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cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
is usually a player whose speciality is
bowlingIn the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler....
, analogous to a
pitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is...
in baseball. A bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an
all-rounderAn all-rounder is a cricket player who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
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There are several types of bowlers and most teams will have a variety available in the team to take advantage of
pitchA cricket pitch is the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. The pitch is 1 chain or 22 yards long and 10 feet wide. The surface is very flat and normally covered with extremely short grass though this grass is soon removed by wear at the ends of the pitch.In amateur matches,...
or weather conditions or known weaknesses of the opposition.
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fast bowlerFast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
is usually the mainstay of a team's attack. They will take a long run up before bowling each ball to build momentum and rhythm and can deliver the
cricket ballA cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket.-Manufacture:Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam...
at an average speed of 145 km/h.
Shoaib AkhtarShoaib Akhtar is a Pakistani cricketer, and is one of the fastest bowlers in the world, earning him the name Rawalpindi Express. He set a world record by clocking 161.3 km/h twice...
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PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
being the first to deliver a ball at 160 km/h.
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medium pace bowlerMedium pace bowling is a style of bowling in the sport of cricket. It can be considered a sub-category of fast bowling, if bowling styles are seen as two categories, the other category being spin bowling...
bowls somewhat more slowly and will often have some other weapon in their bowling arsenal rather than relying on speed. This might take the form of being able to
swingSwing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.-Physics of swing bowling:...
the ball in the air or disguise the speed or length of his or her delivery to fool the batsman. Some medium pacers are simply accurate; they can repeatedly deliver the ball to a place which forces the batsman to defend rather than scoring runs. Others grip the ball so that it pitches on its upraised
seamSeam bowling is a phrase used for a cricket bowling technique whereby the ball is deliberately bowled onto its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers....
, which then causes the following trajectory to be awkward or uncertain.
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spin bowlerSpin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:...
usually bowls quite slowly and puts tremendous spin on the ball causing it to bounce at an angle off the pitch, forcing the batsman to treat each ball carefully. Generally spin bowlers give up the most runs but they all have "tricks" that they use to fool the batsman and get him or her out (such as the
arm ballAn arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket. It is a variation delivery bowled by an off spin bowler or slow left-arm orthodox bowler. It is the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's slider or zooter....
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googlyIn cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie after its inventor Bernard Bosanquet; in Australia it is commonly referred to as a wrong'un .-Explanation:While a normal...
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flipperThe flipper is the name of a particular bowling delivery used in cricket, generally by a leg spin bowler. In essence it is a back spin ball. Squeezed out of the front of the hand with the thumb and first and second fingers, it keeps deceptively low after pitching and can accordingly be very...
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topspinnerA top-spinner is a type of delivery bowled by a cricketer bowling either wrist spin or finger spin. In either case, the bowler imparts the ball with top spin by twisting it with his or her fingers prior to delivery....
or
doosraA doosra is a particular type of delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket, popularised by Pakistani cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq. The term means " second ", or " other " in Urdu...
). Spin bowling is very much about deceit rather than speed. A fast Off Spin is the normal off spin action but with more pace. Off spin is when the
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
ball spins towards a right-handed batsmen's bat. With more pace, there usually is less turn (amount of spin). The grip for spin is the three middle fingers on you hand wrapped around the ball's side (end fingers just touching seam). Off-spin is also referred to as Off-Break or Finger Spin.
Australia
Pace bowlers
- Shaun Tait
Shaun William Tait is a professional Australian cricketer. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also a representative for Australia at Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International level...
- Brett Lee
Brett Lee is an Australian cricketer.After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket...
- Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Guy Johnson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He took more than 90 wickets in his first 21 Tests and averaged in the mid-30s with the bat...
- Nathan Bracken
Nathan Wade Bracken is a professional Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game and remains a regular fixture in the Australian One Day International and Twenty20 International...
- Stuart Clark
Stuart Rupert Clark is an Australian International cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler...
- Ben Hilfenhaus
Benjamin William Hilfenhaus , is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. He is Ricky Ponting's second cousin. Hilfenhaus plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club. Prior to turning fully professional, he worked as a bricklayer as...
- Peter Siddle
Peter Matthew Siddle is an Australian Test cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler.-Early life and career:...
- Doug Bollinger
Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues...
Spin Bowlers
- Dan Cullen
Daniel James Cullen is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-hand off break bowler. He plays his domestic cricket for South Australia and played for Somerset in the 2006 English cricket season.He made his Test debut on the Australian tour of Bangladesh in April 2006...
- Jason Krejza
Jason John Krejza is an Australian cricketer. He also plays for the Tasmanian Tigers and Leicestershire. Krejza's father was a association football player from Czechoslovakia and his mother was born in Poland. His nickname is "Krazy"...
- Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Michael Hauritz is an Australian cricketer who has represented Australia in Tests, One-dayers and Twenty20 Internationals...
- Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as the greatest leg spin bowler in the history of the game...
All-Rounders
- James Hopes
James Redfern Hopes is an Australian cricketer. Hopes plays domestic cricket for Queensland and for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, he has represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 cricket.A medium pacer whose aggressive batting has been shuffled around the...
- Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds is former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....
- Michael Clarke
Michael John Clarke is an Australian cricketer and vice captain of the national team. Nicknamed 'Pup', 'Nemo' or 'Clarkey', he is a right-handed batsman, highly-regarded fielder and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler...
- Shane Watson
Shane Robert Watson is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast medium bowler....
- Cameron White
Cameron Leon White is an Australian cricketer. A powerful middle order batsman and occasional right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers...
- Andrew McDonald
Andrew Barry McDonald is an Australian Test cricketer who plays for the Victoria Bushrangers, and who made his Test debut in Sydney on 3 January, 2009, against South Africa. McDonald also represented Australia at under 19 level and has played for the Prime Minister's XI...
Bangladesh
Pace Bowlers
- Mashrafe Mortaza
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class match.Mortaza is considered one of the fastest bowlers produced by Bangladesh,...
- Syed Rasel
Syed Rasel is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed medium-fast swing bowler who came up through the ranks of the under-19s, to the Bangladesh A team, to the full Bangladesh team, while playing for Khulna Division....
- Aftab Ahmed
Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and widely judged to be one of their best batsmen. He is a right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler.- Early life :...
- Shahadat Hossain
Kazi Shahadat Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer.-Early years:Born in Narayanganj, Hossain began playing cricket during his teenage years in his home town, and his father, a banker, agreed to send him to a training camp...
- Sajidul Islam
Sajidul Islam is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was born on 18 January 1988 and is a right-handed batsman and left arm medium fast bowler. He played for Bangladesh Under-17s in 2003/04 and represented the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in 2006/07...
- Nazmul Hossain
Mohammad Nazmul Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was born in Habiganj, Bangladesh.He has shown well for the Bangladeshi U-19 cricket team....
- Shahadat Hossain
Kazi Shahadat Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer.-Early years:Born in Narayanganj, Hossain began playing cricket during his teenage years in his home town, and his father, a banker, agreed to send him to a training camp...
- Talha Jubair
Talha Jubair is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 6 ODIs from 2002 to 2004.Once dubbed as a budding Glenn McGrath, he has failed to live up to the expectations....
- Farhad Reza
Farhad Reza is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the only batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on debut. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler and played domestic cricket for Rajshahi Division from...
- Tareq Aziz
Tareq Aziz is a Bangladeshi cricketer.He got off to a great start in his international career taking 3/19 in his debut at his hometown Chittagong in January 2002. Unfortunately there was not much to follow this success. His three test matches brought him just one wicket for 261 runs...
Spin Bowlers
- Mohammad Rafique
Mohammed "Moe" Rafique is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the leading wickettaker for Bangladesh in both Test and One Day International cricket....
- Abdur Razzak
- Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi international cricket player and a former captain of both the Test and ODI of the Bangladeshi national cricket team. A top-order batsman with a penchant for flashy strokeplay, he has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side.-Test cricket:Ashraful...
- Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan, also known as Saqibul Hasan, is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his One Day International debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He emerged from Bangladesh's only educational sports institution...
- Enamul Haque Jr
Enamul Haque Jr. is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He currently plays for his home team, Sylhet Division.He is a right-handed batsman and bowls a slow left-arm delivery. His Test debut occurred against England in at Dhaka in 2003...
- Alok Kapali
Alok Kapali is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up similar to that of Shane Warne. He is the only Bangladeshi cricket player to take a Test hat-trick.-Test career:Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri...
- Fahim Muntasir
Fahim Muntasir Rahman is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 3 ODIs from 2001 to 2002....
- Naeem Islam
Mohammad Naeem Islam is an international cricketer from Bangladesh. He was born on 31 December 1986 in Gaibandha and is a right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler...
- Mosharraf Hossain
Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He was born on 20 November 1981 in Dhaka and is a left-handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler. He is sometimes known by his nickame Rubel. Making his debut in 2001/02 he has appeared for Dhaka Division...
All-Rounders
- Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan, also known as Saqibul Hasan, is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his One Day International debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He emerged from Bangladesh's only educational sports institution...
- Farhad Reza
Farhad Reza is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the only batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on debut. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler and played domestic cricket for Rajshahi Division from...
- Alok Kapali
Alok Kapali is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up similar to that of Shane Warne. He is the only Bangladeshi cricket player to take a Test hat-trick.-Test career:Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri...
