Chuckers in international cricket

Baundule · #1 July 18, 2005, 09:21 AM

Recently Lawson has been reported for chucking. Shabbir Ahmed is another one in the list and after checking he was found bending his arms by upto 27 degree!!

The list is quite big starting with Murali, there goes two Shoaibs, Lee, Harbhajan or even our Razzak.

What do you guys think guys about the bowlers with suspected actions? Should we be sympathetic for their mental sufferings after being reported, or should we not because they are just cheating?? (Think, how one become international cricketer with a 27 degree bend!)

Edited on, July 18, 2005, 2:22 PM GMT, by Baundule.

prasad · #2 July 19, 2005, 05:17 AM

looking at the mushroomesque growth of chuckers,icc soon will come up with 1 chucker per team rule.but only within 25degree.

Baundule · #3 July 19, 2005, 05:31 AM

or may be, ICC comes up with 'however-you-like' rule

tiger_man · #4 July 20, 2005, 12:20 AM

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Originally posted by Baundule

What do you guys think guys about the bowlers with suspected actions?

i think those bowlers need to settle down and relax

BangladeshFan · #5 July 22, 2005, 03:21 PM

if we filter out the chuckers (shoaib, lee, murali, harbajan, afridi...) not many good bowlers will be there in world cricket

James90 · #6 July 22, 2005, 05:09 PM

Everyone in international cricket chucks more or less

Except Sarwan but who cares about him :p

Rob · #7 July 22, 2005, 05:10 PM

What about James Kirtley. I have a video clip of his bowling, his arm is very bent:

http://www.freewebs.com/rob22887/kirtley.htm

James90 · #8 July 22, 2005, 05:26 PM

I remember watching him on Sussexcricket.tv
His arm's like a coathanger

mwrkhan · #9 July 22, 2005, 05:38 PM

I mentioned on this sight several times that I think Kirtley is a chucker. Also Gough with his old action seemed a bit iffy to me at times past.

chyicarus · #10 July 23, 2005, 12:02 AM

no Gough never chucks- there's a huge difference between bending your elbow/arm and using your wrist although from the naked eye it looks pretty much the same.
That is another reason its know that leg spinners can never chuck.
gough clearly uses his wrists. So does Flintoff because if you look at his delivery stride, he uses plenty of wrist action to hit the deck, producing movement off the seam and sometimes jag it back into the right-hander.