In cricket, a run-up is the approach a bowler makes when preparing to deliver the ball.

I'm sure when I was a young pinsetter the bowlers at the other end of the alley made side bets between themselves.

In order to do this, the bowler makes use of five factors:

Today's bowlers not only make more money than the old-timers did but also tend to score better.

A bowler rather than a batsman, he only made 76 runs in his first-class career at 5.06, with a career best of 31.

The bowlers, though, did well in favourable conditions and, if they had been better supported at slip, could have made a match of it.

Probably they would have lost all the same, but another bowler might have made it much closer.

The bowler had made his first-class debut two and a half years.

If all the pins are knocked down in two rolls, the bowler has made a spare.

I know it's only Twenty20 but I don't believe fast bowlers make good captains.