• Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners...
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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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  • seamers. Seam bowling is a form of fast bowling, although the bowling speeds at which seam can be a factor include medium-pace bowling. Although there...
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    significantly slower than that for fast bowling. A typical spin delivery has a speed in the range 70–90 km/h (45–55 mph). Spin bowling is divided into four categories...
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  • as a subtype of fast bowling. The aim of swing bowling is to cause the ball to move in the air (or 'swing') while delivering mainly fast-paced balls to...
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  • Wes Hall (category Articles with FAST identifiers)
    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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  • right arm or left arm "fast" or "medium-fast". Another technique of fast bowling is the sling action. This action generates extra speed but sacrifices...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • score runs against differing forms of bowling (eg spin bowling, fast bowling), often giving an indication to the bowling team as to how successfully to limit...
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    orthodox spin: Off break Doosra Topspinner Carrom ball Arm ball Teesra Fast bowling deliveries: Bouncer Inswinger Reverse swing Leg cutter Off cutter Outswinger...
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  • up Fast or fast in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fast or FAST may refer to: "Fast" (Juice Wrld song), 2019 "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 "Fast" (Sueco...
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  • to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket. This occurs when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball....
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    (Friends Provident Trophy) in 2002. Former England bowling coach Bob Cottam once said he was faster than Allan Donald, and he possessed a lively outswinger...
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    Sunil Gavaskar (category Articles with FAST identifiers)
    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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  • 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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    Akram opened the bowling attack regularly for Pakistan, becoming a feared and potent attack. At his peak, he developed into a very quick fast bowler and achieved...
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  • is described. After some highly aggressive fast bowling against the English batsmen, West Indian fast bowling is seen as being dangerous to the game. However...
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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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  • Malcolm Marshall (category Articles with FAST identifiers)
    West Indian fast bowler of all time, and certainly one of the most complete fast bowlers the cricketing world ever saw. His Test bowling average of 20...
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  • fast-medium bowler who was capable of swinging the new ball and generating considerable pace and bounce. He spearheaded the Sri Lankan fast bowling attack...
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    Records. Retrieved 23 June 2015. "Types of fast bowling". TalkCricket. Retrieved 6 July 2017. "Spin bowling". TalkCricket. Retrieved 6 July 2017. "Law...
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  • In cricket a bowling machine is a device which enables a batsman to practise (usually in the nets) and to hone specific skills through repetition of the...
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  • Wisden. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020. "Ian Bishop: A great fast bowling career derailed by injuries". 24 October 2013. A. Davies, Gareth (6 February...
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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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