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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bowling (cricket)
		In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman.
		An infamous "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a match in 1981,in which the bowler took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground.
		As a result of this incident underarm bowling was subsequently made illegal in all grades of cricket, except by prior agreement of both teams, as it was not considered to be within the spirit of the game.
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		Bowling is a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them.Bowling can refer to two distinctly different types of Read more...
		Bowling is a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them.
		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 was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground.
	www.rahsiaonline.com /articles/bowlingtip/bowling/bowling.php (839 words)

	Bowling Action The bowling acti
		The difference between `bowling' and `throwing': When you throw the ball, the elbow is cocked and used to impart energy to the ball by straightening.
		Bowling with the bowling arm closest to the wicket is called over the wicket, and is most common.
		Bowling with the non-bowling are closest to the wicket is called around the wicket.
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	CRIKIPEDIA
		Underarm bowling has been, largely, outlawed from cricket but as this etching of Caledonian veteran, Hughie Stewart shows, it hasn't entirely disappeared.
		Underarm bowling is, under the laws of cricket, illegal unless "otherwise agreed before the match".
		In Grades cricket, it is entirely possible that underarm bowling could be seen again, most likely in Grade 4, to allow junior or recreational cricketers, to "have a go".
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	Low Priced Bowling Balls\|Bowling Ball
		Bowling is a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them Bowling can refer to two distinctly different types of game.
		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.
		In bowling, a combination of natural ability, good technique and practice is the recipe for good bowling, whether it is fast, slow or spin.
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	OUCC 6-a-Side Rules
		Bowlers should not be allowed to bowl unplayably wide of the stumps, especially down the leg side.
		Some bowling actions are bound to be suspect, but no action should be taken unless the bowler is using a suspect action to unfair advantage.
		Underarm bowling is allowed, but, if the ball makes prolonged contact with the pitch, a no ball should be called.
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		The most direct way is for the bowler to bowl the ball in such a way that it evades the batsman's guard and hits the stumps, dislodging the bails.
		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.
		There are two main kinds of bowlers: pace bowlers, who attempt to bowl the ball too quickly for the batsman to properly react, and spin bowlers who bowl slower deliveries that bounce and curve in unpredictable ways.
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	Sports Rules - Cricket
		Bowled out - this is when the bowler bowls the ball, and it hits the wickets without the batsman hitting it, or the ball comes off the bat of the batsman's body and hits the wickets.
		The ball is bowled spinning in an anti-clockwise direction so that it bounces sideways across the face of the batsman after hitting the ground.
		If the ball is bowled slowly to a position wide of the off stump (back leg stump from the batsman's point of view).
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		While the batsmen are attempting a run, the fielders may attempt to knock the bails off either set of stumps with the ball before the batsman nearer to that set of stumps has reached the crease with his bat.
		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.
		There are two main kinds of bowlers: pace bowlers, who attempt to bowl the ball too quickly for the batsman to properly react, and spin bowlers who bowl slower deliveries that bounce and curve in unpredictable ways.
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	Sports Rules - Bowling (Tenpin)
		Tenpin bowling is an activity which is popular for both fun and for sport.
		The lane is 1.07 metres (42 inches) wide, and 18.29 metres (60 feet) long, from the foul line to the head pin (the first pin in the triangular setup).
		The circumference (size around) a bowling ball is 68.58 centimetres (27 inches), and the weights vary, to be suitable for many people.
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	Cricket Rules
		The pitch is a rectangular area of the ground 22 yards/20.12m in length and 10ft/3.05m in width.
		It is bounded at either end by the bowling creases and on either side by imaginary lines, one each side of the imaginary line joining the centers of the two middle stumps, each parallel to it and 5ft/1.52m from it.
		Bowled - The striker is out Bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler, not being a No ball, even if it first touches his bat or person.
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	Backyard cricket.
		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.
		Underarm delivery should be used when the batter is very young, as it allows the bowler to control the ball in a manner which will allow the inexperienced batter to get the feel of the game.
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	Seam and Swing Bowling
		With underarm bowling it could not have been of any consequence and we may safely say that it played no part in cricket before the legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864.
		But possibly the thing which gave swing bowling its greatest impetus was the experimental change in 1946, which permitted a new ball after 55 overs (six ball).
		The fast bowler, who had to be satisfied with one new ball in 200 runs in scorching dry heat at Adelaide when the turf was flint hard, not unreasonably thought that he was harshly treated compared with the slow bowler.
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	Play On Sports - Action Cricket
		Underarm pitching as used in softball is not allowed and shall be called a no ball.
		When delivering the ball underarm, the bowling arm may not be bent or raised higher than the shoulder on the back swing and must remain straight and extended throughout the delivery.
		Persistent bowling of a wide or no ball as last ball of innings will be concluded at Umpires discretion in “the spirit of the game”, taking into account bowler’s ability to deliver a good ball.
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	Rules and Regulations
		A delivery shall be considered underarm if the ball does not reach the level of the bowler's shoulder during the delivery swing.
		For a delivery to be a wide the umpire must judge that the ball passes wide of the striker both from where he is standing and also from a normal guard position.
		If the umpire considers that a bowler is persistently bowling marginal wides on the off side as a negative tactic, the umpire is entitled to call offside deliveries with greater stringency as well.
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	Cricket countdown: 9-6 - Cricket - www.theage.com.au
		Chappell's decision to direct his younger brother, Trevor, to bowl the last ball of the day underarm was seen as a shameful moment in Australian cricket which plunged diplomatic relations between Australia and New Zealand to their lowest ebb.
