Cricket's earliest style of bowling was underarm - don't let the sound of that word delude you, though. It wasn't always so slow and weary. John Nyren, one of the early historians of the game, once ...

I once got into an argument with someone about it, who was convinced he was bowling to Botham. I couldn't remember who it was, but it was definitely a New Zealand tail-ender, which meant the tactic ...