- Aftab Ahmed
Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and widely judged to be one of their best batsmen. He is a right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler.- Early life :...
Bermuda
Pace Bowlers
- Saleem Mukuddem
Saleem Mukuddem is a former Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; Mukuddem took two wickets and scored 5 runs as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
- Kevin Hurdle
Kevin Andre Dean Hurdle is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He has represented Bermuda in seven One Day Internationals to date, making his debut at this level against Zimbabwe in May 2006...
- Malachi Jones
Malachi Olin Jones is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has played three One Day Internationals to date for Bermuda, all against Kenya in November 2006...
- Stefan Kelly
Stefan Kievon Wayne Kelly is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler....
- George O'Brien
George Hubert O'Brien is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; O'Brien took two wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
Spin Bowlers
- Dwayne Leverock
Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock is a former Bermudian cricketer.Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in Bermuda, Leverock is a policeman and also drives a prison van. At the 2007 Cricket World Cup he was the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 20 stone...
- Irving Romaine
- Steven Outerbridge
Stephen Devonne Outerbridge is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Bermuda in seven One Day Internationals to date, making his debut at this level against Canada in August 2006...
- Rodney Trott
Rodney Jamel Trott is a Bermudian cricketer.A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler., he has played first-class and One Day International cricket for Bermuda. He made his first class debut in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup against the Netherlands in November 2006.-References:**...
- Clay Smith
Clay James Smith is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played five One Day Internationals for Bermuda to date, making his debut at this level against Canada in August 2006...
All-Rounders
- Steven Outerbridge
Stephen Devonne Outerbridge is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Bermuda in seven One Day Internationals to date, making his debut at this level against Canada in August 2006...
- Irving Romaine
- Janeiro Tucker
Janeiro J Tucker is a Bermudian cricketer, who captained the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; Tucker took 2-29 off nine overs and scored 17 as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method...
England
Pace Bowlers
- Amjad Khan
Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years...
- James Anderson
James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in 40 Test matches and over 100 One Day...
- Tim Bresnan
Timothy Thomas Bresnan is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003...
- Stuart Broad
Stuart Christopher John Broad is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England. He is the son of former England opener and ICC match referee Chris Broad...
- Stephen Harmison
- Graham Onions
Graham Onions is an English cricketer. He plays for Durham and England as a right arm medium-fast bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman...
- Ryan Sidebottom
Ryan Jay Sidebottom is an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire. He is a primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six...
- Sajid Mahmood
Sajid Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. He is a right-arm fast bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire....
Spin Bowlers
- Monty Panesar
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar plays Test and one-day cricket for England, and county cricket for Northamptonshire. He also plays for Lions in South Africa...
- Graeme Swann
Graeme Peter Swann is an English cricketer. He is a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak Bowling all-rounder. After debuting for his home team Northamptonshire in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005...
- Adil Rashid
Adil Usman Rashid is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire. Previously a player with England Under-19s, in December 2008, he was called into the full England Test squad, for the Test matches to be played in India...
All-Rounders
- Ravi Bopara
- Paul Collingwood
Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He is a regular member of the England Test side and was captain of the One Day International team from 2007, resigning on Sunday 3 August 2008, and he is also the current England Twenty20 captain. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham...
- Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, MBE, is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and Indian Premier League team, Chennai Super Kings...
- Dimitri Mascarenhas
Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is an English cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently plays county cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club, cricket in New Zealand for the Otago Volts and in the Indian Premier League for the...
- Samit Patel
Samit Rohit Patel is a English cricketer who has his roots from Baroda, Gujarat, India. He plays first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...
- Luke Wright
India
Pace Bowlers
- Sreesanth
- Praveen Kumar
Praveenkumar Sakat Singh or Praveen Kumar is an Indian cricketer. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler who relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length over speed...
- Munaf Patel
Munaf Musa Patel is an Indian cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team....
- Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan , is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm Fast bowler, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as a batsman also holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11...
- R. P. Singh
- Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998...
- VRV Singh
- Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma , is an Indian cricketer, he is a right arm fast bowler at pace around 145 km/h He delivered the fastest ball ever bowled by an Indian bowler when he clocked 152.6 km/h at Adelaide against Australia on 17 February 2008...
- Joginder Sharma
Joginder Sharma is an Indian cricketer who has made sporadic appearances for the Indian cricket team. A bowling all rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler and captains his state, Haryana...
- Aavishkar Salvi
Aavishkar Salvi is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Mumbai....
- Ashish Nehra
Ashish Nehra is an Indian cricketer who has represented India at the international level since 1999. Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at...
- Lakshmipathy Balaji
Lakshmipathy Balaji is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler.-International Cricket:...
Spin Bowlers
- Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan....
