• 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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    Bodyline (redirect from Fast leg theory)
    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • right arm fast bowler and was noted for the consistent accuracy of his length and direction. Statham is perhaps best remembered for the fast bowling partnerships...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    leaping sideways-on action, achieving what was often described as "skiddy" fast bowling. Capable of swinging the ball late, many of his wickets were gained through...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • become a regular selection in Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers' fast bowling attacks. Coulter-Nile made his Twenty20 International debut for the Australian...
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  • already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's...
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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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  • Ashes series defeat. The series was notable for aggressive and hostile fast bowling display by Johnson throughout the series which many analysts described...
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