Conventional swing relies on one side of the ball being kept smooth and shiny, the other rough, to make it curve in the air—like a ledger where one column is neat and the other smudged. Seam position, angled like a wise man's eyebrow, guides that swing. It stops swinging when the ball gets old and both sides become equally rough, or the air is too heavy with moisture. I learned this late from my grandson's cricket magazine; for years I just polished the ball on my trousers, hoping for the best, and now I see why some deliveries went *bhalia* and others were wasted.
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