Does it surprise you that genuine swing bowlers are such a rare breed these days? |
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Some fans feel it is OK to heckle and tell pro bowlers what they should do on every roll. |
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Foolishly, in the course of the innings, one of England's pace bowlers bowled Lillee a bouncer. |
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There are laws which prevent batsmen and bowlers from leaving the field and returning to bat or bowl as they please. |
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White has already tried five bowlers, and his side seems set for a lot more legwork tomorrow. |
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The bowlers and fielders were quick to remind the other batsmen of their incompetence to bat at this level. |
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The bowlers, camogie players and footballers are also in the middle of a busy season so there's plenty going on in the community at the moment. |
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Most league bowlers will adjust to the lanes by moving their feet and keeping their target the same. |
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She also helped recruit more good bowlers with whom she had bowled youth leagues. |
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Today, you see beginning bowlers showing up on league night with six or eight balls. |
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More than 100 ten-pin bowlers from across the county were looking to strike gold when they came to Keighley. |
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Bowling shirts are more popular than ever, for bowlers and non-bowlers alike. |
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However, many that are in bad condition pose difficult challenges, even for accomplished bowlers. |
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This pattern plays from outside, and the bowlers who do the best overall are the straight players. |
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Put up enough money and top bowlers will bowl with a wooden bowling ball in a parking lot. |
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They were just recreational league bowlers, but I would go with them to their league. |
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The Cat's Meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hardhats, and baseball caps in the Hollywood closet. |
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India has great batsmen and so-so bowlers, and Indian conditions are very different to everywhere else in the world. |
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The new balls made strikes much easier, so bowlers began to pay less attention to the complex skill of getting spares. |
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Three Rowntrees bowlers had satisfactory spells with Dave Whittle's 3-21 being the pick of the trio. |
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South Africa were 2-21 at close as the Sri Lankan new-ball bowlers came up with incisive spells. |
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They adapted to the variable bounce, and then launched into the bowlers in a flurry of cuts, sweeps, drives and lofts over the infield. |
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Like five-pin bowling, lawn bowlers have to wear spiffy flat-soled shoes so they don't trample the one-eighth inch grass too badly. |
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England fast bowlers seemed to bowl too many short deliveries on a dead pitch today. |
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Anyway, I'm more than happy to take on these women bowlers in the nuddy if needs be. |
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And they called bowlers for throwing as soon as the bending and straightening of the arm became obvious to the naked eye. |
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Remember those occasions when he would have made batting easy for his partners by taking on the demon bowlers all by himself. |
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Virtually all the working men wear flat caps, while the managerial staff wear bowlers. |
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York tried seven bowlers, almost without success, as the Academy strolled comfortably to victory. |
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Pace bowlers should master swing, change of pace, bowling yorkers and other variations. |
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On a pitch more suitable for the English seam bowlers, the Indian team totally outplayed their opponents. |
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By cutting off access to the boundaries, Australia's fielders and bowlers out-thought India's batsmen. |
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In the one day arena, few bowlers swing the ball away from the right-hander for fear of bowling wides. |
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In this series the pressure has been put on the Aussies by bowlers continuing to improve on their ability to swing the ball. |
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Sure enough, Bangladesh were soon in trouble as Sri Lanka's fast bowlers swung the new ball, grabbing three quick wickets after the tea interval. |
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When we play on a wicket and the ball swings around we have bowlers and batsmen who can cope with that. |
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The pace and late swing of Pakistan's fast bowlers proved too much to handle. |
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They're all swing bowlers too, and there are not many swing bowlers in the world at the moment. |
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He understands that bowlers tire after long spells, and handles all his pacemen judiciously. |
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According to the International Cricket Council, ninety-nine per cent of all test bowlers chuck! |
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The conclusion that all bowlers chuck at varying degrees has stupefied a section of opinion, notably the Australians. |
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He was a gutsy player of immense potential, and it was only a matter of time before he became a nightmare for the bowlers of all shades and hues. |
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In my humble estimation, these statistics should ignite a spark in the minds of serious bowlers. |
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He attacked more and rung the bowling changes whenever a partnership threatened and his bowlers didn't let him down. |
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The Cat's Meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hard hats, and baseball caps in the Hollywood closet. |
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However, the selectors and captains have not done enough to reassure young bowlers that the Australian side is not a closed shop. |
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Most of today's bowlers take the electric eye or computerized foul detectors for granted. |
