The aluminum kind is thus lethal against fast-ball pitchers, particularly those who throw inside.
"Dirk will train with the Australian World Cup squad and be fit, available and acclimatised in the event of an injury to a fast bowler, in particular a new-ball fast bowler, in the final stages of this tournament, " added Hilditch.
So he tries to offset his difficulty in actually hitting the ball by walking fast, getting up to his ball and trying to keep a similar pace of play.
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"They are wonderful, very skilful, technically sound, fast on the ball - so composed, such a high scoring side and especially a team to beat!"
Hashim Amla never settled, and a fast, short ball from Bond just outside off stump was good enough to end his innings on 12 - Brendon McCullum taking a thin outside edge.
When they water the pitch the ball moves fast and you slide across the field.
The image wasn't perfect (expected for a first attempt), as at certain times the signal would wig out and at others -- when the ball moved fast enough -- it got fuzzy.
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Peel the foil off just before cooking, scrunch it into a ball (it cools fast), and use it later to scrape any residue or ash from the bars.
England believe that the fast bowlers will also benefit from the ball 'going through the top', but surely three seamers and two spinners - albeit one out of form - gives you every option?
"I was little bit behind the ball and not reacting as fast and not having then right balance on my shots, but the most important thing is I don't have pain in my leg, " she said.
Boston cut it to 49-38 and Terry was dribbling up the floor on a fast break when Prigioni stepped in and swiped the ball away from him.
Like the Giants, the Niners practice that quaint, old-fashioned NFL technique of stopping the ball in addition to hurling it as fast as possible down the field.
Spain began at an incredibly fast pace from the opening kickoff, advancing the ball with its pinball passing and pressing high up the field when the Italians regained possession.
But he was caught in the deep for 72 after slashing at a ball from Nelon Pascal, and the fast bowler also accounted for Plunkett (17) and last man Saj Mahmood to finish with 4-68.
Diggins then stole the ball from Breanna Stewart and scored on a fast-break layup.
One fast striker to win free kicks, 10 giants to get behind the ball - not a very imaginative recipe.
Chris Andersen blocked a layup try by Walker, doing so with such force that the ball caromed right back into play and basically started a Miami fast break on its own.
For a start, thanks to our unique style of commentary - one commentator calls the action when one team has the ball, the other when possession changes - the coverage is fast and sometimes frenetic.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn tried to shake the Indian batsmen up in a hostile new ball spell and struck Sehwag's partner Wasim Jaffer (25) on the upper arm with a short-pitched delivery.
Ricky Ponting cut his first ball for four but soon miscued a pull at promising 21-year-old Barbadian fast bowler Kemar Roach and spooned to mid-wicket.
In the first two overs of the one-dayer against Sri Lanka I was trying to place the ball in an area and it wasn't working, and he said just bowl fast.
Kicking a soccer ball is the only sport that comes close to the globally shared experience of attempting to run fast.
It has uncompromising defenders who pass the ball accurately when they win back possession, midfielders who can find streaking forwards with accuracy and fast, deadeye frontmen like Karim Benzema and, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo.
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The 6-foot junior guard went diving past photographers in pursuit of a loose ball less than 2 minutes in and crashed hard into the basket support when he was fouled on a fast-break dunk attempt.
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