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NAME OF THE GAME: EPISODE 1

Seam Bowling: Spells from Hell

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Perhaps more enigmatic than the scrambled-seamer, is the seam-up ball that goes rogue. Here’s Mohammed Shami making Moeen Ali second-guess his visual senses.
Perhaps more enigmatic than the scrambled-seamer, is the seam-up ball that goes rogue. Here’s Mohammed Shami making Moeen Ali second-guess his visual senses. © Getty

In this new Cricbuzz series - Name of the Game - we unravel the technical facets of the game. First up, is the art of seam bowling.

A good seam bowling spell may not yield a wicket. Most seaming deliveries, in fact, do far too much to take a wicket. When the ball does just enough, however, it is a sight to behold. In this section, we look at the most testing spells of seam bowling in contemporary cricket, which have rendered the best of batsmen helpless.

A spell by Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali in the

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