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But great bowlers get date-stamped at the merest hint of decline, an ingrowing toenail, a whisper about fatigue or a wicketless match. |
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Both are predominantly top order batsmen, but they are both off-spin bowlers and exceptional fielders as well. |
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While India has the stronger batting line-up, Pakistan has good bowlers and fielders. |
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Batsmen attack, fielders dive and slide, bowlers use reverse swing and mystery balls. |
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On the first day the bowlers pitched the ball up in search of movement that was not there and did not adjust their length quickly enough. |
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In September to mid November, the training program will reach its peak with the bowlers expected to play up to 75 games. |
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The Indian tour selection committee played into their hands by playing just two fast bowlers. |
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Playing him in that position helps us to play four bowlers and bat deeper down. |
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Many outstanding bowlers have performed in unusual manners not related to footwork or release. |
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What part-time bowlers do is that they bowl full tosses and long hops but they slip in one good delivery. |
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When our batters try to get out, they drop the catches and when our bowlers bowl them full tosses they pat them back as catches to the fielders. |
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At ten to go, it was an eminently gettable target, but these two bowlers were looking very unsettled. |
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The bowlers have certainly used their time in county cricket to good effect. |
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He embarrassed the pundits, and pulverized the best bowlers that the region offered. |
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After elbowing my way past four lanes of inferior bowlers, I finally reached her. |
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It was the lane with the bumpers in the gutters to prevent beginner bowlers and children from getting gutter balls every single time. |
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All of the bowlers must enjoy a more productive season than last year when Ryan Sidebottom was the leading wicket-taker with only 41 dismissals. |
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He likes to take on the bowlers and it is not averse to verbal duels if required. |
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Scotland bowlers will head indoors this weekend for what even now looks likely to be a winter of discontent. |
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In contrast our bowlers did well to keep us in it for so long and if we hadn't dropped a dolly catch it could have been a different story. |
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None of the remaining batsmen got into double figures, leaving Gambhir to wage a lone battle against the West bowlers. |
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World cricket is fortunate to witness one of the greatest genuine fast bowlers of all time, and that too when there is a dearth for quickies. |
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So teams can pick seven batsmen and five bowlers or, in India's case, seven batsmen and a wicketkeeper. |
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The team consists of five all-rounders, six specialist batsmen, two wicketkeepers and five strike bowlers. |
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Butcher was prepared to take chances as he took on the bowlers but played with sense, aggression and confidence. |
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Instead, the bowlers bowled a few wides and no-balls, in addition to the batsmen being lucky with a few edges. |
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They savoured the preparations along with their friends, and watched the willow wielders and the bowlers display their prowess. |
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The team consists of five all-rounders, six specialist batsmen, two wicket keepers and five strike bowlers. |
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To restrict Bradman, the English captain Douglas Jardine instructed his bowlers to direct their attack short on or outside the leg stump. |
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On old wood lanes, bowlers would have to loft the ball farther out on the lane to get the ball to delay its hook and have enough hitting power. |
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The bowlers were instructed to bowl a series of slow long hops and full tosses, these aided by the fielders' feet across the boundary line. |
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He moved to make the rule for a six a hit over the boundary not out of the ground and he pioneered the use of sawdust for bowlers run-ups. |
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Fast bowlers are a bit like buses, none for ages and then two come along at once. |
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Even the U.S. Olympic Committee promotes walking lunges for competitive bowlers to strengthen their legs and core. |
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The English bowlers looked to have their tails up, as though they'd had a moment of revelation. |
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For this, the fast bowlers in a side should work in tandem, complementing each other's skills. |
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Many bowlers use these shoe products, or baby powder, to help them release the ball easier. |
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Nasser Hussain had a reputation for verbally tearing into his bowlers, and Hoggard was one of his victims. |
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For 43 overs of cup cricket, however, we managed the innings to perfection, keeping out their best bowlers and scoring off the weaker ones. |
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In their quest to chase down the target of 314 runs, Zimbabwean batsmen looked rusty throughout and surrendered to the Bangladeshi bowlers. |
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After taking some time to play himself in, he simply massacred the bowlers and England were put to the sword. |
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In 81 overs the Nalandians massacred the Royal bowlers to post a massive 315 for six wickets when stumps were drawn. |
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Now the search is on for a new seamer to work alongside the pace bowlers Andrew Harris, Greg Smith and Ryan Sidebottom. |
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Our bowlers were doing the job but we were failing with the bat and we didn't stick to our plan and didn't have wickets in the end. |
