Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling in cricket, in which the ball is delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl...
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Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler...
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seam bowler or seamer. Seam bowling is a form of fast bowling, although seam can also be a factor in medium-pace bowling. Although there are specialist...
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a slow bowler. It is one of the two main approaches to bowling, the other being fast bowling. A spinner may bowl with their right-arm or left-arm, and...
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Bodyline (redirect from Body-line bowling)
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia...
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Indies dominated world cricket through strength of fast bowling, and produced a galaxy of fast bowling stars, he is frequently acknowledged as the fastest...
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He followed this test century with another 10 more against top class fast bowling. Imran Khan regarded Mohinder so highly that in his book "All Round View"...
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Fred Trueman (section Bowling)
weight of the bowling with support from Close. As Arlott points out, Yorkshire had a "serious weakness" in the lack of a regular fast bowling partner for...
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technique is called a swing bowler. Swing bowling is generally classed as a type of fast bowling. A swing bowling delivery is either an inswinger, where...
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Glossary of cricket terms (redirect from Declaration bowling)
Fast bowling a style of bowling in which the ball is delivered at high speeds, typically over 90 mph (145 km/h). Fast bowlers also use swing. Fast leg...
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Ahmed, a former cricketer, was born in Mirpur, where he played as a fast-bowling all-rounder, before moving to England with his wife Musrat Hussain, in...
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a limited number of shots against fast bowling, but was able to put the lofted shot to good use against spin bowling. Ravi played either as an opening...
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Rehan Ahmed (section Bowling style)
Ahmed, a former cricketer, was born in Pakistan, where he played as a fast-bowling all-rounder, before moving to England. Naeem, originally from Mirpur...
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Umesh Yadav (section Bowling style)
Vidarbha in domestic cricket. He played 57 test matches for India and his fast-bowling contributed of India winning test matches particularly at home. Yadav...
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Shaun Tait (section Bowling style)
who was appointed as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team in February 2022. He played as a right arm fast bowler and represented Australia...
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Javagal Srinath (section Bowling)
Test match wickets. After Kapil Dev retired, Srinath led the Indian fast-bowling attack for over nine years. He remains India's second-highest One Day...
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1983 and 1985. A left-arm fast bowler, Hafeez was known for his birth defect: he has two fingers missing on his right (non-bowling) hand. Hafeez never established...
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2016 to serve as Sri Lanka's fast bowling consultant. On 21 July 2017, Vaas replaced Champaka Ramanayake as Sri Lanka's bowling coach. Sri Lanka Cricket announced...
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focusing on cricket. When Johnson attended a fast bowling clinic in Brisbane at age 17, former Test fast bowler Dennis Lillee identified him as a "once-in-nine-lives...
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is a well known bowling coach. With his joint baseball and javelin backgrounds, Pont brought ballistic biomechanics to fast bowling. He has simplified...
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saw him hospitalise Bill Edrich at Lords. Edrich, a noted hooker of fast bowling, mistimed his stroke due to the speed of the ball and his cheek bone...
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cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He formed a formidable fast bowling partnership with Wes Hall during the 1960s, but experienced a number...
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technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack, widely...
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first-class cricketer who is considered the father of modern West Indian fast bowling. Roberts played Test cricket for the West Indies, twice taking seven...
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the opinion that Richards was the best ever batsman against genuine fast bowling. For Barry Richards, Ravi Shastri and Neil Fairbrother, he has been cited...
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In cricket, a bowling machine is a device which enables a batter to practise (usually in the nets) and to hone specific skills through repetition of the...
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mastery of fast bowling and the hook shot against the Bodyline strategy. He also regularly bowled medium-pace and often opened the bowling at a time when...
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Queensland. A wicket-keeper/batsman as a schoolboy, Hall did not take up fast bowling until relatively late. He was included in the West Indies squad to tour...
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Ottis Gibson (section England bowling coach)
take over SA bowling coach role from Langeveldt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2017. "Ottis Gibson named Bangladesh fast-bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo...
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played for England from 2002 to 2024. He is currently serving as the fast-bowling mentor of the England cricket team, and continues to play for Lancashire...
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