Episode -21 To know the basics of Bowling - Part- 1

Hello Friends,

Our Batting session is almost over, Hope I have covered all the essential things in my previous blog, Further if any customized requirement is there, please let me know – I will help you out at my best level

Now we are starting a new session i.e. Bowling…………….

We all know that Cricket have four things in Major i.e. Batting, Balling, Fielding and Wicket Keeping, All aspects are very important for a balanced and strong team, So will try to cover all techniques of bowling in this session

TYPES OF BALLING –

A-    Fast Bowling

B-    Medium Pace Bowling

C-    Spin Bowling

Fast Bowling – A Bowler who rely on the pace of the ball to dismiss the batsman - A typical fast delivery by a professional has a speed in the range of 137–153 km/h (85–95 mph).

Fast bowler aim of pace bowling is to deliver the ball in such a fashion as to cause the batsman to make a mistake. The bowler achieves this by making the hard cricket ball deviate from a predictable, linear trajectory at a speed that limits the time the batsman has to compensate for it. For deviation caused by the ball's stitching (the seam), the ball bounces off the pitch and deflects either away from the batsman's body, or inwards towards them. Swing bowlers on the other hand also use the seam of the ball but in a different way. To 'bowl swing' is to induce a curved trajectory of the cricket ball through the air. Swing bowlers use a combination of seam orientation, body position at the point of release, asymmetric ball polishing, and variations in delivery speed to affect an aerodynamic influence on the ball. The ability of a bowler to induce lateral deviation or 'sideways movement' can make it difficult for the batsman to address the flight of the ball accurately. Beyond this ability to create an unpredictable path of ball trajectory, the fastest bowlers can be equally potent by simply delivering a ball at such a rate that a batsman simply fails to react either correctly, or at all.

As per previous international records, Pakistani Bowler Mr Shohaib Akhtar has reported fastest baller in world he bowled at 161.3 Kmph as his fastest ball, also known as “Rawalpindi Express”

However Mr Morne Morkel of West Indies had bowled at 173.9 Kmph which is 12.6 Kmph faster than Shohaib Akhtar

Medium Pace Bowling - Fast bowlers usually bowl above 130–35, and it goes up to 150 while medium pacers are the ones who bowl upto 130km/hr. There is no major difference in fast bowler and medium pacer and it is of speed only, 

Spin Bowling – Spin bowlers are magicians who do magic with ball,They didn’t rely on the pace, they rely on swing only, that can be in two ways, either inside the stumps or outside the stumps. Spinners may of many types like off spinner, leg spinner, right handed left handed etc,

This is very basic introduction of bowling and now we will move into the details and will learn other aspects of balling, So keep tuned keep watching keep following and most importantly keep practicing, We see you in next episode with bowling knowledge………………..