What kind of balls did bowlers bowl in early cricket matches?
Early bowlers would bowl the ball underarm, and cricket records are full of stories of great underarm lob bowlers. Can you believe that over arm bowling was initially illegal in cricket? A cricketer from Kent, John Willes, first introduced it to cricket. He actually learnt it from his sister Christiana Willes, who found that her skirt was getting in the way when she tried to bowl underarm!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
What kind of balls did bowlers bowl in early cricket matches?
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