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	Bowling (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An infamous "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a One-day International match between the Australia and New Zealand teams, in which the bowler took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground.
		Bowling the ball is distinguished from simply throwing the ball by a strictly specified biomechanical definition.
		In baseball, pitching is considered the defensive role, whereas in cricket bowling is primarily an offensive role and is referred to as the attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowling_(cricket) (733 words)

	Underarm bowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Until the appearance of the roundarm style in the first half of the 19th Century, bowling was performed in the same way as in bowls, the ball being delivered with the hand below the waist.
		Bowls may well be an older game than cricket and it is possible that cricket was derived from bowls by the intervention of a batsman trying to stop the ball reaching its target by hitting it away, though bowling per se continued as in bowls.
		There are surviving illustrations from the first half of the 18th Century which depict the bowler with one knee bent forward and his bowling hand close to the ground, while the ball trundles towards a batsman armed with a bat shaped like a modern hockey stick and guarding a two-stump wicket.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underarm_delivery (1536 words)

	underarm delivery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the sport of cricket, an underarm delivery is a ball bowled by a bowler to a batsman in which the bowler's arm does not rise above the level of the shoulder.
		Later, an English woman, who was playing cricket alongside the gentlemen attired in the dress of the day for a lady (a long, widely blousing dress) was having difficulty in bowling with an underarm action due to the blousing dress and to counter this she began to bowl with an overarm delivery method.
		It was not until many years later the overarm bowling method was finally accepted by cricketing authorities and grew rapidly in popularity amongst all players.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /underarm_delivery.html (490 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Cricket, Rules of
		When a ball is delivered overarm there must be no bending of the arm at the elbow during the final swing of the arm before the ball is released.
		The bowler can bowl either over the wicket, that is with his delivery arm closest to the wicket, or from the other side of it when he is said to bowl round the wicket.
		The ball must be directed (bowled) accurately on the line of the stumps or very slightly to one or other side of the stumps.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_781540245___13/Cricket_Rules_of.html (832 words)

	Cricinfo - Muralithran episode: Brief history of 'chucking' (1 February 1999)
		Originally bowling in cricket was exactly the same as bowling in bowls, with the ball rolled under arm along the ground.
		Some were already experimenting with overarm bowling and it was frequently employed in matches when the umpires allowed, Edgar Willsher of Kent was the first to be no-balled for bowling overarm, by John Lillywhite at The Oval on August 26, 1862.
		Overarm bowling was legalized when an amendment to the Laws was passed on 10 June 1864.
	content.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/79411.html (1051 words)

	Bowling (cricket) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		bowls a ball, and the wicket-keeper comes in front of the stumps at the opposite end before the ball passes those stumps or touches the batsman or his bat
		bowls a ball, and any part of a fielder's anatomy touches or passes over the pitch before the ball passes those stumps or touches the batsman or his bat (this restriction does not apply to the bowler himself)
		bowls a ball, and at the instant of delivery, there are more than two fielders, excluding the wicket-keeper, behind the opposite popping crease and on the "on side" (left side for a right-handed batsman, right side for a left-handed batsman).
	www.portaljuice.com /bowling__cricket_.html (627 words)

	Bowling (cricket) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		By doing so he avoided the (unlikely) possibility that the No. 11 New Zealand batsman would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
		IMDb: Bodyline (1984) The 1932/33 Test cricket series with England and Australia was notorious for the introduction by the English team of a bowling technique called Bodyline, involving bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body.
		Bowling and batting averages, tour information plus on-line entry to its Fantasy Cricket League.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bowling_(cricket).html (847 words)

	Bowling (cricket) - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An infamous "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a one-day match between the Australia and New Zealand teams, in which the bowler took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling had not been officially banned by rolling the ball along the ground.
		As a result of this incident underarm bowling was subsequently banned and found not to be within the spirit of the game.
		When a ball is bowled illegally, it is known as a "no ball." A "no ball" must be rebowled and the batsman are awarded one penalty run plus whatever runs they otherwise scored from the no-ball.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Bowling_(cricket) (291 words)

