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unusual facts about Fast bowling


Huntsman Williams

Williams, a left-arm fast-medium bowler, was a good enough player in his youth to have represented Rhodesian Nuffield, South African Schools and Rhodesia Country Districts by his 18th birthday.


2005 in cricket

22 September - Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan completes a 21-wicket-haul for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe, equalling the record for wickets taken in two-Test series.

Noor Ali

The Zimbabwe XI contained some players with experience of Test cricket – such as their captain and wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu, and fast bowler Christopher Mpofu – and ODI cricket.


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Harshal Patel

Patel's work with world-renowned fast bowling coach Ian Pont has paid dividends both at Corbett National Park and in Lahli, where Patel spent time under the coach's guidance at HCA training camps to generate more pace and improve his swing.

Kevin Shine

He subsequently served as the director of the Somerset academy, and was appointed England's fast-bowling coach from March 2006 in succession to Troy Cooley.

Simon Wilde

Three of his books have been short-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award: Ranji: A Genius Rich and Strange (1990), Letting Rip: The Fast Bowling Threat from Lillee to Waqar (1994) and Shane Warne: Portrait of a Flawed Genius (2007).