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A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. A bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder. Image File history File links Murali. ...
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Muttiah Muralidaran[1] (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to as Muttiah Muralitharan, or simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was statistically rated as the greatest bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers Almanac. ...
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Darren Gough bowling In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. ...
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Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ...
An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ...
There are several types of bowlers and most teams will have a variety available in the team to take advantage of pitch or weather conditions or known weaknesses of the opposition. Cricket pitch (not to scale) A wicket consists of three stumps that are placed into the ground, and topped with two bails. ...
A fast bowler is usually the mainstay of a team's attack. They will take a long run up before bowling each ball to build momentum and rhythm and can deliver the cricket ball at speeds up to 160 km/h (100 mph). Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. ...
Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. ...
A medium pace bowler bowls somewhat more slowly and will often have some other weapon in their bowling arsenal rather than relying on speed. This might take the form of being able to swing the ball in the air or disguise the speed or length of his or her delivery to fool the batsman. Some medium pacers are simply accurate; they can repeatedly deliver the ball to a place which forces the batsman to defend rather than scoring runs. Medium bowling, or medium pace bowling, is a style of bowling in the sport of cricket. ...
Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ...
A spin bowler usually bowls quite slowly and puts tremendous spin on the ball causing it to bounce at an angle off the pitch, forcing the batsman to treat each ball carefully. Generally spin bowlers give up the most runs but they all have "tricks" that they use to fool the batsman and get him or her out (such as the arm ball, googly, flipper, topspinner or doosra). Spin bowling is very much about deceit rather than speed. Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ...
An arm ball is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. ...
In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. ...
The flipper is the name of a particular bowling delivery used in cricket, generally by a leg spin bowler. ...
In cricket, a topspinner is a delivery where the ball comes out the top of the bowlers hand, causing it to spin in the direction of travel. ...
A Doosra is a particular type of delivery by an off spin bowler in the sport of cricket, invented by Pakistani cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq. ...
Bowlers by Country (current)
Australia Pace bowlers Spin Bowlers Shaun William Tait (born February 22, 1983, in Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian Test and ODI cricketer. ...
Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ...
Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. ...
Nathan Wade Bracken (born September 12, 1977 in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ...
Stuart Rupert Clark (born September 28, 1975, Sydney, New South Wales) is a cricketer who plays for the New South Wales Blues and Middlesex. ...
Benjamin William Hilfenhaus (born 15 March 1983) in Ulverstone, Tasmania, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Daniel James Cullen (born 10 April 1984 in Woodville, Adelaide) is an Australian cricketer. ...
George Bradley Hogg (born February 6, 1971 in Narrogin), known as Brad Hogg, is an Australian cricketer. ...
Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill (b. ...
James Redfern Hopes (born October 24, 1978, Townsville, Queensland) is a Queensland and Australian cricketer. ...
Andrew Symonds (born June 9, 1975, Birmingham, England)[1] is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage. ...
Michael Clarke may refer to: Michael Clarke (cricketer) Michael Clarke (musician) Michael Clarke Duncan, U.S. actor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981 in Ipswich, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. ...
Bangladesh Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (born 5 October 1983 in Narail District, Khulna) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. ...
Syed Rasel (born July 3, 1984 in Jessore) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. ...
This article is about the Bangladeshi cricketer. ...
Mohammed Moe Rafique (Bengali: ) (born September 5, 1970) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. ...
Abdur Razzak (Bengali: ) (also Abdur Razzaq) (born June 15, 1982 in Khulna) is a Bangladeshi cricketer (not to be confused with Abdul Razzaq, a Pakistani cricketer). ...
Mohammad Ashraful (Bengali: ) (born July 7, 1984 in Dhaka) is a Bangladeshi international cricket player. ...
Shakib Al Hasan, also known as Saqibul Hasan, (Bengali: সািকব আল হাসান) (born March 24, 1987 in Rajshahi) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006. ...
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England Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Steve Harmison (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. ...
Matthew James Hoggard MBE (born 31 December 1976, Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ...
Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ...
Liam Edward Plunkett (born 6 April 1985 in Middlesbrough) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham and England. ...
James Anderson can refer to: James Anderson, administrative head of Norfolk Island James Anderson, a founder of the Scottish Enlightenment James Anderson (1662-1728), a Scottish lawyer, famous for his learning and his antiquarian knowledge. ...