	Pitch - www.ezboard.com
		One important difference between the cricket "bowl" and the baseball "pitch" is that it is usual (although not, I believe, required) in cricket for the ball to hit the ground before reaching the batsman/batter.
		Apparently in the early form of the game the ball actually was rolled, and the "bowl" terminology persisted even though the delivery of the ball grew more aggressive.
		Bowlers rub one side of the ball on their crotch before they bowl to increase its spin, one side of the (cricket) ball is smoother that the other which gives it differential friction in flight (hence the red stains you see on bowlers' trousers).
	p098.ezboard.com /fwordoriginsorgfrm7.showMessage?topicID=495.topic (714 words)

	Articles - Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Additionally, as in professional cricket it is common for balls to be bowled at over 90 mph (144 km/h), the game needs to be played in daylight that is good enough for a batsman to be able to see the ball.
		The first two positions, known as "openers", are generally a specialised position, as they face the most hostile bowling (the opposing team's fast bowlers are at their freshest and the ball is new).
		Bowled â€” When a delivered ball hits the stumps at the batsman's end, and dislodges one or both of the bails.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Cricket (4754 words)

	Info and facts on 'Underarm delivery' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It should be noted that a delivery will be a no ball (Unlawfully delivered ball in cricket) if it bounces more than twice before passing the popping crease so an underarm delivery cannot be rolled along the ground.
		New Zealand required a six (The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one) to tie the match from the final ball, with eight wickets down.
		As a direct result of the incident, underarm bowling was banned by the International Cricket Council (additional info and facts about International Cricket Council) as not within the spirit of the game.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/underarm_delivery.htm (502 words)

	Backyard cricket.
		Overarm bowling is the correct form of delivery in every level of cricket (with odd exceptions noted below).
		Chucking is when the arm bends at the elbow and the result is neither a graceful throw nor correct bowl — in stickball: pitch — but something like a clumsy throw, and can elicit ridicule from all who observe it, and therefore impotent fury and despair in the chucker.
		bowling is, if all else fails, preferable to "chucking", and entirely acceptable for the elder player, but bowling is preferred in the young.
	www.freelance.primetap.com /backyard.htm (2061 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There is a cricket tradition that Christina Willes, the sister of Kent player John Willes, invented overarm bowling in the early 19th century because her long skirts made bowling underarm very difficult.
		Overarm bowling was still illegal, but accounts reveal that some umpires would allow it anyway.
		Overarm bowling changed cricket from a front-on game (like rounders and baseball) to a side-on game.
	bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist8_prog5b.shtml (344 words)

	Andrew wants us to kill him by house_monkey (Bowler (cricket)) \| LjSEEK.COM
		Originally bowlers rolled the ball along the ground (as happened during that famous game in 1981 between New Zealand and Australia which has become part of our sporting folklore) before the idea of pitching or lobbing the ball underarm, allowing variations in length and direction, was devised sometime around the 1740s.
		John Willes is credited with being the first man to bowl round-arm in a first-class match - it was referred to as "straight arm" in contemporary reports - and on July 15, 1822 he was no-balled playing for Kent against MCC at Lord's.
		Legend has it that Willes was inspired to develop a round-arm style after his sister used it, being prevented from bowling underarm by the voluminous skirts of the time.
	ljseek.com /cached/house_monkey/98718266/Bowler+(cricket)/Andrew+... (798 words)

	JOHN WISDEN FACTS, INFORMATIONS AND TRADES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While bowling fast, he took on average nearly 10 wickets in every game.
		In 1850, playing for the South against the North at Lord's, he took all 10 wickets in the second innings, all clean bowled (still the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled" in any first-class match).
		In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling_average of 6.66 He was also a fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting_average of 14.12).
	furtrade.com /John_Wisden (341 words)

	Indoor Inter Cricket Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		(in the event of an injury a substitute can field but not bowl and when batting the batter will only be allowed to bat with permission from the opposition).
		If it is still equal, teams will be asked to take part in a bowl out where each player will bowl one ball at the wickets without a batter.
		With the exception of the wicket-keeper, no fielder is allowed to stand within 10 yards of the striking batter until the ball is played.
	www.worcestershirewomen.co.uk /WYCGS/Inter_Cricket_Rules.html (611 words)

	Underarm delivery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Originally underarm bowling was the only method Later an English woman who was playing alongside the gentlemen attired in the dress the day for a lady (a long blousing dress) was having difficulty in bowling an underarm action due to the blousing and to counter this she began to with an overarm delivery method.
		It was not until many years later overarm bowling method was finally accepted by authorities and grew rapidly in popularity amongst players.
		As a direct result of the incident bowling was banned by the International Cricket Council as not within the spirit of game.
	www.freeglossary.com /Underarm_delivery (848 words)

