wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Those bent elbows are pretty ***y tbf.
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Best bowling actions ever
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smash84
The Tiger King
What about the guy in my avatar???? Imran's was a bowling action that inspired thousand. I thought he had the best bowling action of all........I will try and dig up a post from Bagapath where he describes Imran's action wonderfully well. Kapil had a nice action too.
Tom 1972
School Boy/Girl Captain
Lots of actions can be very effective & wonderful.
Three factors that are worthwhile for me:
- Whether the action supports "durability".
- Whether the bowler takes wickets, especially top-order ones to bust open a game.
- Whether the action supports being able to bowl wide of the crease, close to the stumps. Especially close to the stumps for a quick.
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smash84
The Tiger King
Maximus0723
State Regular
nah. never liked Imran's action. It just never pleased my eye for some reason.
smash84
The Tiger King
You probably don't like actions where bowlers jump very high. I really like such actions.nah. never liked Imran's action. It just never pleased my eye for some reason.
Tom 1972
School Boy/Girl Captain
I think he might have been baiting you....
Maximus0723
State Regular
No. It wasn't bait.
I love so many things about Imran but his action wasn't one of them.
May be it probably is the jump. It also the angle.
I love so many things about Imran but his action wasn't one of them.
May be it probably is the jump. It also the angle.
smash84
The Tiger King
I think he wasn't baiting
kingkallis
International Coach
If you dont like bowling action of Donald then geez, Bhupinder Singh Plaha must be your fav. when it comes to bowling actions.
salman85
International Debutant
Imran Khan and Allan Donald.
People call Holding's action hypnotic.It probably was.But Imran's was nothing short of it.It wasn't forceful like Shoaib or Tait's action.With Shoaib and especially with Tait,you can see that tons of energy is being put into the whole thing.That wasn't the case with Imran - The leaping,bounding runup and the the high jump..grace personified.I will obviously have a tinge of bias in my opinion here,and i think that's perfectly normal,but i found Imran's action very VERY smooth.It seemed effortless,kind of like Mcgrath's action.While Mcgrath had a very 180 degree action,Imran's was circular,and very pleasing to the eye.
I picked Donald because he was the first non-Pakistani fast bowler that i loved watching.The speed at which he would zoom in,and again deliver the ball after a high jump (Not as high as Imran's),was a delight to watch.To use a very schoolish description,Imran's action was cute and soothing to watch,whereas Donald was downright cool.It was like some badass hero in leather jacket and shredded jeans with a rayban was zoomin from distance to destroy all the bad guys with one flick of the arm
People call Holding's action hypnotic.It probably was.But Imran's was nothing short of it.It wasn't forceful like Shoaib or Tait's action.With Shoaib and especially with Tait,you can see that tons of energy is being put into the whole thing.That wasn't the case with Imran - The leaping,bounding runup and the the high jump..grace personified.I will obviously have a tinge of bias in my opinion here,and i think that's perfectly normal,but i found Imran's action very VERY smooth.It seemed effortless,kind of like Mcgrath's action.While Mcgrath had a very 180 degree action,Imran's was circular,and very pleasing to the eye.
I picked Donald because he was the first non-Pakistani fast bowler that i loved watching.The speed at which he would zoom in,and again deliver the ball after a high jump (Not as high as Imran's),was a delight to watch.To use a very schoolish description,Imran's action was cute and soothing to watch,whereas Donald was downright cool.It was like some badass hero in leather jacket and shredded jeans with a rayban was zoomin from distance to destroy all the bad guys with one flick of the arm
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kingkallis
International Coach
I have seen very little of Holding, Lillee and Hadlee. Among them I'd say action wise they would be,
1) Holding
2) Hadlee
3) Lillee
From the players we have seen in action,
1) Donald
2) Bond
3) McGrath
1) Holding
2) Hadlee
3) Lillee
From the players we have seen in action,
1) Donald
2) Bond
3) McGrath
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Me neither. Love watching Waqar's yorkers, but his action wasn't what you could describe as 'smooth' or 'effortless'. Surely enough, his action hurt his back.