Bowling Attack Quotes

In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.

I just try and earn my right to get on top of the bowlers, and that is how I play every game.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad spring to mind.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

If I'm only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend a boundary.

Playing with Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn, I am a very lucky guy. Not many people are going to attack those two, which means the batsmen will attack me. And if they attack me, there is always a chance I can get a wicket.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

It is scary when bowling how hard batsmen hit it now.

When I grew up, I tried to score off every ball, be it a 10-over-match, a 20-over, or even a Test match. If I stay in the wicket for, say, about 30 minutes, I want to make the most of it and score maximum runs possible. You never know when you get out; try to score as much possible before that.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

The way you get wickets is, you've got to build pressure.

I love to watch Rohit Sharma bat.

What we have learned is that Roland-Jones is a very promising prospect. Because of the way he bowls, he will not blow batsmen away, but is more likely to take wickets through accuracy and building pressure.

The likes of Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have done well, and so has Jasprit Bumrah in shorter formats.

In the 1999 World Cup, I remember Nayan Mongia's brilliant catch to dismiss Azhar Mahmood off Anil Kumble. It was the catch of the World Cup.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

As a bowler I think I am more wicket-based than some.

Yes, there are dangerous batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. Yes, the bowling is striking form just at the right time but for me MS Dhoni's captaincy is India's biggest strength in this World Cup.

When a bowler comes on you want to put him under pressure. He might not allow you to do that but find a way.

Those first few overs are obviously the most difficult time because you don't know what the ball is going to do in the air and off the seam.

Having two bowlers who can exceed 90 mph is a mouth-watering prospect - and something batsmen will not relish one bit.

When you create pressure in the previous over for your partner to strike, it is sometimes as satisfying as picking up a wicket yourself.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that the South African bowling attack is exceptionally good.