Having been a fast bowler during my school days the 3 skills that I found most useful were line and length, the Yorker variation and the bouncer. The first of those skills was the most useful, didn't matter how fast I bowled, if I had good line and length I took wickets and kept it tight. Fortunately I was blessed with natural pace which was a big weapon for me but there were times during injury in which I was forced to bowl at almost half pace and during those times I was still able to take 4/5 wicket hauls due to good line and length. Swing is also a great friend to us fast bowlers, due to my pace I often got late swing lucky me, but line and length was the #1 reason for success.
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