Ryan Jay Sidebottom (born January 15, 1978 in Huddersfield) is an English cricketer. ...
Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born 21 December 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. ...
Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986 in Nottingham, England) is an English cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and has made thirteen ODI appearances for the England national cricket team. ...
Jonathan Jon Lewis (born 26 August 1975 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is an English cricketer who has played county cricket for Gloucestershire since his first-class debut in 1995, becoming captain in 2006. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer. ...
James William Murray Jamie Dalrymple (born January 21, 1981) is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. ...
Andrew Flintoff, MBE, (born 6 December 1977, Preston, Lancashire) is a cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ...
Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976), is an English cricketer. ...
Ravinder Singh (Ravi) Bopara (born 4 May 1985, Forest Gate, Newham, London) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex. ...
Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas (born October 30, 1977) is an English cricketer. ...
India Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (born February 6, 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India), also known as S. Sreesanth or simply Sreesanth, is an Indian cricketer. ...
Munaf Musa Patel (born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian Test cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team. ...
Zaheer Khan (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. ...
Rudra Pratap Singh (born 6 December, 1985) is a left arm fast-medium bowler who has represented India in one day cricket and Test cricket. ...
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (born December 4, 1977 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer. ...
Vikram Rajvir Singh (born September 17, 1984), is an Indian cricketer. ...
Ishant Sharma (born September 2, 1988, in Delhi, India), is an Indian cricketer, more specifically a medium pace bowler at pace around 130 km/h (80 mph). ...
Joginder Sharma (born October 23, 1983 in Rohtak, Haryana,. A bowling all rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler and captains his state, Haryana. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (Kannada:ಅನಿಲà³â€Œ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷà³à²£ ಕà³à²‚ಬà³à²³à³†) (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and currently the highest wicket-taker for India in both One-Day International and Test matches. ...
Harbhajan Singh (Punjabi: , born: 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and Indias most successful off spin bowler. ...
Piyush Chawla (born 24 December 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. ...
Ramesh Powar (born May 20, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer A stocky offspinner who is more than handy with the bat, Ramesh Powar has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket for the last four seasons, and was crucial to Mumbais Ranji Trophy success in...
Murali Kartik (born September 11, 1976) is an Indian cricketer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ...
Irfan Pathan (Hindi: इरफ़ान पठान, Urdu: عرÙان پٹھان) , born Irfan Khan (Hindi: इरफ़ान ख़ान, Urdu: عرÙان خان on October 27, 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since late 2003. ...
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India) is a cricketer from India, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. ...
Yusuf Khan Pathan (born November 17, 1982) in Baroda is an Indian first class cricketer. ...
Ireland Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers David Langford-Smith (born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian-born Ireland cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in a One-Day International for Ireland, when he dismissed Ed Joyce (a former Ireland cricketer making his debut...
William Boyd Rankin (born July 5, 1984) is an Irish cricketer. ...
Bowling All-Rounders William Kyle McCallan (born August 27, 1975) is an Irish cricketer. ...
David Trent Johnston (born 29 April 1974 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian-born Ireland cricketer. ...
Andre Cornelius Botha (born September 12, 1975 in Johannesburg, Transvaal), is a South African-born Irish cricketer. ...
New Zealand Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Shane Edward Bond (born 7 June 1975 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer. ...
Christopher Stewart Martin (b. ...
James Edward Charles Franklin (born November 7, 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. ...
For Kyle Mills the author, see Kyle Mills (Author) Sideshow Kyle Mills (b. ...
Mark Raymond Gillespie (born 17 October 1979 in Wanganui) is a member of the New Zealand cricket team. ...
Daryl Raymond Tuffey (born 11 June 1978 in Milton, Otago) is a New Zealand cricketer who played Test and ODI cricket for New Zealand between 2000 and 2005, and plays domestic first class cricket for Northern Districts Knights. ...
Michael James Mason (b. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979, Auckland, New Zealand), but brought up in Hamilton attending Marian School St Pauls Collegiate School, is a cricketer who is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team. ...
Jeetan Shashi Patel (born 7 May 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. ...
Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer. ...
