. . . . . "Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932\u201333 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman. A bodyline delivery was one where the cricket ball was bowled towards the body of the batsman on the line of the leg stump, in the hope of creating leg-side deflections that could be caught by one of several fielders in the quadrant of the field behind square leg."@en .