Mohammad Amir Quotes

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up.

There are times I do single wicket bowling, and there are times I try, practise, hitting a specific length.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip.

Archery requires very sensitive muscles.

Pool, it became clear to me, is all about angles. First, there are simple angles, as you must hit the cue ball to either side when you are not straight on.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

A lot of times guys have the tendency to try to kick it too hard or over-kick it. Just like a golf swing, the harder you try to hit it the less chance you have at it going straight.

Being a swing bowler, bowling at the death is just an added facet in my bowling.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.

As a new ball bowler, it's my job to stick to the basics.

We look at the poor shots and ask why. Then we work on stability and balance. We're always trying to get the club in the little bit better position so we hit fewer poor shots.

I can throw strikes any time.

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

I won the glare with the bowler every time, because I knew that at some time he was going to have to turn around and go back to his mark.

If you want to bowl a yorker, you have to land it; if you want to bowl a bouncer you have to be on the money.

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

I try to throw a pretty catchable ball. I like to think I do.

Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction.

Honestly now, I'm so much more comfortable at the line and I've gotten so many reps up. Now I feel like when I shoot it, I go up so much more confident thinking, 'OK I'm going to make this one.'

I've taken countless shots in my life, so you know the ones when you're in rhythm, with a perfect release, and it's on track, that it's going in.