For cricket aficionados please?

Question

I have come to love cricket although my watching and therfore my knowledge is confined to television .I have been watching the current series of matches between New Zeland and Sri Lanka and I am puzzeld by the bowling action of Sri Lankas Malinga to me it looks like he is throwing ,can someone explain why I am wrong as I know Imust be

Thanks everyone for your answers I have a much better understanding of what constitutets a legal bowl

Answer 1

I fully agree with you. Any one who watches the bowling of Malinga gets an impression that he is throwing. However, as per ICC rules in force, his action does not come under the purview of throwing. The defenition of throwing as per Rules in force is given below:

"In the sport of cricket, throwing (commonly referred to as chucking) occurs when a bowler delivers a ball with an illegal straightening of the elbow. If the umpire deems that the ball has been delivered illegally, he will call a no ball. Current ICC regulations set a legal limit of 15 degrees of permissible straightening of the elbow for all bowlers."

Also please check the following link for details about bowliong action:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_(cricket)#The_bowling_action

Answer 2

Technically. he isn't throwing. Cricket laws say that arm shouldn't be bent and the arm action should be above the shoulder (Not underarm). There's a degree of flexibility (up to 15 degrees) allowed for bending of the arm. Malinga's arm does not bend - it's just that he has a "round-arm" or "sling" action. His action is within laws, though a bit unusual.

Plus, the sling action does help in reverse swing a lot. Waqar Younis had a similar action, through the action wasn't all the "round-arm".

Answer 3

It is so disappointed to see how few narrow minded people writing answers to this kind of questions
. I think if u dnt know the answer or if u r not sure what u r writing all about u shud keep quite as some viewers can be misleaded.

It is understandable bcuz those people don't have any background of professional cricket but at least they shud give more focus to the current events and update their knowledge about laws n news of the great game of CRICKET.

Also to my mind I cant believe any body out there still believe Murali is a chucker! and minority of people still trying to undermine the greatness of Asian Players like Murali.

Answer 4

i love cricket in any form expensive. I want 50-50 if i'm by myself as i opt to study the game because it is going yet when I really have the toddlers observing 20-20 is a lot extra perfect because the cricket is swifter and they don't lose interest with it.

Answer 5

yes lots of officials and cricket lovers do say his action is suspect
and he has been no balled a few times in first class matches
but at the moment his dubious action is allowed to continue.
The man is chucker not a bowler,i agree with you UK

Answer 6

they changed the law a couple of years ago, to allow off-spinner Muralitharan (Murali) to continue to "bowl", now they allow a 15 degree bend of the arm. Murali is bowling in that match also and you will notice he is the worst "chucker" ever. but due to the politics of cricket, the game is ruled by the subcontinent powers of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the ICC (supposedly in charge, but not really) cannot expel him from the game because of the racial tension it will cause. so instead they changed the law to make his action "legal". now, Malinga and others who chuck the ball are allowed as well.

in 1995, Murali was no-balled by australian Umpire Darrel Hair in australia, causing a huge uproar, Murali has since refused to tour australia on one occasion, and Hair cannot umpire matches involving Sri Lanka. Recently Hair accused Pakistan of ball-tampering, and awarding a test match to england after Pakistan forfeited the match by refusing to return to the field in a protest. they accused him of racism, and Hair was subsequently dumped from umpiring. this shows that the game is run by the sub-continent teams, and what they want they will get, including keeping their star bowler Murali in the side even though he throws the ball (Murali is destined to be the leading wicket taker of all time, currently in 2nd place behind Warne, but much younger)

Answer 7

The arm can only be bent a maximum of 15 degrees (it was changed for Mutiah Murilithiran)

Answer 8

Malinga the slinga! Jeff Thompson's action was very similar, though only old fogies like me will remember.

Answer 9

You are probably not wrong, but he is an Asian cricketer and he can get away with what would lead to a ban if the player was white.

Answer 10

Yeah they often look like throwing to me too, don't see how it can be bowling, but there will be a technicality somehwere!