Bowlers with raw pace fast on decline
These are dark, barren times for fast bowling, says Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National .
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
These are dark, barren times for fast bowling, says Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National.
The game does not immediately appear, especially to the outsider, an overtly taxing one physically. Those who do not follow suspect it to be soft, where players such as David Boon, Inzamam-ul-Haq and VVS Laxman - none ever to be mistaken for a top-class athlete - can prosper. This assessment is neither fair nor entirely accurate and the modern game places greater demands on fitness. But fast bowlers are what have always made cricket a truly physical, athletic pursuit.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo