5 best exponents of the slower delivery in the game today

#3 James Faulkner

James Faulkner: An expert in guise

The Tasmanian has been Australia’s go-to man in crisis situations when no other avenue can be traced to halt a spell of carnage by opposition batsmen. James Faulkner, apart from being a handy lower-order batsman, is no mug with the leather in hand.

Faulkner, with the surge of his career, has mastered the art of deploying the slower delivery to his benefit. Batsmen are constantly looking out for hints to detect the slower delivery and Faulkner hardly gets trapped as his arm speed for a normal and slower delivery remain more or less the same.

In addition, Faulkner has the back of the hand delivery in his catalogue, which is hard to execute and Faulkner has attained expertise on it. On slow and low wickets, the left-arm pacer has been a handful and his dazzling performances in the IPL are manifestations of the same.