	Articles - Laws of cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Each bowling crease should be 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 metres) in length, centred on the middle stump at each end, and each bowling crease terminates at one of the return creases.
		The return creases lie perpendicular to the popping crease and the bowling crease, 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 m) either side of and parallel to the imaginary line joining the centres of the two middle stumps.
		In cricket, when a ball is bowled it almost always bounces on the pitch, and how the ball behaves depends very much on the condition of the pitch.
	www.bowling-balls.net /articles/Laws_of_cricket (3519 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Have Your Say \| Stump Bearders \| Stump the Bearded Wonder No 100
		He bowled right-arm brisk-medium off-cutters with subtle changes of pace and was an athletic fielder in the covers.
		He was regarded by his contemporary players and observers as the greatest of all bowlers, not because of his exceptionally low bowling average but because he could change his mode of attack to suit any type of pitch.
		It was indeed the bowling of Edward 'Lumpy' Stevens (1735-1819) in a single-wicket match between Five of Hambledon and Five of England at the Artillery Ground in London on 22-23 May 1775 that led to the introduction of a third stump.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/sports_talk/stump_bearders/4582183.stm (4369 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - History of Cricket
		In these days, cricket was seen as a chance for the gentlemen to hit the ball, and bowlers were restricted to bowling relatively gentle underarm lobs.
		By 1821, the distance between the bowling and popping creases was increased form 46 to 48 inches.
		Finally, in 1864, the rules were changed to allow overarm bowling actions.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/history/origins.html (901 words)

	Physical Education Curriculum for Elementary Education Sample Lesson Plans
		The students will be able to use the overarm throw correctly and accurately enough to send an object to a partner.
		Students begin walking down the gym, passing the ball overarm if they are far away from the person they are passing to and underarm if they are close.
		Students are to use both overarm and underarm passes (not just one or the other).
	www.sasked.gov.sk.ca /docs/physed/physed1-5/ep_plans1-5.html (3790 words)

	Halfbakery: Bowling Blinkers
		A simple, but stylish bit of headgear, with large (retractable) blinkers on the side (like a shirehorses), to stop people on neighbouring lanes from distracting you with their outlandish bowling style/hair/legs etc. as you are approaching your vital shot.
		These could be combined into an amusing hat with a witty bowling related slogan embossed on the front.
		Ahh..but did you know that cricketers used to bowl under-arm, and overarm bowling was invented so that 18th century ladies could bowl with their large crinoline dresses on??
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Bowling_20Blinkers (364 words)

	Cricinfo - A tour too far
		Initially it was roundarm, and then overarm, bowling which caused much gnashing of teeth, and then in the last century, throwing.
		In the dying overs, Mike Smith chased a wide one from Griffin and was caught behind by John Waite for 99; the first ball of Griffin's next over bowled Peter Walker, and when Fred Trueman was bowled heaving, Grffin had his hat-trick, the first in a Test at Lord's.
		South Africa were twice bowled out cheaply, and by 2.25pm on Monday (the fourth day) had lost by an innings.
	content-aus.cricinfo.com /england/content/story/143006.html (984 words)

	Cambridgeshire Cricket Board - Play-Cricket - KWIK CRICKET RULES 2005
		There is no LBW rule unless the umpire decides that the batter has deliberately blocked the ball from hitting the wickets using their legs.
		At the end of the first 2 overs the batters retire and are replaced by the second pair until all 4 pairs have received 2 overs.
		Overarm bowling is encouraged, however underarm bowling is allowed.
	cambridgecb.play-cricket.com /content/view.asp?id=27283&cid=202 (390 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To counter this, the bowlers began to change their style of bowling from gentle underarm to quicker roundarm.
		Note the somewhat curved bat to enable the batsman to cope with the underarm bowling and these are only two wickets with a wide gap between them.
		The next controversy was soon to follow as bowlers began to deliver from higher than the shoulder and, after a long and bitter dispute, overarm bowling became accepted in 1864.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2005/01/30/fea17.html (467 words)

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		The bowling pair take it in turns to bowl from either end (three, six or 12 balls each).
		Teach them where to bowl to help their fielders and make it hard for the batter.
		Help them to identify what is the same and what is different about how their bodies work in each of these parts of the game.
	www.standards.dfes.gov.uk /local/schemes/docs/phe25.doc (1209 words)

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