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Burley-In-Wharfedale opening bat Chris Wheeler smashed his way to 170 against the hapless bowlers of Bardsey last week. |
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Normally the bowlers will bowl, the batsmen will bat and everyone will field. |
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The team that's batting always has two batters on the field at one time. The team in the field always has at least two pitchers, or bowlers. |
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We got a lot out of that game as far as batsmen getting time in the middle and the bowlers having a good work-out. |
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What is good for cricket is that great bowlers should be allowed to bowl to great batsmen. |
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I had plenty of faith in my bowlers to get the batsmen out without sledging them. |
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To differentiate between fast bowlers, medium-pacers and spinners would only further complicate the issue. |
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He would watch the videos and try to mentally replay the action and line of the bowlers. |
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India are likely to go into the match with seven specialist batsmen and four bowlers against strong Sri Lankans. |
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The second day of the Trophy match belonged to the bowlers as 13 wickets fell in all. |
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The top 64 bowlers roll nine more games, with totals from round one carrying over. |
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The arc between midwicket and long-on received maximum attention as bowlers were left gasping, fielders hopeless and spectators expectant. |
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On one occasion I watched the ball skittle all the bowls much to the chagrin of the bowlers. |
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They took a gamble and bowled their main bowlers out and it paid off for them. |
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Eight bowlers had seven wicket returns during the month and there were a total of 23 six-wicket hauls recorded. |
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He thought the whole issue had been monumentally mismanaged and that some bowlers were being allowed to get away with cheating. |
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Unlike the pre-war fast bowlers he was an excellent fielder in the deep and was possessed of a wonderful throwing arm. |
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The slower bowlers have often been difficult to attack on the slow St George's surfaces. |
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Fortunately their second-line bowlers were nowhere near as good. |
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We have no bowlers capable of beating any of the teams ranked above us. |
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On certain splits, or even on spare shots when a single pin is needed, bowlers will roll the ball from what they consider an easier or safer angle. |
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He went down the wicket even to bowlers of extreme pace with the intention of making them drop the ball short, and when they did so, he would cut or pull the ball savagely. |
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Instead they countered the Indian bowlers mixing caution with aggression. |
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At the venue later, a stagehand tells me that the airlines flying into Reno used to have lots of problems because of all the bowlers converging on this city. |
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Dravid is a quality batsman but, against the odds, not one who can go toe-to-toe with the world's best bowlers and wrest the initiative from their grasp. |
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However, their bowlers were unable to make the final breakthrough and the resulting draw leaves the two sides level pegging at the foot of the division. |
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The West Indies bowlers pegged away determinedly, while the Sri Lankan batsmen were in no mood to throw away their wickets before the showers came. |
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Plus, league bowlers pattern their styles after their favorite player. |
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The ICC should introduce some sort of face guard for bowlers. |
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But in cricket, the batsmen get the runs and bowlers get wickets. |
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In July, the Senior tour would begin, with perhaps an invitational doubles event or even a pairing of Senior men and women bowlers, and run through October. |
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Before the match his high watermark was 33, but he belted the fast men down the ground and slow bowlers square in a performance to embarrass his batsmen. |
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A predator in every sense of the term, a giant among fast bowlers. |
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Mushtaq was a maverick strokeplayer with a love of sudden forays down the pitch, even to quick bowlers, and daring strokes that had bowlers tearing their hair out. |
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The return of the rejuvenated opening bowlers quickly put paid to any lingering hopes the Cambridge side had of saving the game, removing two further batsmen. |
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There will be some low bounce, though not much help for the fast bowlers. |
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Pollock added that he had no excuses for the loss, pointing out that it was extremely difficult to defend a total when the bowlers bowled both sides of the wicket. |
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Indian cricket has seen some of the most prolific run scorers and bowlers. |
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He made the point that intelligent bowlers did not chuck every ball. |
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Coaching sessions for would-be bowlers are planned in the near future. |
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He set standards that all great bowlers are measured against. |
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It replaces the baby powder bowlers once used for the same purposes. |
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He is a gutty player who has a gift of inspiring his bowlers. |
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Some people always wear cowboy hats, for instance, and others wear bowlers, and each think the other is exceedingly funny-looking, and would never consider switching. |
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He and his dad Terry will be paired up as change bowlers, with the attack expected to be opened by two new caps, Paul Hart of Spring View and Steve Holt of Clifton. |
