I find it very difficult to believe that any bowler sets out to bowl with the express intention of hitting and injuring a batsman, even in today's highly (some might say excessively) competitive game. But they do, without doubt, bowl to intimidate and unsettle batsmen with the aim of making them make mistakes, and give away their wickets.

Batsmen know this and, if they wish to make anything of a career in the game, accept the occasional knocks as 'going with the territory.