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CRICKET. 49
I have heard it seriously maintained even by seasoned
cricketers—victims themselves more than once to these
4 deadly slows'—that the whole danger of them lies in the
over-confidence bred in the batsman by their simplicity.
Being a bowler of this type myself, I have had to bear
much contumely and neglect, to listen to numberless lectures, even from men whose wickets have paid penalty to
my bowling, that is not cricket, and only fit for ' duffers.
However, the fair conviction is gradually forcing its way
that fair underhand bowling is better and more cricketerlike than poor round-arm ; the only thing tolerated a few
years back. And more and more every season is there to
be found fast bowling at one end of the wickets, and slow
at the other. The once-condemned art is now an object of
envy to its possessor, and those who once despised it come
to learn its elementary principles.
Since * slows' are thus rising into importance, let us inquire into the art and philosophy of them. I must request
my readers to remember, that in cricket, as in war, time is
everything. All that a batsman wants is time to judge the
ball; grant that, and the variest duffer in creation could
keep his wickets up for ever.
But what the batsman wants is exactly what the bowler
must not give him.
The bowler's first object, therefore, after securing tolerable accuracy of direction, is to give the batsman as
LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE
in which to make up his mind ; and he attains it in one of
three ways :
Either by absolute pace of bowling, or by medium pace
combined with fair bias, or, finally, by bias, variation of
pitch, and curves of ball, with somewhat slackened speed.
Granting equal proficiency in the bowling, and the result
is much the same.
But there is this to be remembered, that the fast and
medium pace round-arm is altogether an artificial production, depending entirely upon an unnatural use of the
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000278 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CRICKET. 49 I have heard it seriously maintained even by seasoned cricketers—victims themselves more than once to these 4 deadly slows'—that the whole danger of them lies in the over-confidence bred in the batsman by their simplicity. Being a bowler of this type myself, I have had to bear much contumely and neglect, to listen to numberless lectures, even from men whose wickets have paid penalty to my bowling, that is not cricket, and only fit for ' duffers. However, the fair conviction is gradually forcing its way that fair underhand bowling is better and more cricketerlike than poor round-arm ; the only thing tolerated a few years back. And more and more every season is there to be found fast bowling at one end of the wickets, and slow at the other. The once-condemned art is now an object of envy to its possessor, and those who once despised it come to learn its elementary principles. Since * slows' are thus rising into importance, let us inquire into the art and philosophy of them. I must request my readers to remember, that in cricket, as in war, time is everything. All that a batsman wants is time to judge the ball; grant that, and the variest duffer in creation could keep his wickets up for ever. But what the batsman wants is exactly what the bowler must not give him. The bowler's first object, therefore, after securing tolerable accuracy of direction, is to give the batsman as LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE in which to make up his mind ; and he attains it in one of three ways : Either by absolute pace of bowling, or by medium pace combined with fair bias, or, finally, by bias, variation of pitch, and curves of ball, with somewhat slackened speed. Granting equal proficiency in the bowling, and the result is much the same. But there is this to be remembered, that the fast and medium pace round-arm is altogether an artificial production, depending entirely upon an unnatural use of the |
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