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Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:21 amby D/L
Duncan1987 wrote:...Simply put the fact that the bowlers arm flexes because of the moment of inertia of the ball when bowling fast has allowed a loop hole with which very dodgy spinners are getting away with total murder.
Spinners should not be allowed any flex at all, they don't have the excuse that fast bowlers do.
I agree that spinners should be permitted no flex at all and should play by the laws of the game, not in direct contravention of them.
The "flexing" of fast bowlers' arms is just another myth promoted by the ICC to help them preserve their empire.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:01 pmby Duncan1987
Look, I love Murali, he's a great guy but the problem he had with his arm has opened a loophole that spinners without this "defect" (sorry couldn't think of another word) can use to really push the laws of the game. Why are modern spinner who can fully straighten their arms allowed to bowl with bent arms? It's just crazy.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:08 pmby The Waugh Twins
I think you will find that it was a misprint and he has been appointed Australian baseballs pitching coach.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:12 pmby The Waugh Twins
Duncan1987 wrote:Look, I love Murali, he's a great guy but the problem he had with his arm has opened a loophole that spinners without this "defect" (sorry couldn't think of another word) can use to really push the laws of the game. Why are modern spinner who can fully straighten their arms allowed to bowl with bent arms? It's just crazy.
Yeah the ICC handled it all very poorly. It's one thing to change the rules of the game, but when you change the physical way it is played then it is no longer the same game. Funny thing is in test cricket it doesn't seem to have stopped the flow of runs. I guess bats have gotten bigger, and pitches have gotten easier to bat on so perhaps they felt they had o even things up a little.
Never agreed with their decision, but I can't see it going back to a straight arm.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:59 amby hopeforthebest
I see Sananayake is playing for SL today, the Welsh must have cleared his action.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:56 pmby D/L
Senanayake banned. Muralitharan cleared. Go figure.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:53 pmby shankycricket
Good riddance to Senenayake. Easily the worst of all the chuckers around.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:50 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Good to know that chuckers can be removed from the game. Excellent news, and I'm pleased for SL that they won't continue to impose him on opposition teams.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:44 pmby alfie
I guess The Question has been effectively answered.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:51 amby Arthur Crabtree
Moeen chucked some at Trent Bridge. presumably his doosra. Which came out very slowly.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:09 amby dan08
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:48 pmby budgetmeansbudget
Ban the doosra altogether, problem solved. Its such an unnatural delivery in anycase.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:18 pmby Making_Splinters
Most people agree that umpires can't tell the difference between 15 and 16 degrees of flex in real time. Here we have a bowler who is bowling at three times the limit, even when he is deliberately trying to alter his action, and yet he has not been no balled on the field of play. That is a little bit worrying.
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:21 pmby Arthur Crabtree
How about the problem that SL thought he was alright to bowl, and actually defended him?
Re: Does he throw or not throw, that is the question.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:37 pmby hopeforthebest
Arthur Crabtree wrote:How about the problem that SL thought he was alright to bowl, and actually defended him?
They have a history of being in denial about their players and have not been slow to accuse the accusers of racism when it suits them. That accusation often frightens people off.
