Sri Lanka

shut up FFS!!!!!!!!!!

straight arm = legal



/poo

cry somewhere else. they deservedly beat us

 

can't believe you got that the wrong way round

Mr Nutkins. You being a font of all knmowledge and all

 

RE: The next to last "ball"....

I thought doing that would qualify as an extra, ok I guess it isn't in the rules that they can't do it so they didn't technically do anything wrong, but perhaps the cricket authorities should look into this and bring in a ruling that if a bowler stops once he is in the motion of bowling that its an extra.

 

What if the ball slips out of the hand, or you realise you were going to no-ball, or you thought the batsman indicated he wasn't ready, or you pull a muscle, or...?

Perfectly legitimate. Can't see the problem with it myself.

 

Apart from the no ball, all the others would be legitimate reasons to stop....maybe not the ball slipping because they could then do that deliberately.

I don't know what I'm talking about, I don't bother watching it anyway, just thought they should try to stop them doing it.

 

I'm not keen on what he did, but if it's legal, he can do it. And it is legal. Batsmen have the right to signal they're not ready up until the ball is released, and that's been used on countless occasions to put a bowler out of his stride. Why shouldn't a bowler have such gamesmanship weaponry?

 

Well fair enough, it's legal so he can so it, can't argue with that. Doesn't stop them looking to change rule in future though same as the underarm bowling one that was mentioned. Not that I really give a toss anyway.

 

Right then

I have no problem with Malinga's action but if we take it to its extreme - a bowler could bowl with his arm parallel to the ground as long as his arm is straight (or bent at no more than 15 degrees or whatever it is) and it would be a legal delivery?
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Yes....

But from the bowlers perspective it would be almost impossible to control.</p>

Malinga is a freak to bowl as accurate as he does.</p>