Cricketing World: 13 books

Bret Lee is one of the greatest Australian fast bowlers in the history of cricket. He has many bowling records to his name. Lee was born on 8th November 1976 at Wollongong, New South Wales. He stormed into the Australian cricket team with his extremely fast bowling. Soon he began to be recognized...

Imran is one of the most successful Pakistani cricket captains. Under his captaincy Pakistan won the world cup in 1992. Now he is the leader of a political party in Pakistan with a view to bring changes in the Pakistani society. Having played international cricket for more than twenty years,...

Michael Anthony Holding is one of the greatest fast bowlers from the West Indies. He was born on 18th of February, 1959, in Kingston, Jamaica. This former West Indian cricketer is undoubtedly one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket. Most of the batsmen in the world dreaded his...

In the years before Shane Warne, the art of spin bowling was attributed to the Asian Test Playing countries. The famous spinners like Bishan Singh Bedi, Chandrasekhar, Prasana, Abdul Qadir, and the others from India and Pakistan kept the batsman mesmerized with their spinning balls. The Australians...

Wasim Akram will always be remembered for his fast swinging balls, especially for the reverse swinging balls. He is undoubtedly one of the best fast bowlers in the history of cricket. In List A cricket Wasim Akram has the world record of taking 881 wickets. He is second only to Sri Lankan off...

Kumble bagged 619 Test wickets, and he is the third-highest wicket taker in the world. He is only behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, as of 2012. Most of the spin bowlers rely on the turn of the ball, but unlike them Kumble mostly relied on pace and accuracy of his deliveries. He was...

McGrath is considered to be one of the greatest fast medium pace bowlers in the history of cricket. From the mid 1990s to early 21st century, the Australians dominated the world cricket, in almost all forms of the game, and McGrath was a leading contributor to Australian domination. Greatest...

Hadlee is one of the most successful former New Zealand cricketers. He is regarded as one of the most effective and greatest fast bowlers and all rounders in the history of Test Cricket. In the year 1980, Hadlee was appointed MBE, and then in the year 1990 he was knighted for his great service to the game of cricket.

Denis Lillie is a fierce bowler who is often regarded as the outstanding pace bowler of his generation. Not only for his fast bowling, was Denis Lillie also known for his fiery temperament and aggressive approach to the game of cricket. A former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding...

Bishan Singh Bedi is considered as one of the best left arm spin bowlers India has ever produced. He has become a kind of myth. His larger than life figure is still there in the minds of the people who have watched him bowl. Bedi was a role model and ideal for many young bowlers like Maninder...

Sir Ian Terence Botham is regarded as the best all-rounder England has ever had in the game of cricket. He was equally good with ball and bat.

Clive Lloyd, the former Test Captain of the West Indies team, declares that Thomson was the fastest bowler that he had ever faced or seen. Thomson himself believes that with correct measuring cameras and equipments he would be close to 180 km/h. His incredible speed of deliveries gave...

Malcolm Marshall has the best bowling average among all the Test bowlers who have taken 200 or more wickets. His Test bowling average was 20.94. With his quick run up, and fast bowling action, he used to generate such a fearsome pace that it caused troubles for most of the batsmen. His dangerous bouncers were the most feared ones.