x3 They are trying to extract that extra yard of pace every delivery.Jofra’s never been the same since bowling 42 overs that innings in New Zealand, but yeah, I agree with that, I think a lot of them are naturally at the faster end of fast-medium just trying to eke out a few extra mph to be that point of difference, perhaps Wood too wouldn’t have got injured if he weren’t always trying to break speed records
Take Broad as a counter example. He rarely bowled at full tilt, typically stuck to mid 80's, but he could have bowled faster if he wanted even in his mid 30's. There was a series in Sri Lanka a few years ago where he was only gonna play one game and wasn't gonna really be needed to bowl much and he was sending them down with really good heat. He definitely wouldn't have bowled like that if he was gonna have a bigger work load.
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