Bowling Speed Quotes

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

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

I don't bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks.

I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills - I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast.

What you can never do on a slow pitch is bowl with any width. If you bowl straight it's almost impossible to get the ball away.

If you look round the world, most teams want guys who can bowl up at 90 mph because they can make things happen when it isn't doing much.

The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.

There's a lot of guys who can bowl 150 km/h when you give them the ball when they're fresh in the morning, but can they do it late in the afternoon when it's boiling hot and they're bowling their 20th over for the day? I want to be able to do that and I want to be the only guy who is able to do that.

I want to bowl fast till I retire.

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

Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.

I would love to bowl 160 km/h. Any fast bowler would love to do that. But for me that is almost impossible.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.

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

A lot of the emphasis on international bowlers is on their pace and Australia coach Darren Lehmann is a big fan of bowlers who can bowl 90mph-plus.

The biggest difference at the Ranji Trophy level is that of the pace you face. You don't get as many quick bowlers at the Under-19 level.

I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get wickets.

At that speed, batsmen are almost trying to premeditate where the ball will be - they feel like they don't have time to react or move. That's the difference between bowling in the mid-80s and the mid-90s.

Strike rates depend on the surfaces you play on.

I don't know what it is about fast bowling. I guess it's the ability to do something that nobody else can really do.

I don't run after speed. Obviously, it will be better to have some more pace, but I am very well aware that I can't bowl with the speed of 150 kmph. I am working hard on my technique and variations.

There are many things that you just observe while watching Steyn. Just seeing him bowl is a great learning in itself.