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[@RichardGadsden]

You asked about the stumps shattering. Most cricket stumps are wood (specifically ash), which is what they were in professional games until 2000 or so. But modern professional games have a camera and a mic inserted inside, and they make the stumps out of some sort of polymer to make them stronger to protect the expensive electronics they've inserted into the stump. Wooden stumps will shatter if they are hit hard enough and at the right angle, but these polymer stumps are nearly indestructible (I don't think they literally make them out of Kevlar, but, honestly, they might as well). PS: traditional materials: bats are from willow, stumps and bails are ash, the ball is cork with a leather cover and stitched really tight.

[@rosscoe3005]

you don't always bowl at the wicket. You bowl in places that make the batter play a certain shot where you have fielders, it reduces the batters runs and encourages mistakes.

[@Shivian124]

Not really true at top level. Bowlers try to force batsmen to change their game, to disrupt them, the put scoreboard pressure. You can put 9 players on the offside and bowl offside all day to Damien Martyn and he would farm you all day, most days of the year. Look at Glenn McGrath. He would bowl a dry line for overs at a time (a line that is hard to score off). Then he would do something very very subtle to vary things and he only needs to beat your bat by half a bat width and you are edged out or bowled. The best bowlers force batsmen to do something they DON'T want to do. Make them change footwork, sit a little on the back foot then they would fire in the fast full ball and you are caught with your feet in the wrong position. That's exactly why Aussies use so many 140kph bouncers. It's literally to make you sit back so when the fuller ball comes, you are in serious danger of getting out. Shane Warne would bowl his stock ball... you'd get slightly comfortable but then the moment you got overconfident he slips in his variation. They literally leave the cover drive open to encourage you to play it. To go for the shot and get runs and if you over committed to doing that shot, you open yourself for the variation.

[@craighenry1734]

I would say that's true of traditional cricket,but in the modern game line and length bowling of yesteryear is being punished by modern batsman who are way more aggressive and unorthodox.These days a bowler is having to use variations more,even in test cricket with bazball as an example,bowlers are having to evolve.That said bowling outside of traditional areas is getting wickets Vs this heightened aggression from batsman.

[@cup1966wow]

@@Shivian124 I mean both are correct. On a swinging pitch you would be looking to make them drive even if that's their best shot. Its not one or the other. The short ball tactic is a perfect example, they literally want you to hook and pull when they have a short ball field. We just saw that in the ashes.

[@Shivian124]

@@cup1966wow You wouldn't bother with the short ball tactic against say prime Ponting on a flat deck. They used short ball tactic against players who were questionable with the shot. Travis Head, Khawaja too (who is obviously a bit stronger on that shot but he did throw his wicket away several times).

[@cup1966wow]

@@Shivian124 It has definitely been tried even against pointing, whether it was successful or not is a different matter. Joe root is normally good at playing the short ball but they did it against him.

[@YobboBear]

That Warne ball you watched is even more impressive when you realise the ball didn’t go behind the batter but squared him up and got past his bat.

[@RealFansSports]

That’s absolutely insane! That bowl had us both mesmerized I could of watched the replay several more times

[@tommullen6417]

Plus it was his first ever "Ashes" delivery.

[@StevenHaze]

@@RealFansSports My only complaint is the top ten itself. There are some other bowlers that should have been in there! D. K. Lillee comes to mind immediately, I do agree that S Warne and Murilitheren should have been there.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Oh yeah Aussie fast bowler Dennis Lillee, going back to the 70's, but damn he cut so many batters down!!

[@peterjackson4763]

I was there, but was side on to the wicket so didn't see how good it was until I got home and saw it on TV.

[@michaelcampbell8112]

As a kiwi, Shane Warne was hated when he played the Blackcaps, but he seemed like a really good bloke. his biggest problem was he was so damn good and he knew it. it was so sad when he died. He could have been a commentator for years, a wealth of knowledge. RIP legend

[@darrtrahberry9754]

That is why he was named the king of spin

[@venderstrat]

He should have been the skipper.

[@ollieduracell]

Struck terror into us too (England) but as you rightly said, seemed like a top bloke.

[@RB-fp8hn]

I was born and raised in India, and then I've been living in the US for about 15 years now. So I now understand both cricket and baseball quite well. I say this while being as objective as possible: cricket is a far more "sophisticated" game, due to the sheer variety of things that can be done. Fundamentally, there are two things behind this variety: the batter can score in any direction of the field ... front, back, anywhere, but the batter doesn't HAVE to score on every single ball delivered. On the other hand, the bowler will bounce the ball on the pitch. And just the fact that the ball bounces once (usually, though not mandatory by the rules) allows the bowler to add an insane amount of variety beyond what we can see in the arsenal of a baseball pitcher. Also, even after so many years in the US, I still find it funny that in baseball, people feel the need to use big ass gloves to catch the ball. I am 40 years old now, and was never a professional cricket player. But even to this day, I have no problem catching a hard throw of a baseball without gloves. It's just about practice and technique.

[@markmann4392]

Good explanation. The other thing I'd point out is that a baseball batter never has to face more than 6 deliveries. A cricket batsman can face hundreds of deliveries, so the concentration span is much longer.

[@oldmangaming9259]

Brit here and i still remember the first lessons at Junior School in how to catch a cricket ball. We were not allowed on the pitch till we learned how to do that without injury. But this was the 1980s so then we batted without helmets.... And yes, they bowled at our heads. Sometimes we had leg pads. If we didn't then we played anyway. Thank goodness that's not a thng any more...

[@urbansufi786]

Play a test match for five days and sometimes on the last session of the last day all 3 results are possible, there are not many sports that can generate so much drama.

[@SirHumphrey498]

Malcolm Marshall is a true F#CKIN legend ,,,, trust me Australians feared the man. Then Australians cried when he died too ,,,, RIP Malcolm Marshall ,,, us old time Australians will never forget you.

