17 Facts About Fast bowling

Fast bowling is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling.

Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as fast bowlers, quicks, or pacemen.

Aim of pace Fast bowling is to deliver the ball in such a fashion as to cause the batsman to make a mistake.

Fast bowling bowler needs to take a longer run-up toward the wicket than a spinner, due to the need to generate the momentum and rhythm required to bowl a fast delivery.

Fast bowling bowlers tend to have an action that leaves them either side-on or chest-on at the end of the run up.

However, in conditions favourable to swing Fast bowling full pitched Fast bowling gives the ball more time to move through the air challenging the batsman weigh up the risk of being able to play drives against uncertainty about the swing.

Strike Fast bowling is the term usually applied to bowlers who are used primarily to take wickets rather than restrict runs.

Seam Fast bowling is the act of using the seam of the ball to cause the ball to bounce in an unpredictable fashion when it hits the pitch.

The basic technique of seam bowling is to employ the normal fast bowling or slower ball grip and to try to ensure that the seam remains upright until the ball hits the pitch.

Normal or conventional swing Fast bowling is encouraged by the raised seam of the ball, and conventional swing is usually greatest when the ball is new and therefore has a pronounced seam.

For conventional swing Fast bowling, the raised seam and the direction it points governs the direction of swing.

Conventional swing bowling is delivered with the seam angled such that the smooth or polished side of the ball faces forward to move the ball in the direction of the seam i e toward the rough side.

Intimidatory or aggressive Fast bowling is a legitimate tactic of Fast bowling with the intent of hitting the batsman with the ball.

Intimidatory bowling plays a part in every fast bowler's attack to some degree, and even the best batsmen sometimes sustain serious injuries that can force them off the field and out of the game.

Seam Fast bowling usually becomes very ineffective with older balls and is virtually useless after 60 overs or so and as a result the Fast bowling places in the side are filled with swing or spin bowlers.

Various techniques of fast bowling lend themselves to three ways of getting the batsman out.

Defensive fast bowling is difficult because a skilled batsman set this type of field simply trusts in technique and scores from boundaries that they hit over the midwicket ring and away from any outfielders present.