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CRICKET. 51
ground which gives a better hold than the mere glance on
and off of the swift bowling.
Secondly, in the facility the bowler possesses of concealing any change of pitch from the batsman by the simple
expedient of bowling a little higher if he means to pitch
short, or a little lower if he means to pitch up.
To the spectator at the side this ruse will be at once detected—but the batsman, it must be remembered, sees the
ball end on, and therefore has scarcely any data to guide
him except the height of the ball in its first flight
If this, therefore, be varied in inverse order to what
would be the ordinary rule, it is not remarkable that he
should be sometimes at fault.
Thirdly, slow bowling making no extra demand upon the
muscles, enables the bowler to pay more attention to
accuracy of pitch ; and pitch, as I have said above, is everything.
The bowler that can bowl most length balls—straightness
being understood—is the best bowler in the end whatever
his pace.
And, finally, the batsman has to deal with curves instead
of straight lines, and, what is more, if the bowler knows his
business, with curved lines in endless variety.
This, then, is the stronghold of the slow bowler.
He can puzzle the batsman by varying curves and delivery, as to the exact spot on which each ball will pitch, and
by eccentric bias, puzzling him still more afterwards, force
him to meet the ball with a straight bat, and play well down
every ball that cannot be fairly hit, under the penalty of
giving a chance to the field.
A spinning ball has, unless the batsman be very careful,
a very uncomfortable habit of running up the bat and flying
off at quite an unexpected angle into the ready hands of
point or slip, the easiest catch possible—a circumstance, the
mortification of which is not decreased by the accident
being laid to the account of the bad batting instead of to
the credit of the good bowler.
| 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 | 00000280 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CRICKET. 51 ground which gives a better hold than the mere glance on and off of the swift bowling. Secondly, in the facility the bowler possesses of concealing any change of pitch from the batsman by the simple expedient of bowling a little higher if he means to pitch short, or a little lower if he means to pitch up. To the spectator at the side this ruse will be at once detected—but the batsman, it must be remembered, sees the ball end on, and therefore has scarcely any data to guide him except the height of the ball in its first flight If this, therefore, be varied in inverse order to what would be the ordinary rule, it is not remarkable that he should be sometimes at fault. Thirdly, slow bowling making no extra demand upon the muscles, enables the bowler to pay more attention to accuracy of pitch ; and pitch, as I have said above, is everything. The bowler that can bowl most length balls—straightness being understood—is the best bowler in the end whatever his pace. And, finally, the batsman has to deal with curves instead of straight lines, and, what is more, if the bowler knows his business, with curved lines in endless variety. This, then, is the stronghold of the slow bowler. He can puzzle the batsman by varying curves and delivery, as to the exact spot on which each ball will pitch, and by eccentric bias, puzzling him still more afterwards, force him to meet the ball with a straight bat, and play well down every ball that cannot be fairly hit, under the penalty of giving a chance to the field. A spinning ball has, unless the batsman be very careful, a very uncomfortable habit of running up the bat and flying off at quite an unexpected angle into the ready hands of point or slip, the easiest catch possible—a circumstance, the mortification of which is not decreased by the accident being laid to the account of the bad batting instead of to the credit of the good bowler. |
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