Modeling Conventional Swing of a Cricket Ball

R. Latchman [1], A. Pooransingh [1],
[1] University of the West Indies - St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Published in 2015

Conventional swing is one phenomenon which a bowler uses to gain an advantage over the batsman. This study involved simulating conventional swing in the CFD Module of COMSOL Multiphysics® software and comparing the simulated results with experimental results of previous researchers. The variation in the side and drag forces on the ball were investigated by varying the velocity, seam angle and backspin of the ball. The fluid flow profile in the simulated results were as expected, however, there was no transition region for higher ball velocities where it was expected the side force coefficient would fall to a lower constant value.