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We came up a little bit short with our batting but our new ball bowling was outstanding,

We had dropped catches and our fielding was terrible. We need to do a lot on this. But Indian outplayed us in all three aspects, batting, bowling and fielding. I can't put my hand and say this was the reason why we lost.

We are doing a little bit of old Oregon Duck football, a little bit of Utah, Bowling Green, Northwestern, a little bit of BYU, Texas Tech passing game from years past, and rolled it all into something we are calling the new Oregon offense. It is something that has been bits and pieces that has been on my desk for about 21/2 years now, and now I kick myself because I think I should have done it sooner.

Those guys will be knocking on the door and they've got some form as well. I reckon Shane Harwood is a real chance. He's been bowling unbelievably fast this year. Everyone who's played against him is surprised by his pace, his hostility, his aggression - and no one's seen him.

Those who go to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim games live in Orange County. I live in Los Angeles, and I don't go to Orange County unless it involves a court order, a lap dance or a really, really good bowling coupon.

We are delighted that James is joining us. His left-arm bowling will add extra variety to our attack, and he is coming over to Wales on the back of a highly successful season in New Zealand.

We sent Ahmed to Australia for tests in October and a letter from bowling expert Daryl Foster, which we have received on Thursday, showed not all of his deliveries were beyond the allowed limits.

The decision on the make-up of the fast bowling quartet was not an easy one, given that we are without McGrath. We wanted a blend of pace, youth, experience and line and length and believe we have all of these covered with our selection. Tait is coming back from a shoulder injury and he's bowling at full pace so we're happy that the injury isn't hampering his bowling.

When you are bowling at such a high velocity and trying to get momentum through the crease and try to bowl a yorker you only look at a slight variation in your trajectory to the wicket.

It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne

The real test will come when I start running, twisting and bowling but I am confident I will be on the plane for India next month.

This task force was created to address these issues of bowling ball performance.

The reason we recruit and train hard is so that we can utilize our depth. We did a pretty good job coming off the Bowling Green game.

We thought Perth was where we could get stuck in but we missed our opportunities there. If we had scored 'big' after bowling them out for 258, we could have put Australia under pressure but we also dropped catches. They weren't easy chances but you have to hang on to them if you want to beat a quality side like Australia.

This year's Midnight Bowling was a great success. Students really enjoyed themselves and had a great time,

We had a bad day basically while India played very good cricket and I have to give credit to them for batting and bowling well. We were thrashed.

We have seen some high quality pace bowling in this game and Mohammad Asif has bowled brilliantly.

There are 21 stops in the Denny's Professional Bowlers Tour, and one of them is here. The top 64 players in the world will be bowling in Parkersburg in the West Virginia Classic, and the final rounds will be televised live on ESPN.

There are little incentives when you bowl in a league, like side pots, high game pots and 30 Clean pots, so I have the motivation to bowl better. Whether I'm bowling in league or a big tournament, I try to have fun. Any time I go do that, I go in and try to incorporate practice into my game. I work on being consistent and making spares.

We were surprised any bowlers still bowled at the bowling alley.

When you're bowling well, it's contagious, and our seniors have been to the pinnacle. They have had a great career, but we have a lot of good bowlers coming back as well.

We will have to be as efficient as possible in all three disciplines, batting, bowling and fielding.

When Sears Essentials came in, you had a lot of morons running around screaming this was the greatest thing. I said it was a bowling alley with no customers. This business of going off-the-mall is much more complex than it looks.

Figuring out how to make the 'deadwood' hit the live pins is a great challenge. Regular bowling is about strength and speed. In candlepin, timing and dexterity matter more.

But once I was out there I felt in control of the situation, adrenalin kicks in and you know what your job is, although when Warne is bowling like that it's tricky.

We've been bowling with a lot of confidence. Things look good for us.

What really sparks Ron is the doubters. A guy that comes from Bowling Green to a major university like Ohio State, what really lights his fire is proving people wrong.

We cannot do any worse. Our fielding was pathetic, and so was our bowling and batting. There is room for improvement in all areas.

Through PALS I met these autistic kids and do things with them, like bowling or going to the movies.

We talked about bowling several years ago, but because of financial reasons at that time, the schools did not want to do it.

We just need to take heart from the basic things we did well, bowling in the right areas, restricting the opposition with able fielding and getting a full contribution from the compliment of batters with reasonable partnerships throughout our innings.

USBC is concerned with the degree of influence technology is having over the true player skill as a main factor for success in bowling today at all levels of competition,

We think that Phil will give our bowling a little more potency and the side a more competitive spirit. We are aiming for steady progress this season.

