Bowling Tips: Bowling in cricket mixes accuracy with all sorts of illusions in ways that feel almost musical. This art form calls for blending power and skill together with some real strategy. Bowlers turn into masters of the ball pretty much. They shape their own rhythm and let it unfold right on the pitch.
The steady rhythm in a fast bowler’s run-up leads right into the tricky spin from a bowler who turns the ball. Each kind of delivery paints something unique across the surface of the pitch. That creative side shows up in the actual throw, sure. But it also comes through in reading how the batter might react next.
The bowler acts like some kind of mind reader in the game. He has to predict what the batsman plans next. Outsmart those strong defences the batsman sets up. The one big mistake forces him to be dismissed for good. This whole thing turns into a mix of smart thinking and raw gut feelings. A real clash of determination that plays out with each single ball.
Bowling tips from the masters of this art
James Anderson – The only seamer to complete 700 wickets and the highest total wickets in his career among pacers- shared his tip on the positioning of the seam for getting the swing on the ball.
The orthodox technique of swinging the ball advises holding the seam towards the fine leg for inswing by a right-arm pacer and towards the third man for outswing delivery. In addition to that, Anderson used his index and middle fingers to get the revolutions on the ball for backspin.
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For an inswing delivery, he gets his index finger on the seam while releasing the ball for the backspin. Similarly, for the outswing delivery, he positioned his middle finger on the seam to provide the backspin. This technique was used and implemented by him which resulted in making him one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket.
Adil Rashid – England’s leg spinner who consecutively gets to play for his nation and is one of the most successful bowlers on the team. He shared his tip on the significance of pitching the ball in which line and length for a leggie.
In the ODI World Cup 2019, he dismissed Virat Kohli when he was well settled on the pitch and was playing in his 70s, Adil bowled a leg spin with a great seam position which when pitched gave a quick sharp turn to the ball and hit the off stump direct.
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Virat Kohli’s reaction was enough to show, what a great delivery that was with a perfect seam position, line, and length of the delivery by Adil Rashid.
Stuart Broad – The retired legendary pacer of England, holds the record for joint most wickets taken in test cricket alongside James Anderson. Stuart shared his tip on bowling a slower ball to a batsman with the same wrist position.
When a pacer releases the ball, he uses his wrist to flick at the end to get more pace on the ball. Stuart developed a technique of bowling a slower ball by not flicking his wrist at the end of the release and holding the ball with no gap between palm and ball. This results in bowling a slower delivery with the same seam and action to deceive the batsman.
Nathan Lyon – An Australian right-arm off-break bowler with 530 international wickets in Test cricket is considered to have the best technique for bowling an off-spin delivery. His run-up, action, and position of the front leg are highly noticed by the aspiring cricketers and many of them follow him for his brilliance.
He shared a tip on run-up and action used in bowling an orthodox off-break delivery. For rhythm, he marks a seven-step run-up which helps him provide the right momentum while bowling. He twists his body while releasing the ball from his front leg to get more revolutions on the ball and takes time to analyze the right pitching line and length.
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