Bowling (cricket)

Bowling was the act of throwing a cricket ball at a batsman during a cricket match. At least one of the aims of the activity was to fool the batsman into mis-hitting or not hitting at all. Nominally, bowlers were aiming to hit the stumps and thereby cause a bail to fall to the ground, which resulted in an out. The Fifth Doctor once clearly bowled a man out while playing informally at Cranleigh Hall.

One metric by which bowlers were measured was speed, with two broad classifications being "slow" and "medium". The Fifth Doctor claimed his preferred bowling speed to be "fast". (TV: Black Orchid)