Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
There was a particular sight that became horribly familiar to batsmen during the 1990s. The ball was old. Waqar Younis was running in. And somewhere around the batsman’s toes, trouble was coming. Sometimes the stumps were knocked backwards. Sometimes a desperate bat came down too late. Sometimes the batsman was trapped leg before wicket before […]
Some fast bowlers beat batsmen with raw speed. Others rely on swing, bounce or relentless accuracy. Dale Steyn combined almost everything. At his peak, the South African quick could move the new ball late at high pace, reverse the old ball, attack the stumps with yorkers and intimidate batsmen with aggressive short-pitched bowling. Then came […]
Fast bowling is often associated with extreme pace. Glenn McGrath proved that precision could be just as destructive. He did not regularly bowl at the speeds of the quickest men of his generation. He did not depend on extravagant swing or intimidating theatrics. Instead, McGrath built one of cricket’s greatest bowling careers by putting the […]
Fast bowling has produced many great names, but few bowlers changed the art of swing bowling quite like Wasim Akram. For more than a decade, the Pakistani left-arm fast bowler troubled some of the finest batsmen in world cricket with pace, late movement and an extraordinary ability to make the ball swing in both directions. […]