		It is often forgotten that underarm bowling was, then, within the rules, so long as the bowler informed the umpire — on that day Western Australian official Don Weser — who subsequently passed the information on to the batsman.
		Spin bowling had been going nowhere; suddenly, spectators at grounds and viewers at home were being treated to a new dimension of cricket watching, and kids everywhere were trying their hand at leg-spin.
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		The law requires the umpire to ascertain whether the bowler intends to bowl right or left handed, over or around the wicket and he must inform the batsman.
		This applies whether or not that bowler had previously bowled from that end, as it should not be assumed that he would continue to deliver the ball from the same side of the wicket.
		Underarm bowling is not permitted under the laws unless there has been a special agreement reached prior to the commencement of the match.
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	Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Any bowl that bounces on the ground off the pitch or off a concrete wicket, which cannot be reached by the batter or passes above the shoulder, is a wide.
		During the game the length of the wicket may be reduced for young bowlers who have difficulty in bowling a length (umpires to agree).
		Limited Field Placement: When the ball is bowled, no fielder may stand closer than ten metres from the strikers unless they are off side, slip or gully fielders.
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	Gold medal bowler rolls 120 at 103 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Upon arriving at the bowling alley Monday, where he spent his 37,759th day on the planet, Samuel Pate looped a lanyard tag around his neck listing both his name and his birthdate -- 1/18/02 -- thus casting himself, with comical ambiguity, as either a 3-year-old or a 103-year-old.
		By the time Pate readied himself on Monday morning for the competition at Princess Bowling Lanes in Whitehall, the pure odds of human history dictated that he should have been dead, or if not dead, then at least lacking the cognitive or physical means to compete in any kind of exercise.
		Bowling on Monday, Pate only showed emotion when something went wrong: a missed spare in the second game prompted him to jolt his right arm toward the sky, a karate chop of disgust.
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	Cricket World Forums: If you had one wish?
		Throwing a really slow ball by underarm bowling, which mean batsmen will have to use lot of energy to send that ball to boundry.
		Throwing a really slow ball by underarm bowling, which mean batsmen will have to use lot of energy to send that ball to boundry.No run up.
		Trevor Chappell was this guy wh underarmed the last ball of the innings when six runs were needed, and it was very infamous.
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	Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The batsman can also be out by failing to stop the bowled ball from knocking the bails off, or if a fielder catches the ball before it touches the ground.
		One umpire will stand behind the wicket at the end from which the ball is bowled, and adjudicate on most decisions.
		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.
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	CRICKET IN PERIOD
		In 1775, the third stick was added to the wicket because of the tendency for the ball to run between the two sticks, and the batsman remaining in despite the accuracy of the bowler.
		That the ball was initially being aimed for a hole, and the fact that the bat is curved, suggests that bowling was done underarm.
		If he delivers ye Ball with his hinder foot over ye bowling Crease, ye Umpire shall call No Ball, though she be struck, or ye Player is bowled out, which he shall do without being asked, and no Person shall have any right to ask him.
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	Korfball.com Forums - Viewing Message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The underarm bowling incident in cricket, from 1981...
		The Australian captain (Greg Chappell) ordered the bowler (his brother, Trevor Chappell) to bowl underarm to avoid the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman (Brian McKechnie) would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
		As a direct result of the incident, underarm bowling was banned in limited overs cricket by the International Cricket Council as not within the spirit of the game.
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	Cricket
		The batsman can also be out by failing to stop the bowled ball from hitting the wicket, or if a fielder catches the ball before it touches the ground.
		His partner stands at the bowling end and is known as the non-striker.
		On the day of the match, the captains inspect the pitch to determine the type of bowlers whose bowling would be suited for the offered pitch surface and select their eleven players.
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	Cricinfo - Different Strokes
		In fact it was the only way you were allowed to bowl until some fine lady (bless her) decided to bowl overarm because of her "long, widely blousing dress" which was giving her difficulty in bowling with an underarm action.
		Bowling a no ball is not cheating by the bowler, as the bowler does not know when he is stepping over the line.
		The entire science of bowling is rendered obselete, because it was geared to optimize performance under a specific set of constraints.
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	Underarm: Underarm - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amazon.com: certain dri a.m. scented roll-on underarm refresher ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Graeme Fowler in his book Fox on the run records that Dilip Vengsarkar bowled an over of lobs in the match between West Zone and England in 1984-85 when the latter delayed their declaration 2.
		These appear to be the last instances of underarm bowling in first class cricket.
		A pitched underarm delivery is a good ball, providing it only pitches once, and providing the opposing captain has agreed beforehand that the style may be used.
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	A short history of WSC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In those days of underarm bowling, no pads, and coloured clothing, the ground was sited on the south side of Sankey Street, opposite Bank Hall, the home of Colonel Wilson-Patten, and today the Town Hall.
		Bowling greens and tennis courts were introduced to the Club in the 1880's, and Stockton Heath Hockey Club, founded in 1893, was allowed to use the facilities from 1905.
		With the bowling and tennis sections having all but disappeared the club was kept alive by the cricket and hockey players whose members staffed the bar and undertook most of the ground maintenance and preparation.
	www.warringtonsportsclub.co.uk /history.htm (544 words)

	mynn
		it was just a year ago that the round arm bowling was legalised (until then underarm bowling was in vogue).
		Later Redgate admitted that the harder he bowled, Mynn hit it even harder.Laying flat on the roof of a stagecoach on the uneven roads, he was transported to London.
		Along with Reverend Frederick Beauclerk, Nicholas Wanostrocht 'Felix' who invented the catapulta (the first bowling machine), Fuller Pilch and Redgate, the galaxy of cricketers turned the game from the pastime of gentlemen to the people's sport.
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