[@joeblack1652]

The crazy thing about that Shane Warne delivery is it didn’t go behind the batsman, it spun past the front of the batsman an still manage to hit the top of off stump. It’s known as “the ball of the century”

[@Shivian124]

15:44 Warne being the king of spin isn't sarcasm. It's sincere. Legspin is an extremely difficult form of bowling to control well. Warne had a ridiculous amount of control so that's why they called him the king of spin. He bowled what he wanted when he wanted it and had unbelievable knowledge of how to set batsmen up etc. Anyone who dominated Warne in passages of play proved they were exceptional players. That's a great benchmark for any batter.

[@raymondharris6035]

Sometimes you won't attack the wickets because the Batsmen might be of the sort who is really strong on the front foot. So the fielding team might employ a tactic where they would bowl short of a length in order to force the batsmen into playing on the back foot and then he's of course more likely to make a mistake and get caught in the slips. The batsmen may of course leave the ball, but he won't score runs if he keeps on leaving it, and he builds pressure on his batting partner if you don't "rotate the strike" Some bowlers take longer run up because for they are more rythem bowlers they need the longer run up to get their rythem for an accurate fast delivery. Others have a short run up but still generate lots of speed, Mitchell Johnson is probably the best example of that. There is an important thing about the game that you won't pick up on the video's. That is the mental part, when you walk up to bat in a competitive game(and this is true at all levels, from Village to International). The opposing team's fielders are constantly trash talking, you make a mistake or a swing and a miss, all the guys in the slips will ooo aaaah and then have all sorts of creative and often hilarious comments. "Chirping" as it's called is an art form in itself, generally there are unspoken rules like you leave out mothers, sisters and wives, girlfriends might still be fair game if you know the guy personally. :D Does that happen in baseball?

[@RealFansSports]

We really appreciate this comment. So to answer the last question there are similar circumstances in baseball where different pitches are favored by different batter and they will bring up a different pitcher to work that area. But the complexity and mentaillity of the game is different in ways!

[@akshat_khare]

@@RealFansSports my man , he was talking about the chirping part .

[@shabeebabbas5364]

@@RealFansSports I could help you understand the physics of why the ball behaved the way Warne bowled it and why the middle stump broke on Waqar's bowl (it had nothing to do with bad stump quality or the way it was made but instead with moment of force). Unfortunately it's hard to explain the whole physics in this comment, as everything in cricket could be explained by it. I understood most of my physics' concepts by playing cricket, especially Dynamics as I am an off-break bowler.

[@normanholmes11]

In the 90's curtly Ambrose was a nightmare for any batsman and the other end was Walsh the first bowler to take 500 wickets

[@aijazalisoomro9080]

Waqar and wasim akram was two w's ruled the fast bowling world .. both were amazing and fantastic and furious also nightmare to every batsman even on the prime time of Waqar and wasim batsman hands and legs shaking and getting nervous to how to stay on crease

[@Grogu-485]

Ambrose was the very best in the 90s

[@Shivian124]

I'm a little shocked by the voiceover saying Dale Steyn "wasn't the quickest". He bowled phenomenally quick. Much of his career regularly over 150kph. And he was super super aggressive. Like he did want to kill you with each ball. I'm pretty sure he was quicker than all the bowlers that preceded him on the video.

[@farhadchaudhry]

Yeah his thing was he could swing the ball at high pace.

[@SK-ew3kk]

More like 144

[@defjam137]

@@SK-ew3kk so 144 wasnt fast?

[@MrBrenos]

Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tate were faster. Wild things

[@SK-ew3kk]

@@defjam137 not when compared to likes of Brett Lee, Akhtar, Shane Bond, Shaun tait etc

[@scottdavey3804]

The Gatting ball is considered to be the ball of the century. Warnie was a master of his craft

[@GregArnott]

No limit to the run up. Merv Hughes, a large intimidating Australian bowler and complete crowd-pleasing character, chose to bowl from the edge of the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground - one of the largest cricket grounds in the world). Using a foot to push off the boundary fence to start his run up to bowl, on one delivery only, just to have the batsman shivering in his boots for longer!

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

The length of run-up increases with the bowlers speed. Slow or spin bowlers have a short run-up but the fast bowlers have long run-ups. It's a very personal action, specific to each bowler.

[@RealFansSports]

We noticed when watching some recent games that it was different length's for different bowlers which we thought was interesting. Thank you for checking out the video and leaving a comment.

[@joyfulzero853]

As for run up lengths I think the only stipulation is you have to start inside the boundary. Interestingly one of the quickest bowlers around at the moment is Mark Wood of England. He generated a lot of pace from his body action off a short run up. His problem was he broke down with injuries regularly. Eventually from advice from some great bowlers, coaches, and physios he adopted a much longer run up which has improved things because it has taken some of the stress out of his bowling action without reducing his pace.

[@dumdum6280]

@15:28 Whether late Shane Warne was the king of spin bowling in general is arguable but he definitely was the greatest leg spinner in the history of the game.

[@RealFansSports]

We appreciate your unbiased comment! From what we have seen he was really fun to watch

[@praveenpillay4329]

arguable? Really!! He is the greatest spinner of all time. He took wickets in all playing conditions unlike Murali who primarily used to feed on deteriorating subcontinental wickets.

[@colddiesel]

Do not be so blinkered, Murali got wickets wherever he played in the world and Warne's average in India on the supposedly turning wickets was over 40. Both Murali and Warne would have had better averages /wicket but they had to do a lot of 'stock ' bowling when the quick bowlers were tired. "Of all time" includes, Laker, O'Reilly, Verity, Ramadhin and of course SF Barnes.@@praveenpillay4329

[@stevvvvveperry]

​@@praveenpillay4329 he's not just the greatest spin bowler of all time, but the greatest bowler of all time period. There has never been a more dominant bowler than warnie. Only some of the West Indian guys in the 80s and 90s could maybe give him a run for his money.