Warren has injected the right balance of enthusiasm and discipline in creating the family friendly atmosphere at Brunswick bowling centers. He has helped expand our very successful Brunswick Zone concept, while improving the operational expertise and performance of this steady contributor to Brunswick's continuing success." ()

We have done the small things right. I wasn't overly worried about the bowling when we lost the first match in Peshawar. We did all the things we could do well.

We created a brochure listing the various items we needed, and we started putting fliers all over town, ... We took it to the bowling alley. We took it to the restaurants. We took it to the filling station.

(Botha) will be taking our recommended course of action so that he can start bowling off-spin again at representative level as soon as possible.

Brett's one of the few people in world cricket at the moment that is bowling consistently at 150km/h. You only have to be a fraction out in your action and the ball could potentially go anywhere.

Brett is like he is because of his pace. If he drops back he becomes easier to hit so we addressed that last night. It's a confidence thing and about understanding the way he has to bowl. We've addressed these issues quite a few times with Brett, we did it with his one-day bowling a few years ago, and hopefully today is a step in right direction.

Bowling was my first love. Beating my mother for the first time when I was 13 or 14 was a major accomplishment. I had big glasses. I was a pretty smart kid, maybe nerdy, but I always had a good street sense.

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

Bowling is certainly something that is very popular. Looking at the numbers and where the budget falls for next year, with the lanes already being established and very little equipment being needed, it seems like a good fit.

Bowling Green plays with a great deal of confidence. They are a feisty team that always believes they are going to win. They're an excellent ball team.

Bowling Green is about on the same level as us right now and have had some close, tough loses this season. This meet will come down to who has the best swim on that day and we are looking forward to a tough meet.

Bowling Green has always been one of our nemesis'; they've got a lot of fight in them.

Bowling Green has always been a nemesis for us and they have a lot of fight in them. We came out and I thought we played well. And I'll take it. I know the Falcons will be waiting for us when we go up there.

Bowling Green didn't fall off the tournament truck. If you turn over the puck to them, they'll find a way to put it in the net. They're one of the most well-coached teams we've faced, so this was a good wake-up call for us.

Brad Hodge can count himself unlucky not to be included. It is fair to say that the (selectors) were looking for Brad to put together some really big scores in (domestic first-class) cricket to consolidate his position in the test squad but unfortunately that hasn't happened. The decision on the make-up of the fast bowling quartet was not an easy one, given that we are without Glenn McGrath for this series.

Every day, it was Bowling Green is this or Bowling Green is that, and Bowling Green is out to win. That got annoying. Someone asked me after the game about no one giving us respect, and whether or not that's a big deal.

Every individual has got to put their hand up and stand up in a game that counts... There's no other option now, if guys can't get up for a game like the one we've got coming up, then they shouldn't be playing. I wouldn't think a batting change would come from outside the squad, and to tell the truth I don't think a bowling change would either.

At this moment he is bowling well.... but I would like to focus more on what we have to do rather than what they will do to us.

England are going to attack by bowling a foot outside off stump.

There's no movie theatre here, no bowling alley, no YMCA. Everything is like an hour away, so we try to get as many of them involved in sports as we can so they're not off doing other things that can lead to trouble.

I've been bowling since I was four years old.

Right now, we're not hitting on all cylinders. We have a lot of young kids who have to learn how to bowl like seniors. That's a lot to ask sophomores to do but we're bowling well under certain conditions.

Our side is very balanced now, with a good bowling attack, and the batting prowess shown by our players in the England series is a good indication of what we are capable of. I am keenly waiting for the series to begin.

South Africa's bowling attack has been exposed as being toothless, and it certainly lacks a cutting edge.

Once you get into a rhythm it doesn't matter what heat you're bowling in - you just keep going.

One advantage of golf over bowling is that you never lose a bowling ball.

Coming in to today I felt a lot better about my game. I was more settled and a lot calmer in my head and obviously bowling well does add to your confidence.

That's nearly seven (wickets) a game in that time, so I must be doing something pretty right, ... If I keep bowling like I'm bowling -- and we've been playing against the best players of spin -- and I'm taking wickets at a better rate than I have in my life, then 700 is a possibility.

Zimbabwe went down and lost their sting, especially in the batting after players like Andy and Grant Flower left, and the bowling is good but is missing a good left-arm spinner like Ray Price.

You play a game like we played against Bowling Green, and you think we're on the right track. I can't figure this team out. I just can't figure them out.

The way the kids have been bowling the last two weeks, I knew it was possible to put up these kind of scores. Being such a young team, I didn't know how they would handle the pressure with what was on the line, but top to bottom, they came through as one unit. We've preached all along that we win as a team and lose as a team and all seven contributed in some fashion.

They taught us a very important varsity bowling lesson that day. They wiped the floor with us.

Americans are right that the bonds of our communities have withered, and we are right to fear that this transformation has very real costs, ... Bowling Alone.