- Piyush Chawla
Piyush Pramod Chawla is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone...
- Ramesh Powar
Ramesh Rajaram Powar is an Indian cricketer. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the Indian ODI team. Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.Powar has impressed Indian selectors with consistent performances in...
- Murali Kartik
Murali Kartik is an Indian cricketer who sporadically represented the India national cricket team since 2000...
- Pragyan Ojha
Pragyan Prayish Ojha is an Indian cricketer. Debuting in first class cricket in 2004/05, Ojha is a left-arm spinner who has represented India at under-19 level....
- Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm leg break bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. Mishra is an attacking leg spinner who bowls a praised leg break and googly....
All-Rounders
- Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan , born Irfan Khan is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since late 2003...
- Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh is a cricketer from India, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008...
- Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Khan Pathan is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His half-brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer...
- Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in...
Ireland
Pace Bowlers
- Boyd Rankin
William Boyd Rankin is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler.Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, he is a tall bowler who stands at 6ft 8 inches and has a distinctive bouncing action in his bowling...
- Peter Connell
Peter Connell is an Irish cricketer. An opening bowler, he made his debut for Ireland in 2008, aged 26. He took part in Ireland's successful campaign in the 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup...
Spin Bowlers
- Kyle McCallan
William Kyle McCallan, usually known by his middle name is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played more times for the Ireland cricket team than any other player, more than 40 caps ahead of the next player in the table, the retired Peter Gillespie...
- Regan West
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All-Rounders
- Trent Johnston
David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston is an Australian-born Irish cricketer...
- Andre Botha
Andre Cornelius Botha , is a South African-born Irish cricketer.- Domestic career :A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Botha has played provincial cricket for Griqualand West in his native South Africa.Botha was the resident professional at Clontarf Cricket Club from 1994 until...
- Kevin O'Brien
Kevin O'Brien is an American actor who starred in movies and on television. His big role was in the 1982 horror movie Friday the 13th Part III and in the 1989 movie Warlock. He has made guest appearances on TV shows like Herman's Head, Quincy, CHiPs, and Knots Landing....
- John Mooney
John Francis Mooney is an Irish cricketer.-Cricketing:Mooney is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who has played First-class cricket for Ireland since 2004. He had previously represented Ireland in the Under-19s World Cup of 2000.He also played in the Intercontinental Cup of...
- Andrew White
Andrew Roland White is an Irish cricketer, who played in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, where Ireland reached the Super 8 stage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played with Northamptonshire since 2005, and with Ireland since 2002...
Kenya
Pace Bowlers
- Josephat Ababu
Josephat Ababu Sorongo is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a paceman who returned to the Kenyan cricket squad for the Champions' Trophy in 2004 after a three-year absence along with Brijal Patel, Rageb Aga and Malhar Patel, having impressed with his bowling earlier in the year against Pakistan's A...
- Ragheb Aga
- Alfred Luseno
Alfred Luseno Sorongo is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
- Peter Ongondo
Peter Jimmy Carter Ongondo is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
- Lameck Onyango
Lameck Onyango Ngoche is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.- Career :...
- Elijah Otieno
Elijah Otieno Asoyo is a Kenyan cricketer. A right arm medium-fast bowler, Otieno is a former Kenyan under-19 representative. He made his senior debut playing for Kenya Select in the 2006/07 Logan Cup. A genuine tailender, he made five ducks from his first seven first-class innings...
- Nehemiah Odhiambo
Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche is a Kenyan cricketer. He has played one One Day International for Kenya. He is the brother of cricketer Lameck Onyango.-References:...
- Thomas Odoyo
Thomas Odoyo Migai is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler.Odoyo went to city primary school Then City High School, Nairobi. He was a ball boy at Gymkhana as a kid but once they let him play he never stopped amazing the officials and eventually fans...
Spin Bowlers
- Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Ashok Varaiya is a Kenyan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm spin bowler. He made his debut for Kenya in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Canada at Maple Leaf Cricket Club on 29 July 2006. He has since represented Kenya in three One Day Internationals...
- James Kamande
- Collins Obuya
Collins Omondi Obuya is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one of Kenya's major performers as they reached the semi-finals...
- Mohammad Sheikh
Mohammad Sheikh is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Sheikh took part in the senior Cricket World Cup of 1999, while just eighteen and still at school, and, the following year, took part in the Under-19s Cricket World Cup. He has since visited England to...
- Aasif Karim
Aasif Yusuf Karim was a Kenyan cricketer. Of Indian ancestry, Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as a left-arm spinner, frequently said to be one of the best outside the Test-playing nations...
Allrounders
- Nehemiah Odhiambo
Nehemiah Odhiambo Ngoche is a Kenyan cricketer. He has played one One Day International for Kenya. He is the brother of cricketer Lameck Onyango.-References:...
