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CRICKET BOWLING
bowling
Full toss / Beamer Fast bowling
Bouncer Indipper Inswinger
Swing bowling
Leg cutter
Medium pace bowling
Off cutter
Outswinger
Spin bowling Finger
Reverse Slower ball
spin
Yorker Spin bowling
Arm ball Chinaman Doosra
Off spin
Flipper
Left-arm orthodox
Googly
Carrom ball
Wrist spin
Leg break
Leg spin
Off break Slider
Left-arm unorthodox
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Bowling Techniques
BOWLING ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations Bowling styles are often abbreviated in
PACE BOWLERS
Fast bowling Pace bowlers, or fast bowlers or pacemen , rely on
speed to get a batsman out . This type of bowler can be further
classified according to the speed at which they bowl the ball on
average. For details see Fast bowling .
Most pace bowlers are medium-fast to fast in top level cricket. In
general, bowlers of this type are described as right arm or left
arm "fast", or right arm or left arm "fast-medium", and so on.
Though Jeff "Thommo" Thomson of Australia was long
regarded as the fastest bowler in the world (with a fastest ball
clocked at 99.7 mph and rumored to have broken the 100 mph
barrier.
The fastest delivery that has ever been officially recorded clocked
in at 101.8 mph and was bowled by Mohammed Sami of
Pakistan during a match against India.
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LEG CUTTER
A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket . It is
bowled by fast bowlers . A bowler releases a normal fast
delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two
fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball , giving it spin
about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the
pitch .
For a leg cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls his fingers down
the left side of the ball (from his viewpoint), rolling the ball
out of his hand over the little finger, in an action similar to
bowling a leg break , only at higher speed. This changes the
axis of spin to make it more like a leg break, which makes
the ball deviate to the left when it bounces on the pitch.
From a right-handed batsman 's point of view, this deviation is
to the right, or from the leg side towards the off side . This
deviation is known as cut , and the delivery is called a leg
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SWING BOWLERS
Swing bowling Swing bowlers are pace bowlers who, apart from being
fast, also use the seam of the ball to make it travel in a curved
path through the air. This is further encouraged by systematically
polishing one side of the ball while allowing the other side to
become roughened and worn.
The differing airflow around the two sides will cause the ball to swing
in the air, towards the roughened side. By changing the orientation
of the ball in his hand, a bowler may therefore cause the ball to
swing into or away from the batsman. In addition to a well-polished
ball, other factors help the ball to swing, notably damp or humid
weather conditions.
However balls which have been in play for some time do not tend to
swing so much due to the deterioration of the seam. In addition,
bowlers of express pace do not tend to get as much swing as the
fast-medium-to-medium pace bowlers. Though younger pace
bowlers tend to rely exclusively on speed, as bowlers age they
tend to develop this more sophisticated art of swing bowling.
Swing bowlers are more effective than sheer pace bowlers as the
swing can confuse a batsman.
Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis of Pakistan were masters of this skill,
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CONVENTIONAL SWING
The cricket ball often moves in the air towards or
away from a batsman when a pace bowler is
bowling . It is this deviation most fast bowlers
strive for because of the problems it causes to the
batsmen . Swing is all about aerodynamics.
Batsmen are used to facing orthodox swing, which
happens when the ball is still relatively hard and
new in the first 10 to 15 overs. However, over the
past 20 years fast bowlers have developed a new
method of making the ball move in the air with
the older ball called ' reverse swing '. But to
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REVERSE SWING
Once the ball becomes older and more worn, it
will begin to move in the opposite direction to
where it would usually swing with no great
change in the bowling grip. For example, an
outswinger 's grip will move away from the
batsman in the air while an inswinger will
move towards the bat. All this tends to
happen very late on in the delivery, making it
difficult for the batsman to pp the changes in
the air. Not every single bowler can obtain
reverse swing - the ball needs to be propelled
above 80 mph or thereabouts to make it move
in the air. Reverse swing
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Since reverse swing favors the older ball, it will usually start to
move around the 40-over mark. However, England 's
bowlers during the 2005 Ashes were able to make the ball
reverse after just 15 to 20 overs. Brett Lee found his reverse
swing in Adelaide on the 30-over mark. Also during the 2009
T20 World Cup Pakistani fast bowler Umar Gul managed to
get reverse swing after just 11 overs.
