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 speeds up to 160 km/h (100 mph).
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.
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.
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[edit] Bowlers by Country (current)
[edit] Australia
Pace bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] Bangladesh
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
[edit] England
Pace Bowlers
- Stephen Harmison
- Matthew Hoggard
- Simon Jones
- Liam Plunkett
- James Anderson
- Ryan Sidebottom
- Sajid Mahmood
- Stuart Broad
- Jon Lewis
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] India
Pace Bowlers
- Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
- Praveen Kumar
- Munaf Patel
- Zaheer Khan
- R. P. Singh
- Ajit Agarkar
- VRV Singh
- Ishant Sharma
- Joginder Sharma
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] Ireland
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] New Zealand
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] Pakistan
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-rounders
[edit] South Africa
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] Sri Lanka
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] West Indies
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
[edit] Zimbabwe
Pace Bowlers
Spin Bowlers
Bowling All-Rounders
