Bowling Variations Quotes

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

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

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.

Archer has a loose-limbed approach in a run-up that is not very long. He gets into a good position at the crease and releases the ball late from a very high action. He snaps the ball down at genuine pace. He has rhythm to his bowling.

Cricket is not rocket science. Bowlers often get wickets through perseverance, accuracy and being patient rather than trying to blast opposition teams out.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

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

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

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.

I don't want a new ball when I am bowling in the subcontinent. I want an old ball that can't get hit out of the ground. I want a ball that when I bowl doesn't have true bounce, so that the batsman can't hit it.

I used to bowl a lot at the death while bowling in the IPL, but it serves as a confidence booster that I can do a lot more with the ball at the start of the innings and at the death.

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

According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.

When I watch a match, I always try to understand what the batsman is trying to do so that I know what I should do to get him out.

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

When I made my debut in 1994-95 I bowled big outswingers pretty much every ball, because people had told me you should bowl consistent outties to take wickets.

The thing I've got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the right area that will cause enough trouble.

You can't make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs. You don't see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change; you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

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.

It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

The way I am bowling at the death, it's all thanks to the IPL.

We all know just bowling won't do in modern international cricket, and we have to contribute with the bat and as a fielder, too.

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

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