Bowlers Quotes · Page 2

If the batsmen can give the bowlers a day and half of rest then that is going to work in the team's…

— Glenn McGrath

I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my…

— Dennis Quaid

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

— Perry Christie

The Oval has always been a good batting track, and there's not much for the bowlers.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I like to be a bowler because I can't bat properly. After 17 years of cricket I have got the opportunities and…

— Muttiah Muralitharan

England have no McGrathish bowlers, there are hardly any McGrathish bowlers, except for [Glenn] McGrath

— Stuart Law

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

— Dale Steyn

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

— Richie Benaud

He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed…

— Greg Chappell

The new-ball bowlers usually bowl seven to eight overs before we spinners come into the attack, and the pressure they build on…

— Yuzvendra Chahal

It's a good thing we're pretty to look at," I said as Lend sat down on the orange plastic seats next to…

— Kiersten White

I don't need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating…

— Ben Stokes

We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which…

— Ricky Ponting

I'm expecting big things from our bowlers, from Peter Siddle, who plays the enforcer role, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee…

— Glenn McGrath

I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better…

— Bob Uecker

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a…

— Shahid Afridi

While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about…

— Milan Kundera

And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated?" barked Uncle Vernon. "Well..." said Moody, pushing back his…

— Anonymous

The on-field stuff, setting fields, changing bowlers, that's the easy part. It's making sure all your players are on the same page…

— Steve Smith

My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as…

— Brian Blessed

You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do…

— Jim Gaffigan

If this bloke's a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine

— David Lloyd

Being with all those great bowlers was the greatest three days I ever had.

— Don Johnson

If there is someone who is able to swing the ball, I believe I have it in me to swing it a…

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

— John Mortimer

As a batting captain, you do have to earn bowlers' trust, especially when it comes to fields.

— Jonathan Agnew

It's always better for the bowlers to stick to a line and length, and that helps you get wickets.

— Jasprit Bumrah

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

— Shane Warne

Harmy is a class bowler and I think he's one of the main reasons why England have improved over the last 18 months.

— Glenn McGrath

I just try and earn my right to get on top of the bowlers, and that is how I play every game.

— AB de Villiers

As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.

— MS Dhoni

I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, /…

— Andrew Lang

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

— Prithvi Shaw

“Most bowlers want to control the ball. That effort creates the tension that makes their swings more erratic.”

— Human Kinetics

Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get…

— Nasser Hussain

I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

— Warren Moon

Having two bowlers who can exceed 90 mph is a mouth-watering prospect - and something batsmen will not relish one bit.

— James Anderson

Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander are two world-class bowlers and they have shown it.

— Kane Williamson

In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.

— Ian Peebles

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.

— Sachin Tendulkar