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Bowl Quotes - VI

Bowl Quotes - VI

1. Every ball matters - if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you've gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game? - Dale Steyn

2. The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40 overs in a Test anymore. - Dale Steyn

3. I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills - I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast. - Dale Steyn

4. I've been up and down the order. I'm just happy to get a game and wherever I'm told to bat or told to bowl I'll do it. - Ben Stokes

5. If you look round the world, most teams want guys who can bowl up at 90 mph because they can make things happen when it isn't doing much. - Joe Root

6. You can sometimes bowl extremely well and get no reward. - Joe Root

7. There are a lot of misconceptions that we can't play fast bowling or we can't bowl fast. We should have mixed matches. I have also played a lot of matches against boys because that's how we train. - Mithali Raj

8. When you win the toss and bowl, the result always dictates whether you'll be criticised or applauded. - Michael Clarke

9. I think and visualise before I play where people are likely to bowl to me and where I am likely to score and try to picture fields that are set and play things over in my mind, where I am going to get runs and how they are looking to get me out. - Steve Smith

10. We have to keep in mind things like having five fielders inside the circle always. We have to decide who has to be inside, who has to bowl to which batsman and what the situation is. - Ravindra Jadeja

11. The new-ball bowlers usually bowl seven to eight overs before we spinners come into the attack, and the pressure they build on the batsmen with the new ball - they concede not more than 20-25 runs - helps us plan our line of attack as to where to bowl to maintain that pressure. - Yuzvendra Chahal

12. I don't need to run in and bowl 90mph every spell to get wickets. - Jofra Archer

13. I can make a good consultant, I can fine-tune bowlers, give them mental toughness, talk about how to bowl under pressure, how to bowl with the old ball. - Wasim Akram

14. My basic strength has been accuracy, line and length and I've always worked on that. I knew that would hopefully never leave me. Even if I don't bowl for three months, the first time I go out I would still be able to land it on the spot. - Anil Kumble

15. Spinners are increasingly starting to bowl short, which means they are taking the straight boundaries away. When you play Test match cricket, you can't bowl short. - Ravichandran Ashwin.

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