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Malinga - Thrower or Bowler?
Topic Started: Wednesday, 10. October 2007, 18:51 (1,282 Views)
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Congratulations to England on winning the one day series against Sri Lanka - a rare series victory abroad.

But one thing in this series has puzzled me. How can the action of Malinga possibly be described as legitimate? Over the years, I have seen the action of several bowlers be called into question and accused of throwing but I don't ever remember seeing one quite as blatant as this Sri Lankan "bowler."

At normal speed, it seems pretty well illegal but in slow motion, there looks to be no doubt at all. Has his action ever been called into question and investigated?
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I doubt it. They are all probably too scared. You don't last long questioning Sri Lankan technique, ask Ross Harper and Daryl Hair!
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Law 24 (No Ball) states:

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2. Fair delivery - the arm
For a delivery to be fair in respect of the arm the ball must not be thrown. See 3 below.
Although it is the primary responsibility of the striker's end umpire to ensure the fairness of a delivery in this respect, there is nothing in this Law to debar the bowler's end umpire from calling and signalling No ball if he considers that the ball has been thrown.

(a) If, in the opinion of either umpire, the ball has been thrown, he shall
(i) call and signal No ball.
(ii) caution the bowler, when the ball is dead. This caution shall apply throughout the innings.
(iii) inform the other umpire, the batsmen at the wicket, the captain of the fielding side and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of what has occurred.

(b.) If either umpire considers that after such caution a further delivery by the same bowler in that innings is thrown, the umpire concerned shall repeat the procedure set out in (a) above, indicating to the bowler that this is a final warning. This warning shall also apply throughout the innings.

© If either umpire considers that a further delivery by the same bowler in that innings is thrown,
(i) the umpire concerned shall call and signal No ball. When the ball is dead he shall inform the other umpire, the batsmen at the wicket and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of what has occurred.
(ii) the umpire at the bowler's end shall direct the captain of the fielding side to take the bowler off forthwith. The over shall be completed by another bowler, who shall neither have bowled the previous over nor be allowed to bowl the next over.
The bowler thus taken off shall not bowl again in that innings.
(iii) the umpires together shall report the occurrence as soon as possible to the Executive of the fielding side and any Governing Body responsible for the match, who shall take such action as is considered appropriate against the captain and bowler concerned.

3. Definition of fair delivery - the arm
A ball is fairly delivered in respect of the arm if, once the bowler's arm has reached the level of the shoulder in the delivery swing, the elbow joint is not straightened partially or completely from that point until the ball has left the hand. This definition shall not debar a bowler from flexing or rotating the wrist in the delivery swing.


Now, having taken all that in to account (because the law is not what I thought it was!) have another review and see if you still think he is throwing. If so, fair enough - but I suspect if the umpires do have any suspicions about his action they are supposed to report it to the ICC.

Provided he does not straighten his arm from when it reaches the shoulder then it is NOT a throw.
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Having watched some of the Cricket on SS1 this morning, it is a rather peculiar motion for a fast bowler, and his arm never once is straight as it is almost horizontal when releasing the ball.

I'm guessing it is a tough one for the Umpires to call as it all happens so fast, IIRC there was a hoohar a while back over Murali's bowling action, which if i'm honest is more suspect than Malinga's.

We had a pro at our club who was told off by the Umps numerous times for 'throwing' the ball, he actually showed me how he bowled, and I've never, ever, spun a ball so much in my life.
Whether or not I threw.... it i'm not too sure.
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And, given what the Aussie batsmen are doing to him, I dont think they'll be complaining too loudly about said action.
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