Scott Bernard Styris (born Brisbane, Australia 10 July 1975) is a New Zealand cricketer. ...
Pakistan Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Shoaib Akhtar (Urdu: شعیب اختر) (born 13 August 1975 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, widely recognized as the fastest bowler in the world, earning him the name Rawalpindi Express. ...
Mohammad Sami (Urdu: Ù…Øمد سمیع) (born 24 February 1981 in Karachi) is a Pakistani cricketer who specialises in fast bowling. ...
Mohammad Asif (Urdu: Ù…Øمد آصÙ) (born 20 December 1982 in Sheikhupura) is a Pakistani cricketer. ...
Umar Gul (born April 14, 1984 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played five Test matches and 15 one-day internationals for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler. ...
Shabbir Ahmed (born April 21, 1976 in Khanewal) is a Pakistani cricketer. ...
Rao Iftikhar Anjum (born 1 December 1980 in Khanewal) is a Pakistani cricketer. ...
Yasir Arafat Satti (born 12 March 1982 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer. ...
Bowling All-rounders Dinesh Parabha Shanker Kaneria (Urdu: دانش پرابھا شنکر کنیریا) (born 16 December 1980), or Dinesh Kineria, popularly known as Danish Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer (leg spin bowler). ...
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Shoaib Malik (Urdu: شعیب ملک) (born 1 February 1982 in Sialkot) is captain of the Pakistani cricket team. ...
Mohammad Hafeez (born October 17, 1980 in Sargodha) is a Pakistani cricketer. ...
Azhar Mahmood Sagar (Urdu: اظÛر Ù…Øمود ساگر) is a Pakistani cricketer, born February 28, 1975 in Rawalpindi. ...
Fawad Alam (born 8 October 1985 in Karachi) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer. ...
South Africa Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Makhaya Ntini (born 6 July 1977 in Eastern Cape Province) is a South African cricketer, the first black player to play for the South African team. ...
Shaun Maclean Pollock (born July 16, 1973 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. ...
Andre Nel (born 15 July 1977, Germiston, Transvaal) is a South African cricketer who plays Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler. ...
Charl Langeveldt is a South African ODI (One Day International) and Test cricketer. ...
Roger Telemachus (b. ...
Dale Willem Steyn (born June 27, 1983, Phalaborwa) is a cricketer who has played in Test and One-day International cricket for South Africa. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Paul Lee Harris (born 2 December 1978, Harare, Zimbabwe) is a South African cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Titans, Western Province and Warwickshire CCC. He is a Left-arm orthodox spin bowler. ...
Robin John Peterson (b. ...
Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. ...
Justin Miles Kemp (born 2 October 1977, Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. ...
Sri Lanka Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala), usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who is regarded as being the best fast bowler to come out of the country. ...
Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera (better known as Ruchira Perera) (born April 6, 1977 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Dilhara is a right-handed medium-fast bowler in the Sri Lankan cricket team. ...
Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa (born May 13, 1978 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (born August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Nuwan Kulasekara is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Muttiah Muralidaran[1] (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to as Muttiah Muralitharan, or simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was statistically rated as the greatest bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers Almanac. ...
Charitha Malinga Bandara is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Farveez Maharoof is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born 30 June 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
Tillakaratne Dilshan (born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...
West Indies Pace Bowlers Bowling All-Rounders Corey Dalanelo Collymore (born 21 December 1977 in Boscobelle) is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. ...
Fidel Henderson Edwards (born 6 February 1982) in Gays, St Peter, Barbados, is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. ...
For the English footballer, see Darren Powell Daren Brentlyle Powell (born April 15, 1978 in Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Jamaica and Gauteng. ...
Jerome Everton Taylor (born June 22, 1984 in St. ...
Dwayne James John Bravo (born October 7, 1983 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. ...
Christopher (Chris) Henry Gayle (born September 21, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer. ...
Zimbabwe Pace Bowlers Spin Bowlers Gary Bazil Brent (born January 13, 1976 in Sinoia - now Chinhoyi) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ...
Tawanda Mupariwa (born April 16, 1985 in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ...
Bowling All-Rounders Prosper Utseya (born March 26, 1985 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ...
Elton Chigumbura (born March 14, 1986 in Kwekwe) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ...
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