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Wonder why we aren't seeing a lot more of this since Malinga?

His action must be a nightmare to read, tricky to pick up being dispatched from in front of the Umpire's nose, and generates a load of dip which is a lot harder to play than swing (it's what made Wasim Akram such an effective bowler).

Not sure if it's the action or not, but he generates a lot of pace for a small bloke. The only other shortarse quick I can think of is Fidel Edwards and he had an almost round arm style IIRC.

You'd think the Indians and Sri Lankans would have jumped on this bandwagon big-style, given the average height of an adult male is 5'4" or less....
 

Would imagine a fair few would suffer from crippling injury problems if they bowled like that for 20 years or so.

Must be some strain on the shoulder and knee.
 
I'm not sure you could actually teach/coach someone to bowl like that. You either do it or you don't. Generally people bowling like that will really struggle with accuracy, particularly line-wise, as naturally the straighter the arm, the more control you will have. You could liken it to darts or snooker in that having the arm moving in a perfect vertical line, helps with accuracy.

There are of course exceptions to this in those sports, an in cricket (ie. Malinga).

The only thing you could say is that the likes of England are more likely to coach it out of kids and rule them out as potential top cricketers due to their unorthodox action, when they could indeed embrace it a bit more.
 
smoker said:
Wonder why we aren't seeing a lot more of this since Malinga?

His action must be a nightmare to read, tricky to pick up being dispatched from in front of the Umpire's nose, and generates a load of dip which is a lot harder to play than swing (it's what made Wasim Akram such an effective bowler).

Not sure if it's the action or not, but he generates a lot of pace for a small bloke. The only other shortarse quick I can think of is Fidel Edwards and he had an almost round arm style IIRC.

You'd think the Indians and Sri Lankans would have jumped on this bandwagon big-style, given the average height of an adult male is 5'4" or less....
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iirc he learnt to bowl that way to stop the tennis ball from getting the ridiculous bounce.

A lot of young cricketers getting picked up by scouts etc won't have to play street cricket as much to develop these days
 
Dexter said:
Would imagine a fair few would suffer from crippling injury problems if they bowled like that for 20 years or so.

Must be some strain on the shoulder and knee.
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Any more so than conventional overarm fast bowling?

It was the dominant bowling method in the 19th century, although we have no way of really knowing how quick those lads were.

mackembhoy said:
iirc he learnt to bowl that way to stop the tennis ball from getting the ridiculous bounce.

A lot of young cricketers getting picked up by scouts etc won't have to play street cricket as much to develop these days
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If that's true, then it could easily be coached.
 
smoker said:
Any more so than conventional overarm fast bowling?

It was the dominant bowling method in the 19th century, although we have no way of really knowing how quick those lads were.



If that's true, then it could easily be coached.
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And coached out. Imagine david saker with a young english cricketer who bowled that way.

Was right about the tennis ball thing
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smoker said:
Any more so than conventional overarm fast bowling?

It was the dominant bowling method in the 19th century, although we have no way of really knowing how quick those lads were.
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Nee idea, but both Malinga and Edwards have had their fair share of injuries over their careers.

I'm not the tallest and so used to bowl in a similar way as well (not quite as extreme as those two mind :lol:), didn't last long as my right knee couldn't handle it.
 
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He's not. His degree of arm straightening is the same as any other bowler.
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I'm old fashioned. It just doesn't look right. I do realise that I'll have to bow to the experts who have examined his action, I've no choice.
 
ollie c said:
I'm old fashioned. It just doesn't look right. I do realise that I'll have to bow to the experts who have examined his action, I've no choice.
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Only cos we're not used to it. Time travel back to c.1880 and virtually every bowler would have been bowling like that.

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I love unorthodox and new techiques, makes the game more interesting!
 
smoker said:
Only cos we're not used to it. Time travel back to c.1880 and virtually every bowler would have been bowling like that.

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I love unorthodox and new techiques, makes the game more interesting!
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Where did you get that photo of me?

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Only cos we're not used to it. Time travel back to c.1880 and virtually every bowler would have been bowling like that.

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I love unorthodox and new techiques, makes the game more interesting!
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I wouldn't have fancied shouting "no ball"! there mind!
 
I bowl increasingly round arm as I get through a spell - it's not a technical thing though, it's because I'm tired and can't be arsed to keep my arm up properly.
 
Carteron said:
I'm not sure you could actually teach/coach someone to bowl like that. You either do it or you don't. Generally people bowling like that will really struggle with accuracy, particularly line-wise, as naturally the straighter the arm, the more control you will have. You could liken it to darts or snooker in that having the arm moving in a perfect vertical line, helps with accuracy.

There are of course exceptions to this in those sports, an in cricket (ie. Malinga).

The only thing you could say is that the likes of England are more likely to coach it out of kids and rule them out as potential top cricketers due to their unorthodox action, when they could indeed embrace it a bit more.
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Yep agree with this, not sure can teach that as he is a bit of a freak of nature, but you have to let young lads express them selves, and play naturally.

Australia are a good example of this, the old fashioned "back yard cricketer" like Steve Smith or Phil Hughes, very unusual techniques developed themselves, but both top class players (Hughes would of been IMO)
 
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