[@martinwhite2369]

The key to understanding the Warne ball is that as you look down the pitch towards the batter, the ball is spinning anti-clockwise. That spin makes the ball curve in the air left to right (same effect as a tennis ball, base ball or mishit golf shot. That same spin makes it break the other way when it hits the ground.

[@visb4643]

There is no rules for how far back you can bowl from but there is an over rate. The team is supposed to bowl at a certain over rate and will be fined if they go below it. Also, it's diminishing returns if you're going past a certain distance for your run up

[@fentonfamily695]

A bouncer is really a surprise ball. Realistically it gets delivered so that it bounces up into the batsmen’s throat. It is incumbent upon the Batsman to move out of the way and defend himself. Shot selection of restricted with a bouncer and you can more easily set a field to catch him out. You can also use it to purely intimidate.

[@funkyfazer55]

don't forget Imran Khan was injured with a broken leg and out of the game for 3 years, at his peak. people have said not only would be in the all time 11 team, he would be that teams captain. also swing bowling, and reverse swing, has alot to thank Imran Khan for. he changed bowling

[@markb2035]

Great but hasn't taken as many as Broad or Anderson

[@funkyfazer55]

@@markb2035 They have had conditions to help them. Akram amd Marshall have less wickets but are better bowlers than both of them. and don't forget Anderson would have no wickets without the swing bowling he learnt from Akram, who leanr from Irman. both Akram and Imran would be in the all time 11, Broad and Anderson woud not be

[@A.R.V_02]

​@@markb2035 Imran didn't need specific conditions and only home series test match statpadding to be considered one of the greatest all rounder/captain of all time, no offence, not only that but he was a pioneer of reverse swing, was the teacher of the 2 Ws, Pakistan back then had immense and insane talent, most of our bowlers were pioneers and made so many greats after them their student, a shame that we as an entire country are a shadow of our former selves

[@debbierah5536]

The guy at 7:36 is fast bowler Michael Holding who played for the West Indies. He was known as "Whispering Death" to fellow cricketers and cricket fans.

[@balmaintilidie]

As others have said big difference between the styles of bowling but the greats of all the best balls are the ones that swing one way then they can hit the seam and move it back the other way. Plus with when in whites they are playing a Test match because it's 5 days long it also becomes a war of attrition as well. It's not like baseball you only change the (if you want) ball after 90 overs. So as the ball gets older it can become softer so bounces less , but as some of those showed can get it to reverse swing, only a select few seem to be able to reverse. Others don't be able to but bowl continually on the right areas without giving away heaps of runs try to hit the seam and surprise the batsman.

[@YobboBear]

Apart from the boundary there is no restriction on the length of the run up. There is a minimum number of overs to be bowled per day in test cricket and a required over rate in one day cricket. Exceeding these time limits will get the team docked points or fined. Of course there is also the fitness of the bowler to also consider.

[@Shivian124]

17:20 The Warne ball went back across his front not behind his legs. It drifted in before it pitched (landed) to square the batsmen up. The batsman twists around to face where the ball is bouncing but then the ball spun back across the front of him and he's in no position to protect his off stump anymore. So it clipped the outside of the stump. But yes Warne has bowled people behind their legs. The reason this ball was so iconic was it was his first Ashes ball and he basically made the entire English dressing room go pale seeing that delivery. Gatting the batsman was supposed to be their best player against spin and he was completely bamboozled.

[@martinwhite2369]

Malcolm Marshall once hit the England batsman Mike Gatting flush on the nose. Gatting was wearing a helmet but no grille, so his nose was broken badly. Gatting left the field and when Marshall picked up the ball to restart the match, there was a bit of Gatting’s nose bone still stuck in the leather.

[@yentasnivla]

Poor Mike Gatting. Always the victim of some legendary bowling.

[@benglasspool2166]

I remember in a press conference after the game Gatting was taking questions with a very bruised and swollen face and some idiot journalist actually asked him where exactly the ball hit him 😅

[@iucounu1]

Baseball pitchers do not always aim for the strike zone. Quite often, as far as I understand it, they're trying to throw pitches which induce the batter to swing and miss, and the batter is in turn trying to avoid swinging on pitches which don't clip the strike zone. Much the same occurs in cricket. Bowlers are often not aiming to hit the stumps, but to bowl deliveries which *look* like they'll hit, but then leave the batter via movement off the pitch or in the air, and induce an edge to the catchers behind the wicket. Alternatively, they *are* looking to hit the stumps, but with deliveries which don't look like they will. Short-pitched bowling is a different kind of game. When you bowl a bouncer you're not going to hit the wicket unless something bizarre happens. Aside from the intimidatory element - it's not fun having Curtly Ambrose try to take your head off, and there's no actual penalty for him if he does hit you - this is really about challenging the batter to score runs. Yes, the batter can simply duck short-pitched bowling, and many do. If the ball is so short it steeples up so high that the batter can't hit it, that's a no-ball, an illegal delivery. But if it's hittable and you duck it, there's no runs for you ... and if you *can* hit a bouncer, with a cross-batted hook or pull shot, a baseball-style shot, it will likely fly to the boundary. These are not easy shots, though - they require a lot of skill and courage. It's a high-risk/high-reward duel between bowler and batter.

[@iucounu1]

oh also, while Wasim Akram was a wonderful bowler, the idea that he should be number 1 on this list is kind of adorable! Bless whoever it was in Pakistan who put it together but Wasim might sneak in at 10.

[@masiTzz]

Non at the start “ 😬👋🏾” 🤣🤣🤣

[@legendofnothing1]

The insane Shane Warne delivery is known as the ball of the last century.

[@AndrewLegget]

To put Glen McGrath in a baseball sense, I'd compare him to Mariano Rivera in that you knew exactly what you were going to get when you faced him, but he was so good that it didn't matter. Warne is just a magician who managed to deceive even the greatest players. Some names o this list you might find interesting, there was a spell by Mitchell Johnson against England in the ashes that was just brutal. Mitchel Starc also has some good and brutal highlights, particularly in the one-day code.

