction of the bowler's arm movement; also called a 'floater') and the left-arm spinner's version of a doosra (which turns the other way).

Players listed below are included as they meet specific criteria which are generally recognised as having achieved significant success in the art of left-arm orthodox spin bowling. For example, leading wicket-takers, and inventors of new deliveries.

• Rangana Herath – 433 Test wickets (highest by a left-arm spinner in all men's Tests) 74 ODI Wickets and 18 T20I Wickets
• Sanath Jayasuriya – 98 Test wickets , 323 ODI wickets (highest by a left-arm spinner in all men's ODIs)
• Daniel Vettori – 362 Test wickets and 305 ODI wickets
• Derek Underwood – 297 Test wickets
• Ravindra Jadeja – 294 Test wickets and 220 ODI wickets
• Bishan Singh Bedi – 266 Test wickets
• Shakib Al Hasan – 233 Test wickets, 317 ODI wickets and 140 T20I wickets (the 2nd highest in men's T20Is) and 317 ODI wickets
• Ravi Shastri – 151 Test wickets
• Keshav Maharaj – 158 Test wickets
• Ashley Giles – 143 Test wickets
• Taijul Islam – 192 Test wickets
• Jess Jonassen – 141 ODI wickets and 96 T20I wickets
• Sophie Ecclestone – 109 T20I wickets
• Ajaz Patel – Only left-arm spinner to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test Match
• Monty Panesar – 167 Test wickets