- Bowler (cricket)
A bowler in the
sport ofcricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to apitcher in baseball. A bowler who is also a competentbatsman is known as anall-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) withShoaib Akhtar ofPakistan being the first to reach this goal, 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 steriod 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.
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 ordoosra ). 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 thecricket 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.Bowlers by Country (current)
Australia
Pace bowlers
*Shaun Tait
*Brett Lee
*Mitchell Johnson
*Nathan Bracken
*Stuart Clark
*Ben Hilfenhaus Spin Bowlers
*Dan Cullen
*Brad Hogg
*Stuart MacGill Bowling All-Rounders
*James Hopes
*Andrew Symonds
*Michael Clarke
*Shane Watson Bangladesh
Pace Bowlers
*Mashrafe Mortaza
*Syed Rasel
*Aftab Ahmed
*Shahadat Hossain
*Sajidul Islam Spin Bowlers
*Mohammad Rafique
*Abdur Razzak
*Mohammad Ashraful
*Shakib Al Hasan
*Enamul Haque Jr England
Pace Bowlers
*Stephen Harmison
*Matthew Hoggard
*Simon Jones
*Liam Plunkett
*James Anderson
*Ryan Sidebottom
*Sajid Mahmood
*Stuart Broad
*Jon Lewis Spin Bowlers
*Monty Panesar Bowling All-Rounders
*Jamie Dalrymple
*Andrew Flintoff
*Paul Collingwood
*Ravinder Bopara
*Dimitri Mascarenhas India
Pace Bowlers
*Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
*Praveen Kumar
*Munaf Patel
*Zaheer Khan
*R. P. Singh
*Ajit Agarkar
*VRV Singh
*Ishant Sharma
*Joginder Sharma Spin Bowlers
*Anil Kumble
*Harbhajan Singh
*Piyush Chawla
*Ramesh Powar
*Murali Kartik
*Pragyan Ojha Bowling All-Rounders
*Irfan Pathan
*Yuvraj Singh
*Yusuf Pathan Ireland
Pace Bowlers
*David Langford-Smith
*Boyd Rankin Spin Bowlers
*Kyle McCallan Bowling All-Rounders
*Trent Johnston
*Andre BothaKenya
Pace Bowlers
*Josephat Ababu
*Ragheb Aga
*Alfred Luseno
*Peter Ongondo
*Lameck Onyango
*Elijah Otieno Spin Bowlers
*Hiren Varaiya
*James Kamande Bowling allrounders
*Nehemiah Odhiambo
*Thomas Odoyo
*Tony SujiNew Zealand
Pace Bowlers
*Shane Bond
*Chris Martin
*James Franklin
*Kyle Mills
*Mark Gillespie
*Daryl Tuffey
*Michael Mason
*Tim Southee Spin Bowlers
*Daniel Vettori
*Jeetan Patel Bowling All-Rounders
*Jacob Oram
*Scott Styris Pakistan
Pace Bowlers
* Shoaib Akhtar
*Mohammad Sami
*Mohammad Asif
*Sohail Tanvir
*Umar Gul
*Sohail Khan
*Shabbir Ahmed
*Rao Iftikhar Anjum
*Yasir ArafatSpin Bowlers
*Danish Kaneria
*Abdur Rehman
*Mansoor Amjad
*Rizwan Ahmad Bowling All-rounders
*Shahid Afridi
*Shoaib Malik
*Mohammad Hafeez
*Azhar Mahmood
*Fawad Alam outh Africa
Pace Bowlers
*Makhaya Ntini
*Shaun Pollock
*Andre Nel
*Charl Langeveldt
*Roger Telemachus
*Dale Steyn Spin Bowlers
*Paul Harris
*Robin Peterson Bowling All-Rounders
*Jacques Kallis
*Justin Kemp ri Lanka
Pace Bowlers
*Chaminda Vaas
*Ruchira Perera
*Dilhara Fernando
*Nuwan Zoysa
*Lasith Malinga
*Nuwan Kulasekara Spin Bowlers
*Muttiah Muralitharan
*Ajantha Mendis
*Malinga Bandara Bowling All-Rounders
*Farveez Maharoof
*Sanath Jayasuriya
*Tillakaratne Dilshan West Indies
Pace Bowlers
*Corey Collymore
*Fidel Edwards
*Daren Powell
*Jerome Taylor Spin Bowlers
*Dave Mohammed
*Amit Jaggernauth Bowling All-Rounders
*Dwayne Bravo
*Chris Gayle
*Darren Sammy Zimbabwe
Pace Bowlers
*Gary Brent
*Tawanda Mupariwa Spin Bowlers
*Prosper Utseya Bowling All-Rounders
*Elton Chigumbura ee also
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Types of bowlers in cricket
*Comparison of cricket bowlers
*Cricket terminology
*All-rounder
*Batsman
*Fielder
*Wicket-keeper
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