[@GeshmanXD]

17:46 Warne has imparted a HUGE amount of spin onto the ball, the revs make it drift (curve) in the air towards the 'leg-side', behind the batter. Once the ball pitches on the surface, those revs grip the surface and it 'spins' back towards the 'offside' (in front of the batter) - it actually slipped between the batters block and his leg

[@demeraragirl]

Bowlers are selected by the captain according to the status of the pitch and the bowlers ability to exploit it and also the abilities of the batsmen . If the captain knows that a batsman has a hard time playing spin then of course as soon as that batsman comes to the crease ,spin comes in and the same with fast bowling. The setting of the field is dictated in the same way because teams try to do their research on each player of the opposing team

[@anandbakshi4391]

That Ball from Shane Warne was termed as "THE BALL OF THE CENTURY" by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

[@simonsaunders8147]

There's no limit to the length of the run-up. Roger Willis of England used to start his run almost from the boundary. Very ungainly-looking but a helluva bowler.

[@UKJesterVids]

That's Bob Willis kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqWzqJKQqdGglbM&pp=ygUSYm9iIHdpbGxpcyBib3dsaW5n

[@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

Was Roger Robert or 'Bob's brother?😂😂

[@sagar-lx7dg]

LBW(Leg Before Wicket): An umpire will give a batsman out LBW if they use a part of their body to block a delivery that would have gone on to hit the stumps. And the bowlers aim high or at batsmen so if the the ball touches his bat or gloves and player catches it, then its given out.

[@nethushacorea]

4:55 bowlers do not always bowl high..... bowlers places the ball in different places to get the batsman out .Sometimes bowlers puts the ball right next to the batsman's toes and it is called a yorker .There is a bowler called Lasith Malinga in Sri Lanka and he is known to be the king of yorkers and it is so satisfying to see his balls , it looks like magic to see the ball pitch and crash into the wicket ......... And there is a baller in India called Jasprit Bumrah he is also known to be the king of yorkers but Lasith Malinga is quite better than him. So pls react to Malinga's yorkers in the next video.

[@SMA265]

Bumrah is good, but king of yorkers is stretching it.

[@jakenicholls9914]

Curt “the hurt” Ambrose best fast bowler of all time. Hate to say this as an England fan, without equal Shane Warne. As they used to say “It’s not over till the fat man spins’ Legend and sorely missed.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Guys! I think that you will find that the middle stump which was shattered was an early "stump cam" stump which held a tiny camera but the shaft of the stump was hollowed to accommodate the cable etc...CHeers!

[@benwooster4299]

Just FYI Doosra is an Urdu word, it roughly means ‘the other one’. Murali’s off-break turned in towards the right handed batter, and the Doosra turned away from him. Many batter couldn’t tell which was coming down at them until it bounced, which was far too late to react. Like Hadlee he was basically his teams only good bowler so he bowled a lot of overs and his success was their only chance of winning. All of the names on this list are amazing bowlers, in different ways. But most cricket fans my age would have put Shane Warne at the top of the list. Since he and Glen McGrath played together for a decade or so the Aussies were the best team in the world through that time

[@yentasnivla]

Also they said he changed the game or the way it was done. He caused 2 changes. 1 how throwing or stoning was measured. 2 How batsmen had to play off spin. He was so good and accurate that they could not take runs off of him. He also read the batman like an open book. I feel like if he had the Caroom, he would have taken more wickets.

[@kamranashraf71]

Run from as far as you want as long as you are within the field of play, but longer run-up doesn't always mean faster or better, different bowlers bowled from different length run-ups as long as that gave them the best chance of optimizing a balanced approach to the wicket so they can deliver the ball with pace and control.

[@vtbn53]

The stumps (wickets) were different back in the day, they were much stronger as these days the stumps have microphones in them, and sometimes cameras.

[@craigpereira2430]

Short bowling (bowling high) is very difficult for a batsman to play , its not in the comfortable positions for the hands or wrists and generally means you have to play off the back foot , which is not as easy as playing on the front foot. Playing back foot is generally more defensive and does not have the same amount of shots to play as the front foot. So its also easier to get the batsman out. Thats why taller bowlers are generally dangerous, because they are uncomfortable to play.

[@Azabarker]

It's good to see you lads checking out one of the most popular games around the world. Our should do the top ten fastest bowlers, 100 miles an hour!!!

[@joeblack1652]

Often a bowler will bowl a “fourth stump” line. This line can create uncertainty in the batsman’s mind. If the ball is aimed at the stumps then they know they have to play a shot. If the ball is wide they know they can leave. It is when the ball is on that fourth stump line, maybe hitting, maybe not, that doubt comes into the batsman’s mind and it can force loose shots or poor defence that create catching chances. Sam applies for deliveries that bounce over the stumps. Maybe the line is towards the stumps but the bounce is hard to gauge. This can be more difficult on a five days test pitch as they have variable bounce. Sometimes a ball that land on the same length may bounce different heights. This means one ball bounces over the stumps while another goes on to hit. This also creates uncertainty in the batsman’s mind and can lead to wickets. You also see bowlers bowl to their field. They might be bouncing a player because they know they are weak to that delivery and they have set the field accordingly. They might be bowing wide because they know he is strong playing shots off his stumps. Often bowling too straight at the stumps creates scoring opportunities. Thank you for reading my essay on why bowlers don’t aim for the stumps every ball 😂

[@spider7665]

19:48 This kind of play is called stumping. And the guy(Sangakkara) who do that in this clip is one of the best at it.

[@nox6885]

The Long walk part killed me 😂😂😂

[@OTDPlantagenet]

The purpose of bowling short essentially is to get the batsman onto the back foot. If you bowl full, the batsmans first movement will be to go forward. This enjenders an attacking attitude and it will make the batsman hard to bowl at. Bowl a short ball and his first movement will be back. It can induce a catch because the balls trajectory is already going upward. but the real intention is to get him on the back foot for the next ball. Which is probably a setup for an lbw.

