WC2007: Super 8

[Mars Maximus]

Hehe ok waywood, I guess my spelling was as waywood as Tait's bowling can be at times hehe

Well when u sling its impossible to bend ur elbow so both actions are legal. I tried it and yeah ended up bowling it over the batters head!!

lol why sling in the first place?

 

[charith]

I dont knw if anyone else has noticed this but at the point when tait releases the ball his head is actually looking upwards? I.e. he's not looking at the target. Whereas malinga keeps his eye on the batsmen throughout his run and release. Maybe that can explain taits waywardness at times?

Hehe ok waywood, I guess my spelling was as waywood as Tait's bowling can be at times hehe



lol why sling in the first place?

hehe tried to get extra pace. it as in the nets but yeah no harm done. I'll stick to my offies.

 

[Mars Maximus]

Haha not you mate, Malinga

 

[charith]

Haha not you mate, Malinga

well dats hw he has bowled. he used to play alot of beach cricket as a kid on the sand with tennis balls. so to get bounce he used dat action to sling it. Is awesome how no one intervened and made him change his action. normally bowling coaches try to get perfect actions like mcgrath vaas. Its like Thommo as well. Slingy round arm

 

[Adarsh]

Surely you'll get more bounce with a high arm action than a slingy one ?

 

[charith]

Yeah prob to do with gettin more pace off the sand? I don't think he even played hardball cricket for his school. THey just picked him up and put him into first class cricket i think just based on his pace.

 

[Mars Maximus]

Well in the end, since the ICC accept Murili's action as legal, then I can't complain about Malinga :laugh

 

[charith]

Well in the end, since the ICC accept Murili's action as legal, then I can't complain about Malinga :laugh

Sorry i just want to clarify, how is malinga's action illegal? coz he doesnt throw it coz its impossible to. Its also between 90 and 180 degrees at delivery, 180 being your arm touching your head and 90 being your arm being parallel to the ground. Just curious as to how you think its illegal.

 

[dhoni dhamaka]

Well in the end, since the ICC accept Murili's action as legal, then I can't complain about Malinga :laugh

malingas action is not illegal because he just has a unique action wheras people accuse murali because of his release. :working

 

[Mars Maximus]

Well in my opinion I believe an arm that aint straight aint legal, and no I aint picking on Sri Lanka only. I think Brett Lee and others are in the same category. But I think Malinga and Murili are extreme cases. But meh it's not like what I think will have any bearing on world cricket lol I just wish the pure straight arm action was allowed only, but it is the way it is, and I gotta just learn to accept it all...

 

[Sureshot]

Malinga's arm is as straight as a ruler. Anyway the whole chucking thing has been done to death.

 

[Mars Maximus]

lol straight but almost 45 degree angle haha ok nevermind yea its all old news

 

[Master Khan]

Bangla is still minnows they are all underdogs and I think they need some tight louda to play Cricket.

Man Whats His problem
I Don't Bangla is a minnows team but they are sometime good and sometime bad.

 

[ishangodbole]

srl lanka sucks aussie rocks

 

[aussie1st]

I dont knw if anyone else has noticed this but at the point when tait releases the ball his head is actually looking upwards? I.e. he's not looking at the target. Whereas malinga keeps his eye on the batsmen throughout his run and release. Maybe that can explain taits waywardness at times?

Was noticed when he first played for Aus A, Richie commented on it. Can't be going too bad though if he has an 8 fer in the OD form of the game.