Bowler (cricket)

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A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. A bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder.

There are several types of bowlers and most teams will have a variety available in the team to take advantage of pitch or weather conditions or known weaknesses of the opposition.

A fast bowler is usually the mainstay of a team's attack. They will take a long run up before bowling each ball to build momentum and rhythm and can deliver the cricket ball at an average speed of 145 km/h.Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan being the first to deliver a ball at 160 km/h, though his pace along with colleague Mohammed Asif's was both questioned, after it was discovered they had both taken the banned substance Nandralone, a steroid which enhances performance. It is widely considered that the pace either can bowl at was not genuine.

A medium pace bowler bowls somewhat more slowly and will often have some other weapon in their bowling arsenal rather than relying on speed. This might take the form of being able to swing the ball in the air or disguise the speed or length of his or her delivery to fool the batsman. Some medium pacers are simply accurate; they can repeatedly deliver the ball to a place which forces the batsman to defend rather than scoring runs. Others grip the ball so that it pitches on its upraised seam, which then causes the following trajectory to be awkward or uncertain.

A spin bowler usually bowls quite slowly and puts tremendous spin on the ball causing it to bounce at an angle off the pitch, forcing the batsman to treat each ball carefully. Generally spin bowlers give up the most runs but they all have "tricks" that they use to fool the batsman and get him or her out (such as the arm ball, googly, flipper, topspinner or doosra). Spin bowling is very much about deceit rather than speed. A fast Off Spin is the normal off spin action but with more pace. Off spin is when the cricket ball spins towards a right-handed batsmen's bat. With more pace, there usually is less turn (amount of spin). The grip for spin is the three middle fingers on you hand wrapped around the ball's side (end fingers just touching seam). Off-spin is also referred to as Off-Break or Finger Spin.

Contents 1 Bowlers by Country (current) 1.1 Australia 1.2 Bangladesh 1.3 Bermuda 1.4 England 1.5 India 1.6 Ireland 1.7 Kenya 1.8 New Zealand 1.9 Pakistan 1.10 Scotland 1.11 South Africa 1.12 Sri Lanka 1.13 West Indies 1.14 Zimbabwe 2 References 3 See also

[edit] Bowlers by Country (current)

[edit] Australia

Pace bowlers Shaun Tait Brett Lee Mitchell Johnson Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Ben Hilfenhaus Peter Siddle Doug Bollinger

Spin Bowlers Dan Cullen Jason Krejza Nathan Hauritz

All-Rounders James Hopes Andrew Symonds Michael Clarke Shane Watson Andrew McDonald

[edit] Bangladesh

Pace Bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza Syed Rasel Aftab Ahmed Shahadat Hossain Sajidul Islam Nazmul Hossain Shahadat Hossain Talha Jubair Farhad Reza Tareq Aziz

Spin Bowlers Mohammad Rafique Abdur Razzak Mohammad Ashraful Shakib Al Hasan Enamul Haque Jr Alok Kapali Fahim Muntasir Naeem Islam Mosharraf Hossain

All-Rounders Shakib Al Hasan Farhad Reza Alok Kapali Aftab Ahmed

[edit] Bermuda

Pace Bowlers Saleem Mukuddem Kevin Hurdle Malachi Jones Stefan Kelly George O'Brien

Spin Bowlers Dwayne Leverock Irving Romaine Steven Outerbridge Rodney Trott Clay Smith

All-Rounders Steven Outerbridge Irving Romaine Janeiro Tucker

[edit] England

Pace Bowlers Amjad Khan James Anderson Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Stephen Harmison Graham Onions Ryan Sidebottom

Spin Bowlers Monty Panesar Graeme Swann

All-Rounders Ravi Bopara Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Dimitri Mascarenhas Samit Patel Luke Wright

[edit] India

Pace Bowlers Sreesanth Praveen Kumar Munaf Patel Zaheer Khan R. P. Singh Ajit Agarkar VRV Singh Ishant Sharma Joginder Sharma Aavishkar Salvi Ashish Nehra Lakshmipathy Balaji

