Even Mark Wood was surprised last week when Brendon McCullum vowed there would be “no cotton wool” treatment for his prized, injury-prone fast bowlers in this, the defining year of the Bazball project ...

Former India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami wants India's domestic structure to treat fast bowling on par with spin, saying that ...

My editors tasked me, having seen more than 500 Test matches, with whittling down the finest 30 fast bowlers who ever drew breath. It is an almost impossible task, but I gave myself a helping hand ...

Fast bowling needs the most amount of physical activity. For someone who is bowling consistently from 130 kmph to 150 kmph, it requires immense strength in the shoulders and knees. Even though shorter ...

Cricket fast bowlers are recognised for their elevated injury risk, largely due to the complex interplay between high-intensity workloads, biomechanical demands and technical execution. Contemporary ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed Lasith Malinga, one of their greatest bowlers in white-ball cricket, as Consultant- Fast Bowling Coach for the national men's team on a short one-month term to ...

Australia's Cameron Green is hit in the grille of his helmet by a delivery from Mark Wood Saaeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images It was so fast and brutal it almost knocked the near two-metre-tall Cameron ...

Former Australian speedster Shaun Tait steps into a long-term coaching role with Bangladesh, aiming to turn promising fast-bowling talent into match-winners ahead of major ICC tournaments Shaun Tait ...

As all five franchises gear up to put their best foot forward in the quest of winning the 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL), ...

Surjeet Yadav/Getty, Matt Roberts/Getty; Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in July 2025 and has been updated to reflect Mark Wood’s ...

The Asia Cup 2025 is underway with eight teams battling for continental glory. Pakistan, a nation renowned for producing world-class fast bowlers, opens its campaign on September 12 against Oman in ...

Australian fans have long tuned in to watch Jeff Thomson, Brett Lee and Mitch Starc regularly send down thunderbolts over 145km/h. However, Moises Henriques and Steve O’Keefe fear the movement away ...