The bowler runs towards his wicket, and bowls towards the batsman at the other wicket.

The bowler from Gonville and Caius turned, the ball in his hand, and ran slowly up to the crease.

A thinking cricketer, he had been credited in Melbourne for having invented the practise of fielders walking in as the bowler ran in to bowl.

The protected area of a cricket pitch, on which the bowler may not run in his follow-through; see cricket pitch.

Not that a bowler can run up and half swing or half seam it.

Employing a wide, side-on stance at the crease, Bradman preferred to keep perfectly still as the bowler ran in.

A fast bowler needs momentum and takes quite a long run-up, running very fast as he does so.

Employing a side-on stance at the wicket, Bradman kept perfectly still as the bowler ran in.

If a bowler runs on the protected area, an umpire will issue a warning to the bowler and to his team captain.

The LBW seemed obvious but the bowler had run in front of the umpire who was unsighted and had to reject the appeal.