Description

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling,is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport ofcricket. The other is spin bowling. Practitioners are usually knownas fast bowlers, fastmen, pace bowlers, quicks, or pacemen,although sometimes the label refers to the specific fast bowlingtechnique the bowler prefers, such as swing bowler or seam bowler.

The aim of fast bowling is to bowl the hard cricket ball at highspeed and to induce it to bounce off the pitch in an erraticfashion or move sideways through the air, factors which make itdifficult for the batsman to hit the ball cleanly. A typical fastdelivery has a speed in the range of 137–153 km/h (85–95 mph).