- Thomas Odoyo
Thomas Odoyo Migai is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler.Odoyo went to city primary school Then City High School, Nairobi. He was a ball boy at Gymkhana as a kid but once they let him play he never stopped amazing the officials and eventually fans...
- Tony Suji
Anthony Suji is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler. He is the brother of Martin Suji....
New Zealand
Pace Bowlers
- Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond is a New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English domestic cricket...
- Chris Martin
Christopher Stewart Martin is a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Martin now plays provincial cricket for Auckland, having formerly played for the Canterbury Wizards...
- Kyle Mills
Kyle David Mills is a New Zealand cricketer. Kyle is right-arm pace bowler who can also score quick runs in the later stages of one day innings; in October 2009 he reached his peak position of 1st on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.Having been injured in Australia in February 2007,...
- Mark Gillespie
Mark Raymond Gillespie is a member of the New Zealand cricket team. He came to the selectors attention in the 2005-06 season with 43 wickets at 23.16 for Wellington...
- Michael Mason
- Tim Southee
- Ian Butler
- Iain O'Brien
For the Australian swimmer, see Ian O'BrienIain Edward O'Brien is a New Zealand cricketer.O'Brien made his debut for the national side in March 2005 following injuries to senior international players but has been in and out of the side since to replace injured and retired players....
Spin Bowlers
- Daniel Vettori
Daniel Luca Vettori is a cricketer who is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team. Though he was born in Auckland, he was brought up in Hamilton, attending Marian School and later St. Paul's Collegiate School...
- Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Shashi Patel is a New Zealand cricketer of Indian origin. Patel is a right arm off spin bowler. He plays domestic cricket for the Wellington Firebirds and has represented the New Zealand Black Caps in One Day Internationals, Twenty20 matches, and Tests.Patel was earmarked as a promising...
All-Rounders
- Jacob Oram
Jacob David Philip Oram is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His abilities with both bat and ball has made him a regular fixture in the current New Zealand International sides...
- Scott Styris
Scott Bernard Styris is a New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
- Grant Elliott
Grant David Elliott is a New Zealand cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He also plays for the Wellington Firebirds....
- Nathan McCullum
Nathan Leslie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer. He is also a member of the Otago Volts, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions. He has also represented New Zealand in Twenty20 Internationals...
- Jesse Ryder
Jesse Daniel Ryder is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman for Tests and is an opening batsman in ODIs. Ryder also bowls useful medium-pace. He has previously represented his country in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup of 2002...
- James Franklin
Pakistan
Pace Bowlers
- Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar is a Pakistani cricketer, and is one of the fastest bowlers in the world, earning him the name Rawalpindi Express. He set a world record by clocking 161.3 km/h twice...
- Mohammad Aamer
Muhammad Aamir is a Pakistani left-arm fast-medium bowler, hailing from Gujar Khan, Punjab. He is a highly thought of young prospect, making his international debut at the age of just 17 at 2009 World T20 and played in every match in the process of helping Pakistan win the World Cup. Aamir was...
- Mohammad Sami
Mohammad Sami is a Pakistani cricketer who specialises in fast bowling.- International career :He made his international debut against New Zealand in 2001 taking 8 wickets for 106 runs in his debut Test match. He was also successful in Test cricket in Zimbabwe and in his second tour of New...
- Mohammad Asif
- Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Tanvir is a Pakistani cricketer, who has gained repute for his unorthodox left arm bowling action and particularly for the success it has gained him in the twenty20 format of the game...
- Umar Gul
Umar Gul also spelt Umer Gul is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler. He has mainly gained fame as a death over specialist in T20 format of the game, finishing as leading wicket taker of both...
- Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian Bollywood actor, producer and director.-Personal life:Khan was born into a family with a strong presence in Bollywood; his father is Salim khan, a successful script writer and his mother is Michelle Khan Sohail Khan (Hindi, सोहेल ख़ान born December 20, 1970) is an Indian...
- Shabbir Ahmed
Shabbir Ahmed is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a line-and-length pace bowler who took eight wickets for 109 runs on his Test debut against Bangladesh in the first of their 2003-04 three-Test series...
- Rao Iftikhar Anjum
- Yasir Arafat
Yasir Arafat Satti is a Pakistani cricketer. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast medium.- International career :...
- Abdur Rauf
Abdur Rauf Khan is a Pakistani first class cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Khan made his first-class debut in October 1999....
- Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz is a Pakistani cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handbatsman, he is considered to be a bowling all-rounder.- International career :...
- Riaz Afridi
Riaz Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
- Samiullah Khan
Samiullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
Spin Bowlers
- Danish Kaneria
Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria , is a Pakistani cricketer . He was born in Karachi. He made his international debut in 2000 against England at Faisalabad. Kaneria has continued the tradition of Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly...
