  There is a widespread notion in cricketing world that with increasing pace
the performance of a bowler improves. Additionally, many commentators believe
lower order batters to be more vulnerable to pace. The present study puts these
two ubiquitous notions under test by statistically analysing the differences in
performance of bowlers from three subpopulations based on average release
velocities. Results from one-way ANOVA reveal faster bowlers to be performing
better, in terms of Average and Strike-rate, but no significant differences in
the case of Economy rate and CBR. Lower and Middle order batsmen were found to
be more vulnerable against faster bowling. However, there was no statistically
significant difference in performance of Fast and Fast-Medium bowlers against a
top-order batter.
