Fast as well as Spin Bowler.

[cnerd123]

Funny then how the greatest spinner ever was a dumb blonde australian

nah man, for all his faults Warne was a bowling savant.

 

[Daemon]

It's not what you would call 'intellect' though, idk.

 

[cnerd123]

It's not what you would call 'intellect' though, idk.

It's more 'intellect' than it takes to just run in and hurl a ball down quickly tho.

 

[Burgey]

It never ceases to amaze me how good Warne is when he talks purely about spin bowling compared with how bad he is in general commentary. I know it's a niche area of the game and of commentary, but fmd when he explains leg spinning it's about as compelling as analysis gets. Then he does general comms and he talks about pizza toppings, and it's flat out dire.

 

[fredfertang]

Terrible from ***** here. Even when TOTAB played his league cricket in England he decided to imitate Thommo and bowl pace. Only when age and the years caught up with him did he revert to finger spin and become the leading left arm spinner of the 1980s.

for a couple of days

 

[Dan]

Everyone forgetting Can Do Sandhu here. Shameful.

 

[Starfighter]

In fairness, I think cricket has forgotten Sandhu (or is the other way round?) over the past year or two.

 

[Burgey]

Can Do would be handy in a Funky Miller kinda role on slow decks

 

[S.Kennedy]

There used to be a lot more of these in the pre-war era.

 

[Kirkut]

 

[Agar]

And you manage to ignore that the post I was responding to specifically mentioned his religion. Well done you.

If you begin bowling fast and revert to bowling spin, there can only be two reasons:

1. Injury.
2. You've become a vegetarian and therefore lost the ability to bowl fast.

Why else would anyone choose to bowl spin when they could bowl fast? It makes no sense #Australianselectorthoughts

It could also be because they're bad or inherently unsuited to fast bowling. Sachin Tendulkar auditioned as a fast bowler at the MRF pace academy under Dennis Lillee. The reason he did not end up with a fast bowling career was neither injury nor diet.

 

[mr_mister]

Mark Waugh another who bowled both right?

 

[mr_mister]

I also remember reading an article that Bracken was planning to move to off breaks during the twilight of his career and was apparently ripping them through in the nets but I'm not sure if he used them in a game

 

[Bahseph]

Gunaratne from Sri Lanka. Not sure how to classify it but it's a mixture of slow mediums and offies.

 

[Camo999]

I only recall seeing them bowl spin but I believe Shane Thomson of NZ and Geoff Foley of Qld bowled pace originally. Possibly Michael Bevan too.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah Bevan was apparently pretty quick when he was young but his back went and he basically concentrated on batting.

 

[Nicolas Tector]

Shahid Afridi...easily

 

[AndrewB]

Bob Appleyard bowled pace and off-spin, at least for Yorkshire.

Then there are bowlers like Noble, Barnes, Wright and Underwood who bowled fastish spin.

 

[Starfighter]

Mike Watkinson

 

[fredfertang]

Mike Watkinson

Serious contender for the silliest run up in modern cricket award - obviously Paul Adams takes it, but Watki is right up there with Tony Greig as a contender for runner up