* Justus O ' Peace: This recurring skit featured Archie Campbell as a judge who wore what looked to be a bowler hat, a red undershirt, and suspenders sentencing people to long jail time for some of the most silly misdemeanor " crimes ".

Of note, Botham's first 202 wickets came at 21. 20 per wicket, while his final 181 cost on average 36. 43 apiece ; the first average is one that would make Botham one of the greatest bowlers of the modern era, ranking alongside the West Indian greats Curtly Ambrose ( career average 20. 99 ), Malcolm Marshall ( career average 20. 94 ), and Joel Garner ( career average 20. 97 ), but the second average depicts a player who, as a specialist bowler, would be unable to sustain a place in many Test teams.

Such figures denote a player who would easily maintain a place in any Test side as a specialist batsman or bowler alone.

He was renowned as a big-hitting batsman, though with a classical technique of playing straight, and as a fast-medium paced swing bowler who could be very effective when atmospheric conditions favoured his style.

* John Ford ( cricketer ) ( born 1934 ), English right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who played for Gloucestershire Second XI between 1953 and 1956

The match was the idea of former Australian bowler and MCC committee member Hans Ebeling who had been responsible for developing the cricket museum at the MCG.

Muttiah Muralitharan (; ) ( also spelt as Muralidaran ; born 1972 ), often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack in 2002.

While the bowler stood with his hands on his hips perplexed, the five calls provoked an immediate response by the Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga who left the field at in order to take advice from his team management.

Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and / or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side ( that is, towards the right-handed batsman, or away from a left-handed batsman ).

A left-handed bowler who bowls with the same action as an off spinner is known as a left-arm orthodox spinner.

Jeff Bridges stars as Jeff Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who is referred to ( and also refers to himself ) as " The Dude ".

This was aimed principally at England's outstanding bowler James Southerton who had been playing for both Surrey and Sussex, having been born in one and living in the other.

A very prescient comment was made by the laconic Yorkshire and England fast bowler Tom Emmett who, after playing against Grace for the first time in 1869, called him a " nonsuch " ( i. e., a nonpareil ) who " ought to be made to play with a littler bat ".

A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler ; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder.

However, so the story goes, John Willes became the first bowler to use a " round-arm " technique after practising with his sister Christina, who had used the technique, as she was unable to bowl underarm due to her wide dress impeding her delivery of the ball.

Javagal Srinath, who represented India for several years as its frontline fast bowler, comes from Mysore.

Within the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ), which administered English cricket at the time, few voices were more influential than " Plum " Warner's, who, when considering England's response to Bradman, wrote that it " must evolve a new type of bowler and develop fresh ideas and strange tactics to curb his almost uncanny skill ".

He is the only player with more than 100 ODI wickets to average under 20, while his economy rate of just over 3 runs per over, and average of less than 20 runs per wicket are also the best ever for any bowler who took more than 100 wickets.

* Johnny Petraglia ( born 1947 ), former professional ten-pin bowler who won 14 PBA titles and PBA Triple Crown.

* Bill O ' Neill, four-time All American ten-pin bowler for Saginaw Valley State University who is now competing on the PBA Tour

* David Ozio, professional bowler who won 11 titles on the PBA Tour ; now General Manager for the bowling division at Etonic Shoe Company

A colorful character by all accounts, he was described as a slight man who was known for his handlebar mustache, pince-nez glasses, iron bowler derby, and elegant suits.

It was also known in England that Bradman was dismissed for a four-ball duck by fast bowler Eddie Gilbert, and looked very uncomfortable.

In a home series against India in 1989 / 90, Hadlee become the first bowler in history to take 400 test wickets when he dismissed Sanjay Manjrekar in the second innings of the first test.

Waugh fell on tough times, being dismissed for a duck and four by Test bowler Merv Hughes in the next match against Victoria and then 17 and a run out for another duck against the touring New Zealand.

Another variation on this rule is if the first ball a batter faces is deemed as unreachable ( Off the pitch for example ) The bowler is then obliged to bowl another ball in which the batsman is unable to be dismissed from.

However, the fact that Atherton was dismissed 19 times by Glenn McGrath, the Australian opening bowler ( a record for any bowler against one batsman ) suggests that this was a side of Atherton that Waugh seldom saw first-hand.

He was mistakenly referred to in the Wisden match report as a spin bowler, but opening the bowling in both innings with Brian Close, who was medium pace, Trueman took 2 – 72 and 1 – 22 as Cambridge were dismissed for 283 and 196 respectively.

The targeting of opposition batsmen has generally been successful ; he has dismissed Mike Atherton of England 19 times-the most times any batsman has been dismissed by one bowler in cricket history.

Returned to fitness, he toured Pakistan in 1980 but made a pair in the first Test at Karachi, dismissed twice by spin bowler Iqbal Qasim.

If dismissed by a bowler, the bowler is said to have taken his wicket.

In 1955, playing against Harrow at Lord's, he was the third Eton batsman dismissed in a hat trick taken by Harrow bowler Rex Neame.

There is only one batsman, and their objective is to not be dismissed by the other participants-who are fielders, or a bowler if they have possession of the ball-for as long as possible.

He is the bowler to have most frequently dismissed Shane Warne in Tests, getting him out nine times, most notably for 99 in a Test at Perth.

* Should a bowler deliver a no ball by overstepping the crease, his next delivery is designated a free-hit, from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run-out, as is the case for the original no ball.

Standing ovations are also often given in a sporting context to reflect an outstanding individual performance, for example in cricket standing ovations are given to a batsman who has been dismissed having played a definitive innings in the match ( either making a century or batting for such a long time it saved the match ) or even when a bowler walks off the pitch having taken 5 wickets or having performed exceptionally well.

This form of run-out is called the Mankad ( the dismissed batsman is said to have been " Mankaded "), in reference to Vinoo Mankad, the first bowler to dismiss a batsman in this manner in a Test match, running out Bill Brown in 1947.

He was run out in his second and final innings of his debut first-class season, so he was yet to be dismissed by a bowler.

After exactly 300 first-class runs, a bowler had dismissed him for the first time.

His main fault was a tendency to back away from the ball when facing a fast bowler, making it more likely he would be dismissed.

Sri Lanka won the match and in his side's only innings Sangakarra batted at the fall of the third wicket and scored 23 runs before he was dismissed leg before wicket by spin bowler Nico Boje.

After coming on as first-change bowler, Gul dismissed Virender Sehwag in his second over, and then bowled unchanged for 12 overs either side of lunch to take five Indian top order wickets-including Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, who both had Test batting averages above 50, as did Sehwag.

He was dismissed by West Indian fast bowler Joel Garner three times, and was nicknamed " Joel's bunny " as a result.