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It developed into a panel of professional bowlers who visited about 50 Lancashire greens a year, and who were paid a percentage of the gate money. |
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The pitch was playing beautifully, but the bowlers stuck to their task. |
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It will be a moment of deep sadness that will, unless some bowlers of similar calibre are unearthed soon, herald Sri Lanka's slide down the world rankings. |
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A predator in every sense of the term, he was a giant among fast bowlers. |
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He's such an effective player that bowlers rarely manage to find an edge. |
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Graeme Smith had considered an overnight declaration to give his bowlers an immediate crack at England, but gave his last pair the chance to add to the total instead. |
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For the rest of the bowlers, the difference in their bowling averages is at least five runs per wicket, while their strike rates dip alarmingly too. |
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The dot ball percentage has been high and we need to combat the opposition bowlers. |
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They include virtually all the senior seam bowlers, not least Rankin who made his Test debut in the final Ashes duel during the winter. |
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I am happy to have kept wicket against bowlers like Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Abdul Qadir and Tauseef Ahmad. |
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The roughened, softer surface of an old ball can be more conducive to spin bowlers, or those using reverse swing. |
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After lunch Hayden and Langer continued their solid batting, frustrating the England bowlers, with Langer reaching his 22nd Test century. |
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In 1979 West Indian Malcolm Marshall, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers to grace the game joined the club. |
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Chris is a little bit different to other swing bowlers because he bowls a lot of inswingers. |
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In the seventeenth century, Lincoln's Inn Fields was the favourite resort of football players, skittlers, and bowlers. |
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England drew that match thanks to a last wicket stand by bowlers James Anderson and Monty Panesar. |
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The Windies bowlers conceded just 35 from the first six against Ireland and may put the brakes on England too. |
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He rotated and reshuffled his bowlers with the hyperkinetic intensity of a Delhi street cop while Cook stood passively and let matches drift. |
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England's own happy chirper will be full of encouragement for his bowlers and fielders from behind the stumps. |
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Imran was the top scorer with 15 runs while Zafar from Oman Engineering was the pick of the bowlers destroying the Asad XI top order. |
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Bowling underwent an evolution around 1760 when bowlers began to pitch the ball instead of rolling or skimming it towards the batsman. |
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With nothing for the bowlers in terms of pace and bounce, Hafeez and Shahzad made merry. |
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Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, one of the world's finest outswing bowlers, has been cleared of fixing matches after two years. |
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Such pitches tend to offer help to fast bowlers throughout the match, but become better for batting as the game goes on. |
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Payment for skilled bowlers and batsmen came from voluntary donations afterwards, or from small payments from the clubs where matches were played. |
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All bowlers are classified according to their looks or style. |
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With Australia sending a weakened team and the South African bowlers being ineffective England dominated the tournament winning four of their six matches. |
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For the first time, the tactic of using two express bowlers in tandem paid off as Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald crippled the English batting on a regular basis. |
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The side which does well in all three departments will win the series and we have to be very disciplined against England, who have quality batsmen and bowlers. |
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The dispute was about a point of principle and centred on the right of bowlers to use an overarm action, which had been legalised ahead of the 1864 season. |
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Hambledon produced some legendary Hampshire players including master batsman John Small and the two great fast bowlers Thomas Brett and David Harris. |
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Hafeez handled all of England's bowlers adeptly in his six-hour innings. |
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Each team is headed by a captain who is responsible for making tactical decisions such as determining the batting order, the placement of fielders and the rotation of bowlers. |
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The pcb anti-doping appeal committee has overturned the bans imposed on Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif for testing positive for nandrolone. |
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There was nothing there for Swanny and the wicket wasn't abrasive at all, so once you get through that 30-40 overs mark it becomes very difficult for the bowlers. |
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Navneet Dhaliwal hit an unbeaten 39 to keep the scoreboard moving, but the UAE bowlers struck repeatedly and restricted Canada to a gettable total. |
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Yorkshire captain Matthew Wood began with his spin bowlers, Richard Dawson and Andy Gray, in an effort to break the seventh wicket partnership between Nic Pothas and Udal. |
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Earlier, West Indies needed another late cameo of lusty blows to unshackle a stranglehold placed on them by Pakistan's bowlers, of whom Junaid Khan was the best. |
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Batsmen tossed away their wickets on a decent pitch, their bowlers sprayed the ball around dreadfully and fieldsmen spilled the simplest of catches. |
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A new interactive system called XaviX hooks up to your television and lets you control onscreen bowlers, baseball batters, and tennis players without a joystick. |
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