1.   Outright batsmen joined the queue, and the supposedly slow bowlers were Marking out what looked like suspiciously long run-ups.

2.   Yorkshire cricket has been graced with world-class slow bowlers.

3.   Akbar came in for off spinner Saqlain Mushtaq as Pakistan too opted for three fast bowlers and just one slow bowler in leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed.

4.   Australia put its faith in spin on a wicket which has a history of helping the slow bowlers.

5.   But the pitch has provided a lot of help for the slow bowlers, with spinners taking ten-wicket hauls in each of the matches.

6.   But South Africa never really capitalized as the Sri Lankan slow bowlers imposed an admirable stranglehold on the batting.

7.   Gibbs hit two sweetly-timed sixes off slow medium bowler Chris Harris as he continued with his maiden test century.

8.   Headley will form a medium pace-quartet with Cork, Angus Fraser and Mark Ealham, while off spinner Robert Croft remains the only specialist slow bowler.

9.   Its slow bowlers Peter McIntyre and Brad Hogg were not able to exploit the pitch as well as Indian spinners.