[@alanmansfield664]

The walk back to the stadium. The reverse look for a full walk out from the stadium of one I V A Richards, Viv, sport as theatre from one of the very best. Also him leading the Antiqua national team out at the Malaysian Commonwealth Games - the coolest dude on the planet.

[@balmaintilidie]

Bowlers bowling styles determine usually what sort of things a ball can do, swing in air , cut off the pitch, extra bounce, the best can swing it both ways ,and cut it off the pitch both ways , keep it continually in the areas they want to put it.

[@Raven-fh2yy]

Most fast bowlers, both seam and swing, will bowl just outside the off (left hand from the bowler's perspective) stump the seam and or swing then will either take the ball into the stumps or away, this puts doubt in the batsman's mind and he (or she) will have to play at the ball particularly if the length that the ball is bowled means the bounce may hit the top of the stumps. Ideally the ball will either seam or swing in and hit the top of the off stump or seam or swing away and catch the edge of the bat which may be caught by the wicket keeper or the slips fielders. Unlike baseball where the batter never moves forward or back the batsman may do either and indeed initially set up to play the ball behind or in front of the crease. So, the bowlers vary the length of where the ball bounces to compensate for this or make the batsman move into a position that makes them vulnerable. The classic one, two, three is two short balls bouncing up into the body to push the batsman back and the third aiming to bounce at the batsman's feet and go under the swinging bat to hit the stumps (this last ball is called a Yorker). If you find a video of Scott Boland taking 5 at the MCG you'll see this classic fast bowler technique of line and length bowling with the natural variation of the ball bouncing providing the wickets.

[@robhughes4682]

Shane Warne should be #1!! Such a travesty! He was the Michael Jordan of cricket!

[@RealFansSports]

Lol! He was definitely special from all of the reactions that we have recieveed. Seemed like a good dude and a phenomenal athlete

[@praveenpillay4329]

Shane is/was cricketing Royalty all across the globe and is probably the only modern player we can mention along with Sir Don.

[@yentasnivla]

Also for question 5 your comment about LBW. The ball needs to be aimed at the stumps for that. Someone said about forcing a strong front foot player on the back foot. Also you force them to defend and temp with a slighty wider ball and let them take some risk. And if you did your job well enough they spend so much time blocking that they attack the wrong ball and get out caught. Out Caught is the most common way of getting out in cricket.

[@pruthvimeka3259]

the West Indies are famous for their bouncers, they literally terrorized the cricket pitch with their unique bowling back in the 80's for almost 2 decades they ruled the cricket tournaments with with their bowling.

[@danusams]

Major League Cricket (MLC) is coming to the US. Are you guys excited? 😍

[@johnyjoseph1163]

In cricket, there are several ways a batsman can be dismissed, also known as getting "out." Here are the main types of dismissals: 1. **Bowled**: If the bowler delivers the ball, and it hits the stumps, dislodging the bails, the batsman is considered "bowled out." This happens when the ball passes the batsman's bat and strikes the stumps directly. 2. **Caught**: If a fielder catches the ball hit by the batsman before it touches the ground, the batsman is considered "caught out." The fielder must have complete control over the ball while it is in play, within the field of play. 3. **LBW (Leg Before Wicket)**: If the ball strikes the batsman's leg before hitting the bat, and the umpire judges that it would have gone on to hit the stumps, the batsman is given out LBW. However, there are specific criteria for an LBW dismissal, including the point of impact, the line of the delivery, and whether the batsman was attempting to play a shot. 4. **Run Out**: A batsman can be dismissed "run out" if, while they are attempting to run between the wickets, a fielder dislodges the bails with the ball before the batsman reaches the crease at the other end of the pitch. This can happen from a direct throw or a fielder breaking the stumps with the ball while the batsman is out of their crease. 5. **Stumped**: If the wicketkeeper removes the bails with the ball while the batsman is out of their crease and not attempting a run, the batsman is considered "stumped." This typically occurs when a batsman is beaten by a delivery and moves out of their crease to play a shot. 6. **Hit Wicket**: If a batsman accidentally knocks down their own stumps with their bat or any part of their body while attempting a shot or preparing to receive a delivery, they are considered "hit wicket" and are out. 7. **Handled the Ball**: If a batsman deliberately touches the ball with a hand that is not holding the bat without the permission of the fielding side, they are considered "handled the ball" and are given out. 8. **Obstructing the Field**: If a batsman deliberately obstructs a fielder from attempting to field the ball, they can be given out "obstructing the field." 9. **Timed Out**: If a new batsman takes longer than three minutes to arrive at the crease after the previous batsman has been dismissed, they can be given out "timed out" at the discretion of the umpire. These are the main types of dismissals in cricket, each requiring specific conditions to be met as per the laws of the game.

[@distortedsoul27]

The bowler is trying to bowl to their field, as in where their fielders are set. For fast bowlers (particularly when opening the bowling in a Test Match) the common place to bowl is a zone between off stump and just outside off stump: it can be called a lot of things, but one that sticks is the "corridor of uncertainty", because it forces the batsman to either leave or play at the ball. Doing this brings in edges that carry to the keeper, slips, or gully positions, or possibly opening the off stump to be hit. It can also bring an lbw shout if the ball deviates far enough to hit in line with the stumps and is going to hit the stumps.

[@Rassskle]

A bowlers run up can be as long as he wants, but the team do have to bowl a minimum numbers of overs a session and a day. The young Dennis Lillee ( when he was REALLY quick ) had a run up that was probably over 40 yards long, maybe about 50 yards. His whole career he did sprint training every morning, on the flat and up hill. From memory at least 20 sprints from 80 to 100+ yards..... every day. In a game, he might have to bowl over 17 overs in one day, and close to 30 overs in a day and a half. An over is 6 balls so that is about 100 sprints in one day and about 180 in one and a half days. The older Lillee ran in hard but balanced, the younger and quicker Lillee was sprinting in to bowl like in a serious race.