But how can bowlers manage to do this so early in the
innings? The most important factor to consider is the pitch.
The sub-continent pitches are rougher and dustier than
pitches elsewhere in the world. Hence, sub-continent
bowlers obtain reverse-swing after 5-over mark also.
In Australia and New Zealand, pitches offer no or very little
help and it all depends upon how the ball is variously
played. South Africa presents the same picture, where the
reverse-swing is seen little or none at all. England, however
has seen some change in pitch conditions in the last decade
and bowlers use that to reverse their deliveries earlier.Like
footballs, each manufacturer's cricket balls are different.
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seams
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Since reverse swing favors the older ball, it will usually start to
WRIST SPIN
Wrist spin Wrist spinners are bowlers who use their wrists to spin
the ball. A right-handed wrist spinner is known as a leg spinner
and his or her mode of bowling is known as leg break .
A leg break will move from right to left from the bowler's point of
view, or from the leg-side to the off-side for a right-handed
batsman. Shane Warne of Australia, one of the most successful
bowlers in Test cricket history, and Anil Kumble of India are two
of the contemporary bowlers of this type. Left-handed wrist
spinners, who are much rarer than right-handed wrist-spinners,
are called chinaman bowlers, after an early left-arm finger
spinner of Chinese descent, Ellis Achong, who sometimes
bowled wrist spinners as a variation while playing for the West
Indies .
A ball delivered in this way will spin from the off-side to the legside for a right-handed batsman. Paul Adams of South Africa is
the best-known current chinaman bowler, though he no longer
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FINGER SPIN
Finger spin Finger spinners make use of their fingers to
rotate the ball. A right-arm finger spinner is known as an offspinner and their mode of bowling is known as off break .
The ball will appear to move just as the chinaman does,
from off to leg for a right-handed batsman. Muttiah
Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, one of the most successful
bowlers in Test and ODI cricket history, is an off-spinner,
although his bowling style is unusual. Indian Harbhajan
Singh also employs this bowling style.
Almost all left-handed bowlers are finger spinners. As a
result this style has no fixed name and the bowling mode is
simply known as (slow) left-arm orthodox . The ball turns
like a leg break, from leg to off. Monty Panesar of England
and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori employ this bowling style.
Finger spin
The carrom
The carrom ball is a style of spin bowling delivery
used in cricket . The ball is released by flicking
it between the thumb and a bent middle finger
in order to impart spin. Though the delivery is
known to date from at least the 1940s, it was
re-introduced into mainstream international
cricket in the late 2000s by Ajantha Mendis .
Carrom ball
A GOOGLY
In cricket , a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm
Capacity:
Cricket is not an endurance sport. It's a power based game that lasts
a long time. The difference is between endurance and work
capacity. With the latter you are able to recover between spells and
overs more quickly rather than just being able to jog miles. You
train cricket specific work capacity with interval running.
Balance:
Commentators often talk about bowlers having a balanced
approach and action. Being able to balance in a dynamic situation
(running, throwing, catching, batting) transfers directly to bowling
performance. The better your dynamic balance the better your
technique and that means faster and more accurate bowling.
Bowling is the best way to gain balance, but you should also
include plenty of single leg training, bodyweight training and
balance drills in your workouts and training sessions.
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Time:
Specificity:
Everyone agrees that training for cricket means playing cricket.
Where there is controversy is how specific the rest of your
training should be. Running, for example, has more crossover to
cricket than swimming. The rule of thumb is this: you are specific
enough if your training is in 3D, standing up and based on speed,
power and strength.
Planning:
There are a lot of factors that go into improving your bowling:
speed, strength, power, technique, experience and the rest.
That's why it's important to have a plan that you stick to
throughout the year so you are doing the right training at the
right time. Know your season, know your own strengths and plan
around them. You also need to have regular checks to ensure
your plan is moving you towards your aims. 7. Progression:
Whatever you are working on you need to progress. That may
mean more weight, faster sprint times or longer interval workout
but you should always look to improve your fitness until you are
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