Bowler Quotations

When people say 'Charlie Chaplin' I still think now of the guy in the moustache and bowler hat and funny walk - I don't think of an old man who was my grandfather.

I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.

A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.

Through being a bowler and then a police officer for nine-plus years, I have become friends with most of the staff at Limerick Bowl. About five years ago, staff at Limerick Bowl and I thought it would be good to get kids to bowl with police officers as an activity for Limerick Bowl?s Junior Leagues.

Shane tries to be larger than the game and life and expects a lot of credit for his performances. He thinks there?s no better bowler than him.

No bowler is ever 'cleared' as they could simply revert to bad habits. All bowlers are subject to further reporting if the match officials ... have concerns about whether a delivery or deliveries conform to the laws of cricket.

I was struggling in the One Day series but when you look at how I got out, I was getting myself out most of the times but I did make some adjustment to (Shane) Bond by trying to be a bit more chest on, he's a big swinger of the new ball, he's a strike bowler and the competition up there is very stiff.

I am still a bowler who can bat also. Getting wickets is important for me.

But when it's Glenn McGrath, arguably the best fast bowler in the world, you want to give him every chance to play and if that means it's a last-minute decision then it's a last-minute decision.

I can't make up for the 10 years I missed, but I'm trying not to miss any more. I was the best bowler in the world for eight years and had as good a career as anyone who ever played the game. I've been a very fortunate person.

Glenn's 100 percent fit and ready to go so it's sensible that he returns to the squad given his prior status as the premier fast bowler in the world,

He's coming here to do us proud as a bowler - everything else is an added attraction. But with his experience and the qualities he's got, we've clearly got ourselves a good package.

He has to learn the game at a different speed at safety. I love how he gets at it. He's young, and he's hungry. He'll be a Pro Bowler before it's all said and done. Probably next year, in fact.

He moves the ball, is difficult for batsman to read and he is not slow. He is the sort of bowler that Pakistan has not had for some time and we know need to look after him.

When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.

He's a very solid bowler and a very confident young man. And he's got guys all around him with experience to show him where to go and what to do, so I think he will be fine.

John Bowler is a player of the year candidate. He's that good. I don't know if he's going to win it, but he's one of the top five players in our league, and Charles has them playing hard.

It is good for us and bad for England. Because he was the one bowler who really mastered the art of bowling reverse swing at a good pace in the Ashes series.

Kumble is a great bowler having taken close to 500 wickets. He is a difficult bowler to face on any wicket.

Our batsmen can play Shane Warne out. Previously McGrath has been at the other end and he is almost impossible to score off. Naturally batsmen have tried to go after Warne a bit because he is seen as easier to get away than McGrath. Not having him will affect how Australia plays because he and Warne bowl so well together. Batsmen can now try to see out Warne and go after the bowler at the other end.

Like the periwig and the bowler bat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.

We've lost our real, out-and-out strike bowler but then again, it's an opportunity for someone else to take their chance. We'll look at the wicket in Sydney and decide - we've been calm on tour so far and we'll continue to be.

We fought really hard, all credit to the bowlers, everybody put in a big effort knowing that we were one bowler short.

We'll make it be known that it's time to focus and pay attention to details. Alan usually says something in the huddle and makes sure everybody understands what we need to do. When you hear things from a five-time Pro Bowler like Alan, you listen.

To me this millipede is more the kind of thing that Tom is famous for. It is a little weird, it's cute, and it's a little threatening, this giant bug that could eat you -- but it's also wearing little shoes and a bowler hat. It's whimsical and frightening at the same time.

False. I think I'm the best bowler on the team. I don't go that much, but it's all about the shoes.

Bowling is the sport I'm best at and Kim has inspired me be female bowler because there are not many left.

It was absolutely amazing. It was one of the best days I've seen in the Hartland program's history. It was strange. We just kept winning and no one wanted to say anything about it. It was like a bowler throwing a 300 game. You don't want to say anything about it. No one even talked about it.

Pratap Singh looked a good bowler with the new ball and it was a good move by India to play with five bowlers.

A one-year ban on any bowler is a big setback and he would be disappointed. But he has been a vital player for us and we will continue to support him and talk to him about his future.

Any bowler who can reverse swing the ball at good pace can be very difficult to face on our tracks.

As was the case with Monde, we will again decide to choose a player who forms part of our plans. The bowler we will summon will, in any case, just play a supporting role in Australia.

It's a slight advantage not having an experienced bowler against us. But I'm sure Shaun will be fit for tomorrow and it'll be a different ball game.

It's a dream of any bowler to get a hat trick in the first over of a test match and I am delighted. I have put the celebrations on hold because there are still four more days left in the test match.

It's a great feeling to be able to get to this milestone, to be the first Indian ever makes it more special and being only the fifth bowler makes it very, very special. I owe it to all the cricketers I have played with and who have supported me. The fielders who took the catches, the bowlers who put pressure from the other end and the batsmen who scored the runs without which it was not possible to have come this far.

It means a lot to beat a great bowler like Pete.

Sure, being a Pro Bowler every year helps, but be a guy who shows up every week so they know what they're getting, ... It definitely makes a big difference. But be a positive influence in the locker room, be a guy who has great work ethic, who shows up every week, gives what he has.

I've had a ball. There was just a sense of disbelief. You've got to put it in perspective though, I'm a bowler who bats a bit and let's just leave it at that.

It took away my desire and will to be the best bowler in the world,

That's an incredible jump. But we finally caught some breaks and started stringing strikes in bunches. When we get our number one bowler to strike, it trickles down and becomes contagious.

Every tour leading up to the World Cup is important as we want to win everything so that the confidence level of the boys is sky high when they arrive in the West Indies. And to achieve that goal, we need to have the best players to accomplish the task. In this background, it is a body blow for us that our strike bowler will not be available for the Sri Lanka tour.

I have no doubt in my mind that Anil is India's greatest bowler ever.

I guess having been a reasonably accurate bowler in my day, I can identify with Glenn's bowling. I would certainly love to spend a few minutes with him to teach him to let the ball go with a bit more angle on the seam and every now and then make the ball bend away in the air.

If we bat first and collapse, we would consider pulling a bowler out and introducing an extra batsman.

If you saw my face, I looked at the fielder and then turned straight to the bowler and said 'I'm 100% sure that didn't carry'. Otherwise I would have been off straight away.

I just felt if he was going to improve as a bowler he had to learn to get into the pitch and bang that ball into the deck and get as much bounce as he possibly could, even if he had to bowl a little bit short for a while until he got used to it, which is pretty much what he did in England,

He's tactically very smart between his ears and he has been the most consistent seam bowler in Australia for three years.

He's probably the best post player in the league. Our main focus is to control (John) Bowler as much as we can.

He's a Pro Bowler now. He's so big-time that he's hogging interviews.

If I had five Andrews on the team, even if they weren't the bowler he is, it'd be really nice to coach. But there's only one Andrew Saenz out there.

The umpires on the field can call the bowler if they feel that his action is not right.