- Abdur Rehman
Abdur Rehman is a Pakistani cricketer who represents Pakistan. He is a Slow left-arm orthodox bowler.Rehman made his test debut against South Africa in the first test of the Bank Alfalah Test Series in Karachi on October 1, 2007...
- Mansoor Amjad
Mansoor Amjad is an Pakistani cricket player. Despite his young age he has already played for the Pakistan A cricket team....
- Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who also uses the Doosra to good effect....
All-rounders
- Shahid Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi , popularly known as Shahid Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer currently playing for the Pakistani national team in the international circuit...
- Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricket player. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh....
- Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Hafeez generally opens the batting and is also skillful boundary fielder.- International career :...
- Azhar Mahmood
Azhar Mahmood Sagar is a Pakistani cricketer, . Originally his father objected to his interest in cricket, but later started to appreciate it seeing his accomplishments. As a teenager, Azhar was mentored by Irfan Bhatti who played a One Day International for Pakistan in the early 90’s...
- Abdul Razzaq
- Fawad Alam
Fawad Alam is a Pakistani first-class cricketer. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox. His father Tariq had a long first class career in Pakistan.- Career :...
Scotland
Pace Bowlers
- Paul Hoffmann
Paul Jacob Christopher Hoffmann born 14 January 1970, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, is an Australian cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Scotland...
- Dewald Nel
Johan Dewald Nel usually known by his middle name as Dewald Nel is a Scottish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler....
- Craig Wright
Craig McIntyre Wright is a former Scottish cricket player. He was a big hitting right-handed middle order batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.-Career:...
Spin Bowlers
- Majid Haq
Rana Majid Haq Khan , better known as Majid Haq, is a Scottish cricket player. He is a left-handed batsman and an off spin bowler. He has represented Scotland at Under 17, Under 19 and Under 23 levels, making his debut for the senior side on 20 July 2002 in a European Championship match against an...
- Ross Lyons
Ross Thomas Lyons is a Scottish cricket player. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm spin bowler....
All-Rounders
- Majid Haq
Rana Majid Haq Khan , better known as Majid Haq, is a Scottish cricket player. He is a left-handed batsman and an off spin bowler. He has represented Scotland at Under 17, Under 19 and Under 23 levels, making his debut for the senior side on 20 July 2002 in a European Championship match against an...
South Africa
Pace Bowlers
- Makhaya Ntini
Makhaya Ntini is a South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace...
- Charl Langeveldt
Charl Kenneth Langeveldt is a South African ODI and Test cricketer. He is one of three Cape Coloureds in the South African side, with the others being Herschelle Gibbs and Ashwell Prince....
- Roger Telemachus
Roger Telemachus is a South African international cricketer. He has played 37 One Day Internationals and 3 Twenty20 Internationals for his country.Telemachus currently plays for the Gestetner Eagles...
- Dale Steyn
Dale Willem Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Nashua Titans. He is a right-arm fast bowler. Steyn holds the record for the fastest South African to reach 100 wickets in Test...
- Morne Morkel
Morne Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman...
- Mfuneko Ngam
Mfuneko Ngam is a South African cricketer who has played three Tests for South Africa in the 2000–01 season. However, injuries caused him to play a total of five matches from January 2001 to October 2003, and since his return he has not played representative cricket for the national team...
- Monde Zondeki
Monde Zondeki is a South African cricketer who has played five Tests and 7 One Day International for South Africa, and three one day internationals for the African XI...
- David Terbrugge
David John Terbrugge is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
- Nantie Hayward
Mornantau 'Nantie' Hayward is a South African cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who, according to Peter Robinson, "has genuine pace, the ability to get bounce and abundant energy"...
- Charl Willoughby
Charl Myles Willoughby is a South African cricketer who has played two Tests and three ODIs for South Africa, who currently plays English county cricket for Somerset. He is a left-arm fast-medium pace bowler and lower-order left-handed batsman...
Spin Bowlers
- Paul Harris
Paul Lee Harris is a South African cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Titans, Western Province and Warwickshire CCC. He is a left-arm orthodox spin bowler....
- Robin Peterson
Robin John Peterson is a South African cricketer, who bowls left arm spin. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005. His first class bowling average is a modest 36.36, however, and in Test matches it stands at 50.37...
- Johan Botha
- Thandi Tshabalala
Thandi Tshabalala is a South African cricketer who plays first-class cricket for the Eagles as a specialist off spinner. He was first called up to the South African team in February 2006, as he made the squad for their Twenty20 International against Australia, but did not play...
All-Rounders
- Jacques Kallis
Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a talented right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 10,000 runs and 250 wickets....