There wasn't a lot of pace in it and they were bowling good areas as they always do, and putting us under pressure.

There was no family-entertainment centers in the western suburbs. Bowling is fun family entertainment.

This kid put up some amazing statistics in productivity at Bowling Green. We still think he has some improvement that can really come upon him at the pro level.

They're setting these tests in ways that increase the chances of success. It's like if you dig a groove into a bowling lane and then roll the ball down that groove and knock down all ten pins. What have you really proved?

All my friends have called and offered me their bowling trophies and things like that. So if we win, we are going to have quite a collection of awards around the house.

ABLE ladies and gentlemen are a very active group. Our recipients enjoy social and recreational events including rock concerts, bowling and competing in a variety of Special Olympics events.

A bloke's bowling 150kph, trying to rip the fingers off your arms, or probably even worse,

A bowling all-rounder is a wonderful thing to have. At the moment we don't really possess one and therefore we make up the balance of our side according to what players we have in terms of what we're trying to do for a particular game. If we had a bowling all-rounder I'm sure that would be a wonderful bonus.

It was a seaming wicket, plenty of moisture there. We take the game plan in of playing two spinners, obviously hoping to bat first and have them bowling on day five.

It's a great cause and the bowling pins are just beautiful.

It's a fine-finished restaurant, a long sports bar and a bowling alley, but not your father's bowling alley.

It's all about Bowling Green and Toledo this weekend. It's important that we return home in a good position. These Mid-American Conference games are very crucial.

It's not quite a forgotten craft but it's the area of the game where we have been most reluctant to get involved, in terms of the specialist help the fast bowlers have received. I have got to convey a basic message about the mindset of a spin bowler, engender an interest in spin bowling and a culture that allows it to flourish. I'm not sure that exists at the moment.

It's the talk of the local bowling club, people are panicking, panicking.

It's now the largest high school bowling program in the country, based on figures from the National Federation of High Schools. Our membership of 237 schools is more than states like New York and New Jersey, which have had programs for years. Michigan has become the model of high school bowling in the country.

It's not too late (for Gillespie to be selected). He's only 30. It's up to him. He's got to be bowling how he was before the Ashes and we've got to make a judgment on that.

It's almost cheaper than golf. I look at how much it costs to go bowling a few games, even going to the movies nowadays - $9.50 to go to a movie for an hour and a half - and then you buy the popcorn and everything else. We are right up there in the ballpark with everything else.

It's a lot worse sitting in the dressing room than it is out in the middle. Once you're out there you feel you're a little bit in control of the situation but if Shane Warne's bowling like that it's a little bit tricky.

It's an injury that I picked up from bowling a lot in indoor nets and, though I tried it out in nets on Tuesday, it's not right.

It's funny. I went to a bowling convention and the bowling industry now calls me the 'Mosquito Man.' They even had me speak at a seminar for bowlers on promotional ideas.

It's been pretty slow. I haven't had any personal workouts with teams since the combine. Just been hanging around Bowling Green kind of waiting around for those - trying to workout and stay in shape.

The numbers have been pretty good, ... But however well I've been bowling and batting, that's irrelevant now. Now everything comes down to one match, and for me these are the situations I thrive on.

The Australian bowling outfit is struggling and in particular Jason Gillespie. He has lost his way and I think he needs to be replaced.

The Australian bowling outfit is struggling and in particular Jason Gillespie,

Talking with local bowlers at that time, it was clear that the center had a promising future ? the town was growing and growing younger. Weeks later we were the new owners of the bowling alley.

It's cool again with the kids, and I think that those people that come up through the years are starting realize that, so they come back to bowling and they're bringing their kids bowling.

It's a myth that Indians can't play fast bowling and also that England can't play spin bowling.

It was an important time of the game and to be contributing in that way it would have made me feel good even if I was scoring runs. It was a great relief. Hopefully, I can draw some confidence from my bowling and flow through to my batting here.

It was one of the best Australian summers for Sri Lanka ever. Brett was bowling very quick, on very quick tracks, but we settled ourselves and knew exactly what to do. We worked very hard to get used to those conditions, and we will do the same here.

It will be tough work to match because if you want to reach 500 Test wickets you have to play 100-plus matches and with the amount of cricket we play these days and the stresses of fast bowling it can be very strenuous.

It was good to get some breathing room. Anytime you've got a one-goal lead against a team that's as offensively explosive as Bowling Green, you're never real comfortable. With the amount of firepower they have up front they can score at any time.

They can be devastating against any bowling on their day. We have to accept that and respect that.

Against a good quality seam attack not only us, anyone could have faced a problem. Asif hit the seam on the deck regularly at the right line and I have no doubt his bowling in both innings made the difference.

The FHSAA sanctioned bowling as a competitive sport in the fall of 2003 and we are currently in our second year.