Then there are the seamers, starting with young Shanthakumaran Sreesantch, a very talented bowler who can really swing the ball, old or new.
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He made his Test debut at the age of 22 against England in 2005 and caught the eye with his ability to reverse-swing the ball at speeds in excess of 90mph.
But he certainly made their batsmen note his name in Nagpur where he bowled at a lively pace and troubled them with his ability to swing the ball and obtain movement off the seam.
He does little more complicated than swing the ball late on a good line and length, for which he was rewarded with 15 wickets at 19.53 in the Tests, including 6-71 in the second innings of the first match.
He certainly exposed a weakness in Philip Hughes, who was roughed up in both his brief innings - but with Andrew Flintoff back in the team, England have the firepower (remember as well how Stuart Broad dealt with Ramnaresh Sarwan at Chester-le-Street?) and they need James Anderson's ability to swing the ball.
"I swing at every ball, " Davidson says of his appetite for risk.
As the sun broke through early in the New Zealand innings, the lack of natural swing on the ball was evident from the off.
We thought the ball would swing around and the conditions definitely favoured us.
"Johnson got a wicket after about 45 minutes in the first innings, he got the ball to swing and it opened the floodgates, " said Gooch.
Lee had added 59 with Hussey by the second over after tea when he was yorked by Zaheer - while Mitchell Johnson did not last long, edging onto his stumps as Zaheer found some reverse swing with the old ball.
Most computerized swing analyzers focus on ball velocity, spin and launch angle, but MAT-T measures every motion you make from address to impact, including total duration of the swing, which when measured over a series of swings, equates to rhythm.
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The ball continued to swing sharply, even the bouncers, one short one collected by Mahendra Dhoni in front of first slip.
Once the ball started to swing, we know he is as good as anyone in the world in terms of exploiting those conditions.
In an extended final session, Bangladesh's batsmen enjoyed another fruitful period before James Anderson produced some high-quality swing bowling with the new ball.
We were surprised the ball didn't swing for us, and even more surprised when it did for Nathan Bracken later in the day.
With groundsman Steve Rouse suggesting his dry pitch would suit seamers who "kiss" the surface, giving the ball every opportunity to swing, England omitted surprise call-up Darren Pattinson in favour of the fit-again Ryan Sidebottom.
What happens is observed and recorded, by the public and the press, so that each hit, each missed swing, each bobble of the ball becomes part of the gorgeously detailed record keeping that so defines the game.
England's three seamers each struck twice and Australia completely lost their way when the ball began to reverse swing after tea, with five wickets tumbling in the final session alone, including two in consecutive Chris Tremlett deliveries.
The next time up, Cano took a wild swing and missed a 72 mph breaking ball by a lot.
The expected fightback was simply not allowed to happen, Pakistan aware that a full ball would zip through with swing and seam but a short one would lose pace and effectiveness.
At the moment, the racket's technology can identify the type of shot a player hits (forehand, backhand, serve), the kind of spin a player imparts on the ball and the power of a swing.
The match continued to swing from end to with Kingston collecting the ball 25 yards from goal and blasting a shot against the post and Hearts were then unable to profit from a teasing Templeton centre.
Anderson struck with his third ball and produced a superb spell of swing.
Bresnan and Anderson choked the flow of runs with a disciplined display of swing bowling, manipulating the 15-over old ball in both directions as Ponting and Watson were given few run-scoring opportunities to cash in on.
The man who changed baseball forever by out-homering entire teams, by compelling owners who saw the drawing power of his homers to liven up the ball, and by pushing the New York Yankees to such heights that the team built a new stadium perfectly designed for his swing, is still the king of the long ball.
One is learning to perch atop a Swiss ball on my knees while making a golf swing.
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The game will even change your swing type based on how close you stand to the virtual ball.
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Woods, who missed only two fairways, said the round was his best in terms of ball-striking since he started working on his swing under new coach Sean Foley.
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It's difficult to know what his stock ball is, but if he bowls away-swing to the right-hander he'll get more rewards like the one he got today with a perfect delivery.
In that first spell, the impressive Sharma outbowled his more experienced new-ball partner Zaheer, who failed to find as much swing as usual early on, while the odd loose delivery was punished in a calculated manner by Hussey.
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