- Albie Morkel
Johannes Albertus Morkel , usually referred to as just Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm-fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket...
- Roelof van der Merwe
Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe is a South African cricketer who plays domestically for Titans and has represented South Africa in Limited overs cricket. He is currently signed by the Bangalore Royal Challengers for the Indian Premier League...
Sri Lanka
Pace Bowlers
- Chaminda Vaas
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, , usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was regarded as being the best fast bowler to come out of the country has now retired from international test cricket, however he is going to continue in ODIs and t20s...
- Ruchira Perera
Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
- Dilhara Fernando
Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando is a cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka. He is a right-handed pace bowler.Dilhara studied at De mazenod college kandana...
- Nuwan Zoysa
Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-arm seam bowler. In only his eighth Test, Zoysa became one of the few players in history to take a hat-trick off his first over of the match. He achieved this against Zimbabwe at Harare in November 1999...
- Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga"...
- Nuwan Kulasekara
Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara is a Sri Lankan cricketer, principally as a fast-medium bowler.Kululasekera made his One Day International debut against England at Dambulla on 18 November 2003...
- Farveez Maharoof
Mohamed Farveez Maharoof is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays his club cricket for the Indian Premier League team of Delhi DareDevils....
- Sujeewa de Silva
Sujeewa de Silva is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler....
- Dammika Prasad
Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dammika Prasad is a Sri Lankan cricketer.-Trivia:Both Prasad and the other Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilhara Fernando, have studied in the same school - De Mazenod College Kandana.-External links:...
- Pradeep Jayaprakashdaran
Pradeep Sri Jayaprakashdaran is a Sri Lankan cricketer from the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has played one One Day International to date, against India in the group stage of the 2005 Indian Oil Cup....
- Dinusha Fernando
Kandana Arachchige Dinusha Manoj Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
Spin Bowlers
- Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002....
- Ajantha Mendis
Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis is a cricketer who plays for the Sri Lankan national cricket team.Mendis, although classified as slow-medium, bowls a mixture of deliveries, including googlies, off-breaks, top-spinners, flippers and leg-breaks, as well as the Carrom Ball, released with a flick...
- Malinga Bandara
Charitha Malinga Bandara Charitha Malinga Bandara Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979, Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan Test and one-day international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and also bowls legbreaks.Malinga Bandara was earmarked from an early age as a legspinner of...
- Rangana Herath
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, also known as H. M. R. K. B. Herath or Rangana Herath is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He has done his higher education at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. He has also played cricket for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club and Moors Sports Club. His bowling...
- Sajeewa Weerakoon
Sajeewa Weerakoon in Galle, Sri Lanka is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who has represented Sri Lanka A. He plays for Burgher RC in domestic cricket...
All-Rounders
- Farveez Maharoof
Mohamed Farveez Maharoof is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays his club cricket for the Indian Premier League team of Delhi DareDevils....
- Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan cricketer. An all-rounder, he has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. He is the only player to score more than 13,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in one day internationals...
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan national cricket team since November 1999. Known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism, an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also a capable spin bowler and his off breaks...
- Dilhara Lokuhettige
Loku Hettige Danushka Dilhara is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
West Indies
Pace Bowlers
- Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers...
- Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he doesn't go for out-and-out...
- Daren Powell
Daren Brent Lyle Powell is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Jamaica. A right-arm fast medium bowler, he has played Test matches and one-day internationals for the West Indian cricket team...
- Jerome Taylor
Jerome Everton Taylor is a Jamaican born West Indian cricketer. He led the fast bowling attack comprising Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup...
- Darren Sammy
Darren Julius Garvey Sammy is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler.Sammy was the first international cricketer to emerge from St...
- Pedro Collins
Pedro Tyrone Collins in Boscobelle, St Peter, Barbados is a West Indian cricketer. He is the half brother of Fidel Edwards. He is one of the very few left-handed seam bowlers who have had a chance to represent the West Indies cricket team...
- Deighton Butler
Deighton Calvin Butler, born 14 July, 1974 at South Rivers, St Vincent, is a West Indies cricket player who played five One-day International matches and one Twenty20 international in 2005 and 2006....
- Ravi Rampaul
Ravindrath Rampaul is a West Indian cricketer. He is the first quick bowler of Indian descent to represent West Indies at international level, playing 17 One Day Internationals...
- Lionel Baker
Lionel Sionne Baker is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands...
Spin Bowlers
- Dave Mohammed
Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed....
- Amit Jaggernauth
Amit Sheldon Jaggernauth is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. He is primarily an off spin bowler...
- Nikita Miller
Nikita O'Brien Miller is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman...
- Mahendra Nagamootoo
Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.Nagamootoo is the nephew of both Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan; two of the best ever West Indian batsmen of Indian descent. Nagamootoo has a brother Vishal, who plays cricket for Guyana....
