History of the England cricket team to 1939 3 on the first morning before losing a competitive match when they were bowled out for 187 chasing 346. Before the 1932-3 tour to Australia, England had become used to the prolific run-scoring of Don Bradman. The England captain, Surrey's Douglas Jardine chose to develop the already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's body, and Jardine had two very fast accurate bowlers, Harold Larwood and Bill Voce to bowl them. The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he
Grant Bowler Grant Bowler Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in "Blue Heelers" and Wolfgang West in "Outrageous Fortune". He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in "Ugly Betty". In 2010, he hosted "The Amazing Race Australia". He starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series "Defiance". Bowler has been the voiceover for "" for the Seven Network since 2004. He also provided the voiceover for a