[@alabang100]

seeing Michael Holding on here, reminds me of the commentator saying "the bowler is Holding the batsmen's Willey" during a test match between West Indies and England when Michael Holding was bowling to Peter Willey

[@pruthvimeka3259]

the run up for fast bowlers can be really long. if you want you can run all the way from just before the boundary rope all the way to the bowling crease which is more than 30 yards or you can bowl with a run up of 2-3 yards. up to you, key is how much pace can you generate at the time of release with your run up. check out shoiab akthar, or bret lee run up. then watch dale Steyn or zaheer khan bowling. the run up depends on the bowler and the kind of delivery.

[@mosaw4698]

1. The idea of not directly bowling at the wickets is to tempt the batsman to (mis)hit the ball and get caught out. If you were constantly bowling at the wickets, it'd become extremely predictable and the batsman could easily predict your next ball and prepare to hit it. 2. Technically there's no rules to how far a bowler's run up can be. The idea of a run up is to generate momentum to bowl fast. You'll notice all of those long run ups are for fast bowlers (the other major type are spin bowlers - Shane Warne/Murali). But if you take too long of a run up, you're going to be tired by the time you reach the crease and not be able to bowl as fast after a couple of deliveries. So it's about getting a balance between bowling fast and not tiring yourself out too much. 3. There's majorly 2 types of bowlers - fast and spin. Fast bowlers use speed, bounce and swing as their main weapons. Although swing can change the direction of the ball while it's in the air, it's not as drastic as spin. Spin bowlers use spin as their main weapon. They bowl a lot slower so they have to be able to change the direction of the delivery a lot more to deceive the batsman. Hence the use of angles while bowling a delivery by Murali. The batsman sees the ball moving in one direction as it leaves the bowler's hand and turn after it bounces giving him less time to adjust to the new path. Most spin bowlers are either off-spinners or leg-spinners. This refers to which direction (from left to right or right to left) they turn the ball once it bounces. But occasionally an off spinner can turn the ball in the other direction, called a doosra (which literally means "the second/other one in Hindi). When a leg spinner does it, it's called a googly.

[@LinkinPark15Ash]

19:55 react to the top fielding efforts if you're into those plays. You guys will love it. And best run outs too

[@Shivian124]

19:48 That looks like just a stumping technically speaking but yes it's an extraordinary one. The ball moved so far the keeper had to dive to get it which is amazing. It surprised everyone! I don't know what to look for for compilations of that stuff. There can't be much of it. You could probably just try finding "best cricket stumpings compilation".

[@blackmonday5295]

You have to start the bowling run within the field of play. The considerations are 1 You want to accelerate through the crease (so not too long) 2 You want to be balanced in the gather (not too short) 3 Fatigue. 4 Over rate

[@izzatazizrehman6538]

Short length bowling is used to play with the batter's mentally to push him to go to back foot as initial movement so when a ball is delivered where batsman's initial movement should be front foot but he is confused so more prone to making mistake if short ball aiming for the body can induce false pull or hook shot and increasing chance of getting him out

[@benguillemet6392]

4:45 bowlers bowl different lines and lengths to set up plans, and to keep the batter guessing. Batters have strengths and weaknesses, so bowlers will set fields and bowl it in certain areas, based on plans for each batter, to exploit those strengths and weaknesses.

[@carloslovell1470]

Love this video. I’m West Indian and cricket is like a religion in the Caribbean (West Indies). If you guys wanna know the history of how we dominated the game for 20 years, watch a documentary called “Fire in Babylon” Great Stuff guys!

[@Lupi33z]

before drones they used to have a camera inside the middle stump of the wickets (stump cam)...that created a weak spot that often the stump would shatter if it were hit

[@SherazAli-pq3fw]

After some research I believe that a bowler should have a run up that will help him/her with generating speed during your release.

[@user-lu2wg5ex7f]

A fast bowler can come running in from the boundary (edge of the field). But they usually don't. 20 to 35 meters to reach the crease. Slow/spin bowlers usually deliver from near the crease / bowling end.

[@muhammadmohaiminulislam7189]

If wickets are targeted every time, it would become too obvious for batsman. There are many more dimentions in the strategy. Like you can prevent batsmanmen from scoring dragging down the total run collection. There's also a psychological side of it , batsman long deprived of run plays bad shots (resulting in an out ultimately). It's an "almost official" thing. Teams do many things just for psychological advantage.

[@dalecard9158]

Bouncers get the batsmen thinking about getting physically hurt which sometimes means whilst pre-emptively thinking a bouncer is coming, they might not be in the best position to play a shot that targets the wickets or their outside edge.

[@gartgreenside3657]

Great vid. I have to say that Glenn McGrath is the 3rd highest fast bowler wicket taker in test history with 563, and 6th higher bowler of any description. Fast bowlers tend to pick up more injuiries than spin and rely on pace and have shorter careers than spin bowlers. Stuart Broad fast bowled for England for 16 years from 2007 to 2023. 604 test wickets. Jimmy Anderson started playing for England 4 years before Broad and is still going - currently on an astonishing 696 test wickets. At his peak his was brilliant and his longevity is astonishing. Getting 5 or 10 years at the top is an acheivement, but you need 10 or 15 to be a great. He's past 20 years.

[@rjb29uk]

The stumps used to be made of just wood in the older clips, so sometimes the bowlers would actually destroy a stump or two. Nowadays in short form cricket (T20, ODI) I think they're made of plastic, so they're a bit more robust, can carry sponsors logos, and have LEDs in them to light up when they're hit (same goes for the bails on top of the stumps). But I think they're still wood in Test Cricket (5-day matches, two innings per team).

[@user-ks4jo2bl6y]

As far as the split stump goes equipment failure like that is very unusual but there is also the possibility that that middle stump was either intentionally bad knowing it would shatter when he hit it to rile the crowd and scare the opposition or it was the very early days of ‘stump Mike’s’ when they just drilled holes in them to position it.

