Bowlers height?

They get more bounce mate. Thats all I can say !

yeah quite true, tall bowlers BANG it down into the pitch, giving it bounce and even a bit more movement.

personally, i dont think they have to try as hard, cos they arent throwing the ball horizontally but more downwards =P

Arguably the best and the fastest bowler of the world at his time Malcolm Marshal was never a tall man and he had an awsome rising delivery, though he never bowled too many yorkers.

Though it really helps being tall but its not essential, some how in modern cricket most fast bowlers are tall, but still I wont take much away from sreesanth may be the shortest of indian quicks for being fast and effective!

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does anybody know wether its an advantage or disadvantage to be a tall spin bowler?

 

Their bouncers could also be deadly coming at a great height.

The English bowlers are really tall. Almost all of them are above 6'3. Thats also crazy.

The next Tony Greg. Just a little shorter.

Originally posted by Jayasuriya being tall gtes you bounce, and gets you pace aswell in my opinion. The perfect height is Glen mcgraths. I remmeber seeing in an article how a 5'4 indian player was getting speeds of 83 mp/h! now thats crazy.It also depends on the action too. Lasith Malinga is 5'10 and gets 90mp/h.

i bowl just like malinga, i have the same action. would it be better to bowl with a slinglike acton like his or the orthordox method? i ca bowl either, i just would like to know which action would produce the most speed/accuracy

well i think being tall doenst helkp spin that much. the ball will go straight down, and you will have to bowl it flat, or toss it up and bowl slow to make it loop.

stick to the pace mate ;)

I remember seeing Malcolm Marshall rip out Gavaskar's off stump in the (bi?)centennial test at Lords - He was serious quick and normal size too. He did skid it on though which made his short deliveries difficult to play.  

Yes being a tall spinner can have some advantages, but mostly disadvantages. Being a tall spinner may get you bounce, but it will make it hard for it to dip low, instead it will bouncer normally if you know what I mean. It is easier to read a tall spinner as the ball takes longer for it to pitch on the ground, and the batmen has time to read the variation of the ball before it pitches on tio the ground. (exception for ANil kumble bcuz hes still great even though he is tall)

Anil Kumble bolws faster than normal spin bowlers, maybe thats necessary because of his height, we should ask him!

Tall fast bowlers can get wicked lateal movement of the seam because they bang it on the deck. E.g Freddie - his iinswingers are big !

Originally posted by Jayasuriya being tall gtes you bounce, and gets you pace aswell in my opinion. The perfect height is Glen mcgraths. I remmeber seeing in an article how a 5'4 indian player was getting speeds of 83 mp/h! now thats crazy.It also depends on the action too. Lasith Malinga is 5'10 and gets 90mp/h.

The bit about McGrath being the perfect height: That si ridiculous. That's like saying you should have Shane Warne's hair because he is the best in the world. No matter what height you are, you could take 500 test wickets if you are good enough. After all, I doubt if anyone will ever have Muralis action even though he's fantastic.