There almost seems to be a compulsion to use change of pace for fast bowlers in the death these days.

There almost seems to be a compulsion to use change of pace for fast bowlers in the death these days. Yes, it’s of course a prerequisite in the modern era to possess a slower ball, if not a slew of them, in your bowling armoury. No longer can a fast bowler get away with saying “piss off” — like Wasim Akram had revealed to have in an interview to Cricinfo — when asked to swallow his ego and develop one. But perhaps there’s a case of overuse when it comes to the erstwhile surprise weapon that fast bowlers would use to deceive batsmen. To the extent that bowlers seem to think it almost mandatory that they give their slower ball a go when under pressure, regardless of whether it’s their

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