[@kierans1159]

Bowling short tends to make the batsman stand back in his crease, rather than coming forward, which may result in the loss of teeth. It then leaves the batsman prone to the full pitched ball bowled right at his feet ( a yorker) which is difficult to defend.

[@Ducatirati]

That's true Kieran's, but the short stuff made me bat another 6 inches outside my crease and before the ball is near I am back and across perfectly balanced waiting to move foward or back instantly but short I'm inside the line and if it's there , I'll pull it squarish or watch it on thru to the keeper , I never wore a helmet , no way would I turn my back or head on a ball , it watched from the start of his run up till it hits the bat under my eyes , but now , Helmets make for bad shot selection, cheers bro

[@Ducatirati]

One thing , I have never heard mentioned, and it should be , because it's crucial , and that is the subject of ball shyness , no one wants to get hit with a cricket ball , but in truth , not being in line of the ball , the chances of playing a ball into your own mush increase exponentially, but if your in line , it's easier to see , hit , protect yourself , it's crucial to combat ball shyness , and learn to play off your body , they say practice make perfect, but if you have a flaw in your technique, you'll practice it into your game , practice makes permanent, so fix any flaw before you practice into your game. Ball shyness ,a good place to start , it's a natural feeling , RARARA

[@jasonjones3638]

There'll never be another Shane Warne. Leg spin had all but disappeared from the game then he showed up. We had heard of him in the UK, but he was a puppy when he arrived, so the old established guard thought nothing of it. 1st ball 1st BALL! Me and my dad just looked at each other and didn't speak a word for a minute, trying to wrap our heads around how that happened. Then I just said, 'OH SHIT!' and continued to say that for almost 2 decades. RIP Warney.

[@MrT67]

Yes Gents, as you say " Hadlee was the whole ship" pretty much for New Zealand. The rest of the bowling attack was club level pretty much, although we had some good batsmen such as Martin Crowe, John Wright and Andrew Jones. In decades of trying New Zealand had only won one test match prior to Richard Hadlee making the team. By the time he retired he had played a part in 22 wins for the 86 test matches he had played. He ended his career with the World record for number of test wickets at 431 and was ranked the number 1 test bowler for most of the 1980's.

[@JungleTunes94]

I'd have Anderson in here I think especially if you are going to have Steyn in, hes still playing and will probably pass Warne t become the most successfull test fast bowler of all time. Considering he apparently cant bowl overseas its not a bad record

[@joshroach9315]

Anderson is a better fast bowler than Warne but since Warne bowled leg-spin it's a moot point

[@prashastbhatnagar8995]

A high bounce ball or a bouncer can be a technique of intimidation as well as a way to halt batsman from scoring and more often than no it is used to prompt a reaction from the batsman to hit that ball which is difficult to control and hence might just lead to a catch out. Usually used against batsment who are quick on their feet.

[@andrewyoung9282]

Batsmen work on certain aspects of batting. So a bowler bowling straight at the stumps is bowling into an area that the batsman is comfortable with. So varying the length of the line and using any swing or seam movement can and usually takes a batsman out the f his comfort zone. The men standing behind the stumps are called wicket keeper and slip cordon. They are in a catching position. A ball that moves off a straight line could find the edge of the bat and shoot out to 1 of those catchers. Alternatively a batsman could play for the no moving ball and find it moves back on him/her and hit the stumps. So bowling straight is probably not the most used of deliveries. A ball bowled short of a length can push a batsman to play the ball on the back foot. Enough deliveries of this type can convince a batsman to start on the back foot. So a straighter ball pitched up on a Yorker length could either bowl a batsman or catch them LBW if they are not quiCK enough to pick up the length. So varying speed, line and length serves a purpose.

[@narayanan26]

Each bowler has his/her own style, and depending upon the situation, the bowler will bowl the ball they sometimes bowl a bounce, which will go above the shoulder of the batsmen, in ODI one boncer allowed per over in Test Matches no limits

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

All wickets are uniform, if it smashes it may be ball speed. Though where you see it with Younis's bowl I think it could be a very hard pitch (hard dry soil like clay)that the wickets are driven into that the ground doesn't give way with the force so the wood shatters under the force. If you get what u mean🤞🏻

[@sandeepjayaram9674]

Quick stuff: the space between both stumps is 22 yards. A fast bowler generally runs in from around 25 yards building up steam. Some could be shorter for example Wasim Akram. Some could be longer like Michael Holding. On another matter, the three wooden uprights are called stumps. The wicket is a vague term that means all three stumps together. It also means getting a dude out and it even stretches itself accommodate the 22 yards between the stumps at either end.

[@gregorturner9421]

not mentioned is that number 3 and number 2 are both spin masters and had the longest running rivalry to get the most wickets with it changing every cricket game either was involved in. such was Warne's respect and friendship with Murli that when the 2004 tsunami hit, Warne was the first one on a plane to Sri Lanka to help his friend out with the clean up afterwards.

[@zainquadri1206]

@11:37 "How far back can you go?" Your question is absolutely on point... There is NO limit... And you can see Waqar Younus here and looks like tge playing conditions in this clip are fairly pleasant... But this guy was the devil... He used to run up from the boundary in Sharjah where the tempratures peaked to 46-47 degrees C... And not just the one odd ball... ALL SIXTY deliveries...

[@totallylegit4092]

Bowling is an art. So you have fielders all around you and the batsmen tend to be very good at that level. So many bowl in ways to try to make you take certain shots that will be easily fielded or even have you caught out. Then you put a few balls towards the wickets so they must defend which can go wrong for them. As a bowler you are constantly analyzing the batsman you are bowling to in order to try and get him to make a mistake. It's really actually quite amazing the theory behind it.

[@0anant0]

That guy with short run-up (Malcolm Marshall) is singlehandedly responsible for the face guard on helmets in cricket. He once bowled a bouncer to Mike Gatting which unfortunately landed on Mike's nose -- broke his nose and some fragments of the nasal bone were found to be stuck to the ball! Sunil Gavaskar was reputed to play with a simple cap and faced fast bowlers like Thompson and Lillie, but after this incident, head protection was taken seriously.

