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The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of continuous eight over bowling spell on physical exertion during practice session. Ten (10) male pace bowlers age ranging from 18 to 23 years of Paschim Medinipur West Bengal were selected for this study. Data on selected parameter namely Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured prior to 1st over and immediately after the completion of each 3rd, 5th, and 8th overs, by using Borg scale. The basic statistical parameters were calculated for all the data: the mean, standard deviation and One-way, repeated measures ANOVA were performed to determine differences in the respective 8-over spell. The result shows that the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) increases significantly during the eight over bowling spell but the RPE of the pace bowlers indicated ‘very light to fairly light’ levels and final RPE represented a rating of ‘somewhat hard’. It may be concluded that continue eight over bowling spell has no deleterious effect on metabolic stress and it shows that the bowlers still feel able to continue the bowling spell.