NEW DELHI, Nov 8: New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee, the first to reach the 400-wicket milestone in Test cricket, feels that the amount of cricket being played today is the reason behind the dwindling number of genuinely quick bowlers.

“There are not many fast bowlers around. With the amount of cricket and different types of cricket being played now, Twenty20 being the latest addition, the pressure on fast bowlers is enormous. They have to bowl day in and day out without break,” Hadlee, who’s here as the brand ambassador for Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, told newsmen.

”Now you can’t imagine a fast bowler who can play for 10 years without injury. But look at the 1970s and 80s, there was a good group. I myself played for 18 years.”— Agencies