Spin Bowlers Anil Kumble Harbhajan Singh Piyush Chawla Ramesh Powar Murali Kartik Pragyan Ojha Amit Mishra

All-Rounders Irfan Pathan Yuvraj Singh Yusuf Pathan Virender Sehwag

[edit] Ireland

Pace Bowlers David Langford-Smith Boyd Rankin Thinus Fourie

Spin Bowlers Kyle McCallan Andrew White

All-Rounders Trent Johnston Andre Botha

[edit] Kenya

Pace Bowlers Josephat Ababu Ragheb Aga Alfred Luseno Peter Ongondo Lameck Onyango Elijah Otieno Nehemiah Odhiambo Thomas Odoyo

Spin Bowlers Hiren Varaiya James Kamande Collins Obuya Mohammad Sheikh Aasif Karim

Allrounders Nehemiah Odhiambo Thomas Odoyo Tony Suji

[edit] New Zealand

Pace Bowlers Chris Martin Kyle Mills Mark Gillespie Michael Mason Tim Southee Ian Butler Iain O'Brien

Spin Bowlers Daniel Vettori Jeetan Patel

All-Rounders Jacob Oram Scott Styris Grant Elliott James Franklin

[edit] Pakistan

Pace Bowlers Shoaib Akhtar Mohammad Sami Mohammad Asif Sohail Tanvir Umar Gul Sohail Khan Shabbir Ahmed Rao Iftikhar Anjum Yasir Arafat Abdur Rauf Wahab Riaz Riaz Afridi Samiullah Khan

Spin Bowlers Danish Kaneria Abdur Rehman Mansoor Amjad Saeed Ajmal

All-rounders Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Mohammad Hafeez Azhar Mahmood Fawad Alam

[edit] Scotland

Pace Bowlers Paul Hoffmann Dewald Nel Craig Wright

Spin Bowlers Majid Haq Ross Lyons

All-Rounders Majid Haq

[edit] South Africa

Pace Bowlers Makhaya Ntini Charl Langeveldt Roger Telemachus Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Mfuneko Ngam Monde Zondeki David Terbrugge Nantie Hayward Charl Willoughby

Spin Bowlers Paul Harris Robin Peterson Johan Botha Thandi Tshabalala

All-Rounders Jacques Kallis Albie Morkel

[edit] Sri Lanka

Pace Bowlers Chaminda Vaas Ruchira Perera Dilhara Fernando Nuwan Zoysa Lasith Malinga Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Sujeewa de Silva Dammika Prasad Pradeep Jayaprakashdaran Dinusha Fernando

Spin Bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan Ajantha Mendis Malinga Bandara Rangana Herath Sajeewa Weerakoon

All-Rounders Farveez Maharoof Sanath Jayasuriya Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Lokuhettige

[edit] West Indies

Pace Bowlers Corey Collymore Fidel Edwards Daren Powell Jerome Taylor Darren Sammy Pedro Collins Deighton Butler Ravi Rampaul Lionel Baker

Spin Bowlers Dave Mohammed Amit Jaggernauth Nikita Miller Mahendra Nagamootoo Sulieman Benn

All-Rounders Dwayne Bravo Chris Gayle Darren Sammy Dwayne Smith

[edit] Zimbabwe

| align="left" valign="top" | Pace Bowlers

• Gary Brent
• Tawanda Mupariwa
• Tinashe Panyangara
• Chris Mpofu
• Andy Blignaut
• Ed Rainsford
• Waddington Mwayenga
• Anthony Ireland

| align="left" valign="top" | Spin Bowlers

• Prosper Utseya
• Keith Dabengwa
• Sean Williams
• Stuart Matsikenyeri
• Timycen Maruma
• Tafadzwa Kamungozi

| align="left" valign="top" | All-Rounders

• Elton Chigumbura
• Keith Dabengwa
• Sean Williams
• Stuart Matsikenyeri

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[edit] References

1. ^ Cricinfo- Anil Kumble

[edit] See also

• Types of bowlers in cricket
• Comparison of cricket bowlers
• Cricket terminology
• All-rounder
• Batsman
• Fielder
• Wicket-keeper