The ball homes in towards Virat Kohli. As he attempts to play a shot, the ball curves away late. By the time Kohli has realised as much, he has already committed to a shot: hitting the ball towards ...

My editors tasked me, having seen more than 500 Test matches, with whittling down the finest 30 fast bowlers who ever drew breath. It is an almost impossible task, but I gave myself a helping hand ...

Cricket has long been a game of competition between the bowler and the batter. Today, two fast bowlers stand tall above the rest: Jasprit Bumrah of India and Mitchell Starc of Australia. Both players ...

Clouds gather over Lord's Ian Kington/AFP via Getty Images It has been cricketing lore ever since an American called Bart King toured England in 1897 and started taking wickets with a delivery known ...

When it comes to young cricketers who aspire to bowl fast, their coaches often stress on the release of the ball, the right seam position and the right areas to pitch the ball in. However, with the ...

Bowling is the heartbeat of cricket—where skill, strategy, and technique come together. Produce pace that overwhelms batsmen, astute seam action that tears defenses apart, or cunning spin that ...

Bowlers in cricket look to challenge batters with swing, seam and spin bowling. Scientists are still learning how bowlers achieve them.