Top 100 Bowling Quotes

It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.

When it comes to dates, I just like going to the cinema or having a night in. I can’t stand fancy restaurant meals because I just get embarrassed because I’ll get food all over myself. Things like bowling, shopping, or going to the park are less awkward.

A Boosh fan bought me an original copy of ‘The Jungle Book’ – like, the first print from 1894 – so I’ve just started re-reading that and am really enjoying it. But the last book I read in its entirety was ‘Willard and his Bowling Trophies,’ by Richard Brautigan, which is amazing.

I don’t want to bulk up as that would affect my bowling and running style. I have learnt to accept my body and I handle criticism positively.

One of the first shows I ever did was ‘Laverne & Shirley.’ I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob.

The time I spend bowling with the white ball is a lot less than in Test cricket.

I was over the moon after bowling Chris Lewis and I was a little nervous about the hat-trick. You know it is a dream come true for any player to perform in the finals of a world cup.

It depends on who’s bowling, how is the wicket playing, how I gonna score and stuff like that or how people are trying to get me out, probably that determines how open I am or otherwise how closed I am.

My main strength is my bowling, but where I bat, I can also contribute for the team, and that is important.

But I love bowling in India, the grounds are quite flat whereas in South Africa you feel you are running uphill.

I grew up in bowling alleys.

Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.

My batting took some time to develop – I was batting at No. 10 initially but my bowling took off.

My biggest strength is I never look at the batsman’s name when bowling.

If you are bowling well and not getting wickets, it’s not a big issue. Sometimes I am economical, but not getting enough wickets. But if I am not bowling well and not getting wickets, then it’s a disturbing thing.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out that the South African bowling attack is exceptionally good.

I used to bowl a lot at the death while bowling in the IPL, but it serves as a confidence booster that I can do a lot more with the ball at the start of the innings and at the death.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

When I started bowling with a cricket ball, I was quite nippy, because I was already used to exerting more energy with the tape ball. So by the time I made the switch, I had already strengthened my shoulders.

You know those bumpers in the two lanes when you go bowling? I go out there with two of them, metaphorically, every day.

Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as well, and we played a lot together. When it was just me on my own, I was bowling at a drainpipe.

It’s not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

‘Bowling For Columbine’ and ‘Gus Van Sant’s Elephant’ really intrigued me. With ‘Bowling For Columbine’, I think Michael Moore just gave the perfect exploration of both the mass media interpretation of the event and going into the minds of these kids. These were messed-up kids who had hit a point of no return.

All I do is work hard. Try and work on my bowling and keep improving every day. That’s the key to success at the international level and in tournaments like the IPL.

I like bowling with my kids at Shoreditch House.

Bowling, I like bowling. I’ve been getting into this bowling thing. It’s kinda fun.

I have put in a lot of work on my bowling.

I got rid of one bat tap I used to have as I was about to face up, and getting rid of that’s made me more stable and able to get in better positions and play, particularly fast bowling, a lot easier.

I had to go back and work on my bowling when I first came in. I was out of the team for three-four months before I came back into the ODI team again. I had to work on my bowling, which I did and the results are coming.

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

I’m sure Putnam is right that there’s been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

I have always enjoyed bowling in England because there is some swing around, which is my strength.

Obviously, if I start bowling more, I will get better. To bowl more, I must be effective whenever I get to bowl – it doesn’t matter if it is the 40th or the 100th over.

I used to sit on the couch, and I could go through a pound of Brie cheese and a movie. I was like, ‘That’s enough,’ because it feels like a bowling ball in your stomach.

Drew’s a funny guy. Because anything he gets into, he gets in 100%. Even when we were doing ‘The Drew Carey Show,’ he got into bowling, and suddenly he’s phoning up pros for tips and carrying around 3 balls. It’s just how he does it.

Is there a secret to bowling at the Waca? In a way the secret is that there is no secret. Like any ground in the world, it’s all about feel.

No longer is a geek identifiable by a pale complexion, black-rimmed glasses, a bowling shirt that says ‘Nerd World Order.’ No, geeks are everywhere. And they’re cool!

What I intend to do is to launch a batting academy. I have been a batsman throughout my life, and I can’t open a bowling academy after all!

If I am bowling in a game, that means we’re in trouble. So hopefully, it doesn’t happen too often.

I realized that the ball is turning more in leg-spin, which would make things difficult for the batsmen, so this made me enjoy bowling leg-spin more.

I have to be flexible in my role, batting and bowling.

If someone wants to shout at me and tell me I’m bowling badly, that’s fine. I may not agree but it’s fine. It’s part of the experience of being a touring cricketer.

When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad spring to mind.

If I can bat against someone who is bowling 145 kph on a challenging wicket – that confidence is really important.

Whenever I practise in the nets, I practise each and every situation – be it with the new ball, be it with the old ball, or death bowling at the death.

I was a mod when I was a kid. I’d be in Italian pencil-leg trousers with those bowling shoes you wear outside and a Fred Perry polo shirt with a V-neck sweater. It was like an Essex uniform – a very specific look.

I find it really awkward to go to dinner on a first date. I like to go to a comfortable, loungy place or do something fun, like bowling or a concert.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

The batsman does not always need to create big hits. He can hit a boundary, then pick up some singles and still gets nine runs. To avoid that, I need to plan in a way where he must look to hit wherever there is a fielder. That is what is called ‘bowling to the field.’

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He’s an insider. He’s a moderate.

I haven’t had sex in eight months. To be honest, I now prefer to go bowling.

In economics, ‘competitiveness’ does not describe Barack Obama’s insistence on not only being president of the U.S. but also beating his staff at bowling.

An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.

To this day, I remember vividly Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and my grandma riding in a golf cart to set. My grandma went back to Ohio and told her bowling friends, ‘Guess what? I was riding to set with Missy and Ridiculous!’

I would say think about the thing that makes you happiest, and do that. If it’s drawing or dancing or listening to music or bowling, whatever it is that makes you happy, I would focus on that, and you’ll definitely gain some confidence.

Dotting teams up and bowling maidens back to back cannot be underestimated in Australian conditions because it gives you control of the game.

Just a couple of minutes ago, I signed a couple of bowling pins for some people. That’s a normal thing. Somebody will hand me something and say, ‘Draw a picture! Draw the Dude!’ They’re probably selling them on eBay or something.

If anyone says that American socialism isn’t possible, point them toward the bowling shoe.

I love to help kids, especially spinners, in South Africa. You won’t see many guys bowling legspin, so I want to try to see if I can develop another Imran Tahir.

Bowling in sub-continental conditions is not easy for a fast bowler. You have to be consistent and persistent to succeed, especially when you are bowling to the likes of Sangakkara, Mahela, Samaraweera, and Dilshan.