Aim: The current investigation sought to determine the motivation of a selected delivery style of bowling at the crease, including last minute decisions thereof, in three overs per bowler among selected players in a Zimbabwean men's cricket team. Introduction: Historically, the inception of the game of cricket in Southern Rhodesia, its remarkable continuance nationally up until the present day, and its cultivation at local schools, resulted in some notable historical experiences amongst exceptional players, including former P.M. Ian D. Smith. The historical development and global recognition of Zimbabwe as a significant cricket nation was discussed. Materials and methods: During the investigation of bowling styles, a selected cohort of 10 cricket players aged 18–35 years (competing in the Men's Logan Cup 2023, Harare, Zimbabwe) were chosen and observations by way of counts were made on spin (13 categories: leg spin, off spin, off break, top spin, arm ball, the doosra, carrom ball, the teesa, leg break, top spin, googly, flipper and slider) and fast (12 categories: fast pace, medium pace, swinger, out swing, reverse swing, bouncer, slower ball, Yorker, off cutter, leg cutter, knuckle ball and beamer) bowling styles. Results: Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient revealed that there were no statistically different determinants between spin and fast bowling styles. Within the respective categories, mean±SD off break (9.2±7.7) and leg break (5.1 ± 6.3) (spin), and out swing (7.1 ± 7.3) and swinger (5.4 ± 5.8) (fast), were significantly (p <0.05) higher than the other styles within each grouping. Categories which had no recordings included the doosra, carrom ball, the teesa, flipper and slider (spin); and off cutter, leg cutter and beamer (fast). The percentage category selection of spin and fast bowling styles, included 61.5 and 75%, respectively. Conclusion: More local academic (scientific and medical) studies researching provincial and national cricket team performance/s are enthusiastically encouraged.