- Sulieman Benn
Sulieman Jamaal Benn is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and first-class cricket for Barbados....
All-Rounders
- Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
- Chris Gayle
Christopher "Chris" Henry Gayle is a West Indian cricketer who is captain of the West Indies cricket team and plays domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a hard-hitting left-handed opening batsman with a wide-range of shots, who can also bowl right-arm off spin when called upon...
- Darren Sammy
Darren Julius Garvey Sammy is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler.Sammy was the first international cricketer to emerge from St...
- Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a West Indies all-rounder who plays Tests and One Day Internationals. He is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and bowls right arm medium pace....
Zimbabwe
Pace Bowlers
- Gary Brent
Gary Bazil Brent is a Zimbabwean cricketer.Generally speaking, he is an inswinging bowler, with a good slow-arm bowling technique...
- Tawanda Mupariwa
Tawanda Mupariwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right arm fast-medium seam bowler who was brought into the international side after the record low 35 all out in the third One Day International against Sri Lanka. He also played in one Test match in 2004....
- Tinashe Panyangara
Tinashe Panyangara is a Zimbabwean cricketer.Panyangara first came to prominence during the under-19s World Cup in Bangladesh in 2003-04 in which he bowled 6 for 31 in a surprising victory for the Zimbabweans...
- Chris Mpofu
- Andy Blignaut
Arnoldus 'Andy' Mauritius Blignaut is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a formidable right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also known for his vicious form with the bat in ODIs, where his frequent scoring of runs at a fast rate is a valuable asset, though seeing him sustaining this form and keeping...
- Ed Rainsford
- Waddington Mwayenga
Waddington Mwayenga is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is primarily a medium pace bowler and plays his county cricket for Worcestershire 2nd XI...
- Anthony Ireland
Anthony John Ireland is a cricketer from Zimbabwe. A tall allrounder, he is a right-arm medium seam bowler and a big-hitting lower order batsman...
Spin Bowlers
- Prosper Utseya
Prosper Utseya is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Rising from the ranks of township cricket in Harare's Highfield suburb, he attended Churchill High School , thanks to Zimbabwe Cricket Union scholarships, and now heads the National side...
- Keith Dabengwa
Keith Mbusi Dabengwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer.Dabengwa is a useful all-rounder who made his First class debut for Matabeleland in 2000, taking 5 for 76, he then spent a season at the CFX Academy being named student of the year before returning to Matabeleland...
- Sean Williams
Sean Colin Williams is a Zimbabwean cricketer who captained his country at the 2006 Under–19 World Cup. Williams, a left-handed batsman and occasional slow left arm bowler, has a highest score of 70 not out against the West Indies in the match played between the nations at the 2007 World Cup, and...
- Stuart Matsikenyeri
Stuart Matsikenyeri is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for Zimbabwe. Matsikenyeri also bowls part time right-arm off-break and is a sharp fielder in the gully....
- Timycen Maruma
Timycen Maruma is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. Primarily a right-handed offspinner, he is becoming an allrounder...
- Tafadzwa Kamungozi
Tafadzwa Kamungozi is a Zimbabwean cricketer who bowls leg break. He has been picked in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2006 Champions Trophy without having played any One-day Internationals before, though he did play for a Zimbabwe Board XI in a three-match series against an Australian Academy team...
All-Rounders
- Elton Chigumbura
Elton Chigumbura is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is an aggressive batsman, who generally bats in the middle order for his team. He is strong on the lofted drive and he consistently clears the fence in ODI with his big hitting in the final overs...
- Keith Dabengwa
Keith Mbusi Dabengwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer.Dabengwa is a useful all-rounder who made his First class debut for Matabeleland in 2000, taking 5 for 76, he then spent a season at the CFX Academy being named student of the year before returning to Matabeleland...
- Sean Williams
Sean Colin Williams is a Zimbabwean cricketer who captained his country at the 2006 Under–19 World Cup. Williams, a left-handed batsman and occasional slow left arm bowler, has a highest score of 70 not out against the West Indies in the match played between the nations at the 2007 World Cup, and...
- Stuart Matsikenyeri
Stuart Matsikenyeri is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for Zimbabwe. Matsikenyeri also bowls part time right-arm off-break and is a sharp fielder in the gully....
See also
- Types of bowlers in cricket
In the sport of cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers. Pace bowlers rely mostly on the speed of the ball to dismiss batsmen, whereas spin bowlers rely on the rotation of the ball.-Pace bowlers:...
- Comparison of cricket bowlers
This is a comparison of bowlers featuring a number of past cricket bowlers in the form of a table containing general information and bowling statistics....
- Cricket terminology
- All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricket player who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
- Batsman
- Fielder
- Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...