**Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

[Spikey]

most of this season's bbl thread was calling spinners chuckers tbh

 

[honestbharani]

and yet they had no dramas reporting chris green. this is the exact type of racism towards south afrcians that peter dutton warned us about.

There was a couple of domestic spinners in India who were reported and even banned from bowling. And also the fact that people's action can and does detoriarate sometimes, esp. SLA spinners for some reason. Shakib is a recent example and even the ones who were called in India were those.

Agree Chris Green seems even more obvious but it does look like those who can get deals in T20 leagues around the world get a pass. Hence we have cases like Narine.

 

[morgieb]

In fairness, a fair few Aussie posters were calling Kuhnemann's action out yesterday when the news first broke. Indeed, looking back at the thread, they had their suspicions for a while. This is set out a few pages ago.

Yeah the average Australian here beyond Murali trolling was when they first say Kuhnemann "bowl" was "hmm....that isn't right".

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Did Burgey write it?

In this episode Lisa correctly calls Bart's hamster exhibit a farce and the guy saying sour grapes is portrayed as being easily duped by showmanship over scientific merit.

 

[Gob]

Cam Green.

Labuschagne
Khawaja
Green
Smith
Head
Carey
Webster
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
Boland

Note hazlewoods still injured, and faces a long recovery, and its fair to say based on his questionable injury history, hes no longer a 1st choice bowler in the Test team on seaming wickets- Boland is and he was brilliant last WTC. Boland also single handedly won us the BGT- without him, we would not have the BGT trophy and also the series victory.

Yes number 3 is the ideal position for a guy who has not played a test in 18 months, probably won't play any FC cricket either to make his return especially early on in the English summer against Rabada

Out of interest, are you normally this stupid in other aspects of day to day life or is it just for cricket posting online?

 

[Gob]

Wasn't it more likely match officials that reported him than SL themselves?

Has to be one of the 2 on field umpires. Joel has umpired in games where kuhn did play in the past so it must be holdscock

Either way it's the right thing. It looked pretty diabolical from long off camera. Better check and get it sorted

 

[halba]

Yes number 3 is the ideal position for a guy who has not played a test in 18 months, probably won't play any FC cricket either to make his return especially early on in the English summer against Rabada

Out of interest, are you normally this stupid in other aspects of day to day life or is it just for cricket posting online?

What about Renshaw as opener. Looks in good nick now, worth a try for an extended run as Opener. Labuschagne at #3. Green to slowly build up to West indies and Ashes.

 

[Nintendo]

What about Renshaw as opener. Looks in good nick now, worth a try for an extended run as Opener. Labuschagne at #3. Green to slowly build up to West indies and Ashes.

Get Conor McInerney in to open in the ashes if he gets some runs this round and renshaw fails

 

[Chin Music]

Has to be one of the 2 on field umpires. Joel has umpired in games where kuhn did play in the past so it must be holdscock

Either way it's the right thing. It looked pretty diabolical from long off camera. Better check and get it sorted

I had only found out about the issue, yesterday morning UK time. I was about to put a link to the news, yet saw that loads of posters had mentioned it a few pages back so didn't bother. I hadn't seen any of the series, and had a look at some footage. I've got to say he looks bang to rights from what I saw of that.

 

[Starfighter]

Yes number 3 is the ideal position for a guy who has not played a test in 18 months, probably won't play any FC cricket either to make his return especially early on in the English summer against Rabada

There's some talk that he might sign with a county (probably Gloucestershire) and play some matches before the WTC final.

 

[Molehill]

There's some talk that he might sign with a county (probably Gloucestershire) and play some matches before the WTC final.

Is he going to be fit enough to do any bowling or batsman only?

 

[Qlder]

Is he going to be fit enough to do any bowling or batsman only?

Green is planned to return for WA as a batsman in last round of Shield 15 March, plus the Shield final if WA make it. He is then planning to play as a batsman in County cricket before WTC

 

[kevinw]

What is the process for dealing with chucking when the Test is ongoing? Kuhnemann massively helped Australia to win the series. Shame there is no protocol for the umpire to tell the skipper that the guy can't bowl because he's throwing it. Otherwise, you just get a skewed result and "well, we'll deal with it later".

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

The umpire can literally just keep no-balling.

 

[Midwinter]

The umpire can literally just keep no-balling.

Didnt the South African bowler Griffin have to finish an over by bowling underarm due to getting called for throwing, back in the late 50s orearly60's ?

 

[TheJediBrah]

In fairness, a fair few Aussie posters were calling Kuhnemann's action out yesterday when the news first broke.

We've been calling it out for years lol. He's been blatantly chucking it in the last few BBLs

 

[social]

What is the process for dealing with chucking when the Test is ongoing? Kuhnemann massively helped Australia to win the series. Shame there is no protocol for the umpire to tell the skipper that the guy can't bowl because he's throwing it. Otherwise, you just get a skewed result and "well, we'll deal with it later".

See Murali

 

[the big bambino]

What is the process for dealing with chucking when the Test is ongoing? Kuhnemann massively helped Australia to win the series. Shame there is no protocol for the umpire to tell the skipper that the guy can't bowl because he's throwing it. Otherwise, you just get a skewed result and "well, we'll deal with it later".

You are kidding right? You expect an umpire to set himself up for a firing squad like Hair or Emerson? The outcome you're talking about arose because umpires did exactly that. If it means teams lose a series where a chucker played a leading part, then it's just bad luck for them.

 

[social]

The thing that makes me laugh about Kuhnemann is that he gets absolutely no advantage from “chucking”

Guy bowls darts so it’s not like a Murali or Charlie Griffith who both benefited massively from their actions

 

[Starfighter]

The thing that makes me laugh about Kuhnemann is that he gets absolutely no advantage from “chucking”

Guy bowls darts so it’s not like a Murali or Charlie Griffith who both benefited massively from their actions

I think it's a lot easier to put overspin on the ball by throwing it, and Kuhnemann does bowl with quite a bit of it.