Murali bowling with a astraight arm

[honestbharani]

I think his doosra has been cleared, now that the rule is 15 degrees for everyone and I believe his degree is only about 12 or 14.

 

[King_Ponting]

okay,thanks, but was it cleared at the time of the tsunami appeal match?

 

[Sanz]

okay,thanks, but was it cleared at the time of the tsunami appeal match?

I guess an IP CHECK is required, someone is digging thread with a motive

 

[King_Ponting]

Ip check me i have no idea what your talking about

 

[honestbharani]

okay,thanks, but was it cleared at the time of the tsunami appeal match?

Was that match given official status?

 

[King_Ponting]

yes it was and thats why there is an extra 2 teams in the stats ROTW ASIA. and thats why i ask

 

[honestbharani]

I guess it was given the okay on the spirit of the occassion....

 

[King_Ponting]

hmmm yeh it was all for a good cause but that sounds pretty dodgey to me. For murali to have the ignorance to bowl that ball knowing full well it was illegal and just because it was a good spirited game he got a way with it. If murali had gotten someone out with that ball it would be in the record books and on that players career statistics as having been dismissed by muralitiran even tho the ball that dismissed them was illegal. Muralithiran u dodgey barstard

 

[chaminda_00]

hmmm yeh it was all for a good cause but that sounds pretty dodgey to me. For murali to have the ignorance to bowl that ball knowing full well it was illegal and just because it was a good spirited game he got a way with it. If murali had gotten someone out with that ball it would be in the record books and on that players career statistics as having been dismissed by muralitiran even tho the ball that dismissed them was illegal. Muralithiran u dodgey barstard

You can still bowl a ball while its under examitation, he wasn't bowling illegal balls under the ICC rules.

 

[King_Ponting]

but it was already deemed illegal before that match by the icc.

 

[chaminda_00]

but it was already deemed illegal before that match by the icc.

No it cleared before the game, if it was deemed illegal then he would have been banned

 

[King_Ponting]

so because a recomendation was given he was able to bowl the ball even though the icc had not yet passed it?

 

[chaminda_00]

so because a recomendation was given he was able to bowl the ball even though the icc had not yet passed it?

Their was no official recommendation for him to not ball the ball and by that stage they were still anaysing the information about other bowlers, so he was allowed to ball it.

 

[social]

I thought that the doosra was declared illegal under the previous legislation but as the degree of flex was 14 degrees, it was subsequently cleared under the new legislation.

 

[chaminda_00]

I thought that the doosra was declared illegal under the previous legislation but as the degree of flex was 14 degrees, it was subsequently cleared under the new legislation.

No they worked on the action to make it come down below 10 during the test and therefore providing grounds to clear. my understanding was 14 degrees is the highest he bowled it but his average for under 10, therefore under some loop hole it was cleared before the Asia/World XI game. He was always allowed to bowl it, but if the umpires or match offical reported him again he would have been banned or something.

 

[dinu23]

innocent 'till proven guilty.

 

[chaminda_00]

^^ What he said

 

[King_Ponting]

but muralis doosra was banned http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/may/12icc.htm

 

[dinu23]

yeah, but after the champions trophy they lifted it well before the charity maches

 

[King_Ponting]

okay i didnt know that. thanks mate