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2006-12-28 00:36:00 · 14 answers · asked by leon 3 in Sports ➔ Cricket
Yeah there is, but its like the Hoover(TM) being used instead of vacuum cleaner.
One manufacturer calls it a Bola, another is Kanon (get it Kanonball...)
The England one is bespoke and called Merlin!
2006-12-28 00:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Finlay S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ball Throwing Machine For Cricket
2016-12-18 07:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by speelman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A typical (i.e. affordable) bowling machine has two counter-rotating spindles between which special dimpled, hard, rubbery balls are fed - do NOT use ordinary cricket balls as you'll ruin them! By tweaking various knobs, you can change ball speed (up to about 80 mph on the cheaper models) by increasing the rotation speed of both spindles, or introduce in- or out-swing by slowing down only one of the spindles. To get spin rather than swing, turn the machine to the vertical rather than the horizontal - they're normally tripod-mounted and height-adjustable.
Speaking as a batsman I don't like them as I find they throw out my trigger mechanism and I react too slowly. If you can get over that, though, they are an excellent batting aid, as if you want to practice a certain shot you can get ball after ball fed in the correct area for the shot.
2006-12-28 20:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by igorolman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean like those tennis ball throwing machines
if yes then i dont know what they are called
but if your talking about `other` cricket ball throwing machines then its the bowlers
2006-12-28 10:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called Bowling Machine. BOLA Cricket Bowling Machine is considered to be one of the best Bowling Machine available.
For more details, please check the following link:
http://www.bola.co.uk/cricket.html
2006-12-28 22:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know they are called ballista's after the weapons that the Roman's used to use for tossing stones at defences I may be wrong.
2006-12-29 05:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bowling machine
2006-12-28 12:07:25 · answer #7 · answered by Harryboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHANE WARNE! he would of hammerd the nigels(english) on his own.
Rock on australia you have the ashes back where they belong!
2006-12-29 06:05:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murelitheran, chucks it massive
2006-12-28 10:08:42 · answer #9 · answered by bletherskyte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
da one above da one above me is correct absolutely correct
2006-12-28 01:09:06 · answer #10 · answered by Robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