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Jonbrooks chucking Megathread
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honestbharani
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he is a left arm off spinner </Shri>
marc71178
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I'm sure he could've been if he'd wanted to be, but he decided to be fair on the rest of the world's Cricketing nations and not be an ambidextrous God amongst men.
honestbharani
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#AlternativeFacts 
ImpatientLime
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ansari.
jesus christ mate this ain't the olympic javelin final.
jesus christ mate this ain't the olympic javelin final.
Daemon
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Mohammad Hafeez suspended again for illegal action - ESPNcricinfo
Purposely failed the test as a tribute Saeed Ajmal's career
Purposely failed the test as a tribute Saeed Ajmal's career
wellAlbidarned
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get ronda rousey to put them in an arm bar
Himannv
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You're a couple of years too late with that suggestion. She's forgotten how to do it as of recent times.
TheJediBrah
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How so? If anything it's the opposite. The testing worked for him because it confirmed he was chucking.
Daemon
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Lots of people have argued in this thread that it doesn't actually prevent anyone from chucking because once they pass the rehab they go back and start chucking again.
TheJediBrah
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I see. I guess you can't really argue against that can you?
I was thinking more along the lines of players just changing their actions slightly when they get tested so that they come within limits
cnerd123
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There is also the argument that since they don't test 'clean' looking bowlers (or if they do, these results are not public) so we don't know if the testing is actually working as it should. It could be widely inconsistent (test the same bowler twice, get two different results) or it could be way inaccurate (everyone might be found to be exceeding limits if tested)
Hafeez passing and then failing repeatedly would suggest that any rehab he does to his action just doesn't stick, or that he's bowling the same way throughout except sometimes he passes and sometimes he fails - the tests are inconsistent.
Hafeez passing and then failing repeatedly would suggest that any rehab he does to his action just doesn't stick, or that he's bowling the same way throughout except sometimes he passes and sometimes he fails - the tests are inconsistent.
TheJediBrah
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until they can monitor bowling actions in game with acceptable accuracy I can't see any form of testing really doing anything to prevent chucking other than appease people, or allow the authorities to say "hey at least we tried".
Granted it's rooted out a few extreme cases like Ajmal but it's impossible to know how many a slipping through the cracks
Migara
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Hafeez's problem comes not from trying to spin the ball too much, or to bowl it quick like others. Hafeez's strength is the late release of the ball. He releases it early in his usual deliveries and pauses ever so slightly to drag the ball down in some deliveries. In my observations, this pause is the issue. And without the pause, he will not be the same bowler as well.