[@malcolmcooke2024]

The run up is usually around 20-30 meters for the fast bowlers there is also a time limit between balls and the bowling team have to bowl so many overs in the play time or they get fined

[@yentasnivla]

Your question at 5 minutes. Every good ball has a purpose. The bouncer, chin height is to intimidate the batsman and keep him unsettled. A good bouncer at rib height is to surprise the batsman to fend it or defend it and give an easy catch. There was also a slow bouncer with would entice the batsman to attack, only to mistime the shot and give an easy catch. Ambrose was a master at fast bowling and could do all of the tricks with high accuracy. Most of the greats did so of course.

[@davidprice1982]

You need a batsmen one, include Sir Donald Bradman, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar saggakara, Javid Minidad, Ricky Ponting.

[@80sOGRE]

LBW is when the batter's leg stops the ball from striking the wicket, meaning if his leg wasn't there it would have hit the wicket BUT not if his leg is in front of the crease ( the white horizontal mark in front of the batter ). short balls ( balls that bounce close in front of the batter's feet, hence stay low ) are a favored delivery for LBWs as the batter hasn't much room to move there feet, especially if unexpected.

[@alistairjohnson6061]

One of the greatest cricketers of all time was the Australian Keith Miller. He was a concert level pianist, dated Princess Margaret and had flown mosquitoes in the RAF during the war. Coming back from a mission he detoured to fly over Bonn because it was where Beethoven had been born. He was being interviewed and the guy asked him why he was so relaxed and never seemed to be under pressure. 'Pressure? Pressure is having a Messcherschmitt up your arse.'

[@dumdum6280]

Unfortunately legendary Shoaib Akhter - probably the fastest bowler in cricket's history - is missing from the list. You should review his videos.

[@Avimalik13]

Shoaib akhtar can’t make it to the list, no way. Being fast doesn’t mean the bowler is good, please look at stats before you comment next time.

[@dumdum6280]

@@Avimalik13 Shoaib has pretty good stats. And hey, free public forum. I can comment anytime anywhere. What's burning your colon?

[@RealFansSports]

I think you both have valid points especially with a sports that has been around for so long. There are a lot of greats some will be appreciated more than others. Doesn’t meant the others don’t deserve the appreciation

[@silverrahul]

shoaib akhtar was the fastest along with brett lee. does not mean he was in the top 10.

[@VijayKumar-eh4rf]

Believe me, baseball is a lot simple than Cricket. There is no off spin, leg spin, doosra, googly, out swing, in swing, reverse swing, yorker, bouncer, sheer pace in combination with swings, stumpings etc in base ball.

[@RealFansSports]

Yeah but there’s other dynamics that makes baseball complicated as well.

[@VijayKumar-eh4rf]

@@RealFansSports OKAY.. but in baseball I guess the pitcher can't aim the throw at the body or the head, please correct me. In Cricket the bowler is allowed to bowl at the batsmen's body or head with his fullest pace.

[@sajal3182]

Muralitharan was talking about doosra... Which means the other one... His main style was to bowl offspin...but his secret weapon was doosra in which the ball used to go to the other way... Same way shabe warne's main weapon was his leg spin/leg break...but he had a flipper where the ball used to move in other direction... The batter normally dont have a clue which the ball will move..and that make them dangerous... So many batter used to come out of the creeze and used to hit the ball before it drops in the cricket pitch there by negating the spinning Threat... You can try to watch tendulkar vs warne rivalry...a master batter vs a master spinner.. You will Understand better

[@AshokVaradharajanKumar]

Bowling to hit tue wickets means being full in length(pitch the ball further towards the batter) , but this doesn’t leave much room for the ball the swing and makes it easier for the batsmen to get under it and swing. Also, if there is a lot of swing on offer and some breeze, the ball may not always hit the wicket. And more often than not, tue batsman will decent it. It’s way more leather and economical pitching the ball a bit further away from the batsman so they can’t reach it to swing it and it draws the batsman out of the crease or misjudge the swing as having pitched further the ball swings way more and has chances of taking the edge of the bat resulting in a catch or the batsman totally misses it

[@vtbn53]

No if it's high it's never out, it goes to Hawkeye for confirmation if the umpire is not sure, so you may think it's high but it isn't. Bowling on the stumps will soon allow the batsman to pick you off so the bowler has to have variation to keep the batsman guessing, often a short pitch ball (high) is there to keep the batsman back in his crease limiting his ability to score runs freely. In cricket "Catches win matches", so it's much more common for a batsman to get out caught than by being bowled.

[@seanmc1351]

I had the pleasure to meet shayne in the bar at durham cricket club many years ago, The match was rained off, cricketers came in the bar for a few drinks, great guy, he didnt stay long tho, he was the first to leave

[@alistairjohnson6061]

One of the very greatest bowlers of all time was Bart King who invented swing bowling. He was an American who played for the Philadelphia club. He was top of the English bowling averages in the 1908 season.

[@fabulousaardvark4776]

The bowlers run up can be as long as desired. One of the talking heads on this was Michael Holding of the West Indies, known as ' whispering death' because you couldnt hear him approach the wicket. As an ex 400 metre runner his run up was a 40 yard thing of beauty followed by lightning speed. The list is very modern centric like most of these lists are. For example,in the ICC team of the century one of the bowlers is SF Barnes, but he isnt on this list. Wasim 414 wickets in 104 Tests at 23.62(3.98 wickets pee game) Sid Barnes 189 wickets in 27 Tests at 16.43(7 per game). A man who didnt play more Test matches purely because they wouldnt pay him enough. Total mercenary.

[@Million2one_Gaming]

They have there own marker when they run in from usually spinners have the shorter run up

[@archyology]

That Shane Wayne ball was the famous “ball of the century”