Home
Lob Bowling

Lob Bowling

The fallibility and temper of Tom Emmett

IST 01 June 2018 •8:00 AM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 23: Palairet, Fry, Stoddart, MacLaren — a clutch of famous names, minor lob bowlers and incidents

17 April 2017 •9:39 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 22: Teddy Wynyard — army man, all-round sportsman and useful lobster

11 April 2017 •5:41 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 21: JHD Piton, the obscure South African

11 April 2017 •10:17 AM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 20: A Survey Down Under

06 April 2017 •8:00 AM IST

Lob Bowling News

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 19: Digby Jephson

Digby Jephson was one of the last of the lob bowlers and one of the very best. He was a fine middle-order batsman as well.

14 March 2017 •9:05 AM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 18: WW Read’s hat-trick and hilarious interludes

WW Read often stroked his way into the same bracket as WG Grace and Arthur Shrewsbury as a batsman and was one of the greatest amateur cricketers of his day.

06 March 2017 •8:19 AM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 17: The Parsee Connection

When the Parsees of 1886 started their tour against Lord Sheffield’s XI, it was quite a sight to witness three of the five bowlers used operating underhand.

28 February 2017 •8:57 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 16: Walter Humphreys — the great lob bowler who bloomed late

Walter Humphreys, born October 28, 1849, was the champion lobster who heralded the quarter century of golden swansong of lob bowling.

21 February 2017 •1:18 AM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 15: The Lyttelton Levity

Frustrated by the long Australian innings, Lord Harris asked the wicketkeeper, Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, to have a go.

17 February 2017 •10:52 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 14: Tom Armitage takes lobs into Test cricket

Tom Armitage has also gone down as the first man to bowl lobs in a Test match.

16 February 2017 •7:54 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 13: The eccentricities of EM Grace

Edward Mills Grace is too versatile, successful and kaleidoscopic a personality to have his biography written as a part of a series on lob bowlers.

15 February 2017 •7:51 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 12: Arthur Ridley

Arthur William Ridley, born September 11, 1852, was a major all-rounder of his times who was unlucky not to have played in the early Test matches.

13 February 2017 •7:32 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 11: A clutch of minor bowlers — Drake, Money and others

After the exploits of Vyell Walker and Cris Tinley, there followed a lull in the history of lob bowling. However, there were a few notable, albeit minor, lobsters.

10 February 2017 •9:19 PM IST

Lobsters in Cricket, Part 10: Robert Crispin Tinley

Nicknamed ‘Cris’ and ‘Spider’, Tinley was considered by Alfred Shaw to be the greatest lobster he had seen.

09 February 2017 •6:35 PM IST

1 2 >

Latest News

Kohli’s stunning century powers RCB to top of IPL 2026 table

Rajeev Shukla slams Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting approach

IPL 2026 RCB vs KKR, Match Preview Predicted 11 Team News

Ashwin compares Abhishek's batting to reckless driving after SRH collapse

RCB vs KKR Predicted XIs: Will Varun Chakaravarthy play in Raipur?

RCB vs KKR IPL 2026: A battle of bowling giants on Raipur Pitch

Latest Photos

Yuvraj to BCCI: Cricket world wishes Sachin on his 53rd birthday

Avneet Kaur to LizLaz: Virat Kohli again caught in ‘Like’ controversy

Big shock for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026

Big doubt for Rohit Sharma vs Punjab Kings clash?

Virat Kohli Fitness Update: Will he play RCB vs LSG at Chinnaswamy?