Even Mark Wood was surprised last week when Brendon McCullum vowed there would be “no cotton wool” treatment for his prized, injury-prone fast bowlers in this, the defining year of the Bazball project ...

In a free-wheeling chat with TimesofIndia.com, New Zealand fast bowler and Desert Vipers captain Lockie Ferguson opens up on the ILT20’s rise, the evolving balance of it, and how the league has become ...

My editors tasked me, having seen more than 500 Test matches, with whittling down the finest 30 fast bowlers who ever drew breath. It is an almost impossible task, but I gave myself a helping hand ...

NEW DELHI: With Bhuvneshwar Kumar running in, batters don’t fear getting hit. He bowls in the 130 kph range, generally hits a fuller length, but it is the swing -- his primary art -- that has ...

Australia's Cameron Green is hit in the grille of his helmet by a delivery from Mark Wood Saaeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images It was so fast and brutal it almost knocked the near two-metre-tall Cameron ...

The most impressive moment in cricket occurs when a fast bowler demonstrates their best performance. The skill requires physical athleticism combined with proper bowling technique and a resilient ...

Surjeet Yadav/Getty, Matt Roberts/Getty; Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in July 2025 and has been updated to reflect Mark Wood’s ...

Fast bowling needs the most amount of physical activity. For someone who is bowling consistently from 130 kmph to 150 kmph, it requires immense strength in the shoulders and knees. Even though shorter ...

Pakistan once produced fast bowlers at the drop of the hat; now Bumrah is wowing them now with his skill and wicked wizardry.