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Battle of the Cricketers

a massive zebra

a massive zebra

International Captain
archie mac said:
At the height of the chucking debate in the 60s Bradman often showed a film of a left arm fast bowler, everyone agreed he was a chucker.

Bradman would then reveal he was showing the film back the front (is that the right term?) and the bowler was in fact Larwood.
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Back to front.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
archie mac said:
At the height of the chucking debate in the 60s Bradman often showed a film of a left arm fast bowler, everyone agreed he was a chucker.

Bradman would then reveal he was showing the film back the front (is that the right term?) and the bowler was in fact Larwood.
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Interesting. I didn't know that. I would agree that his action looked questionable to my naked eyes. It might be interesting to see if the degree of flexion of old greats like Larwood & Lindwall could be ascertained from the old stock film of them that is extant.

For the current battle I'll have to go with Hadlee, a true great who had remarkable longevity for a quick. Particularly one with a bum ticker!
 
Slow Love™

Slow Love™

International Captain
Sir Richard Hadlee - he's definitely the best I've ever seen. Very unfortunate for Holding, as this would have made a magnificent semi (or even final, for that matter).
 
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