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Oh wow another quote from Wasim 'the racist' Akram - who's obviously a bit dim if he doesn't understand what the 15 degrees angle is all about.jack_sparrow said:Wasim Akram criticises ICC over chucking laws
GG2.NET NEWS [30/11/2005]
FORMER Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) over laws governing illegal bowling actions and thinks players from the sub-continent are being unfairly treated.
He slammed cricket officials for the treatment of Pakistan seamer Shabbir Ahmed, who was reported for chucking in the first Test against England this month.
"Take the case of Shabbir. He was cleared three times earlier and he has been called again," said Wasim who took 414 Test wickets in his career.
"What is surprising is that most of this is happening to bowlers from our part of the world," he said. "Nobody from other countries -- South Africa, Australia and England -- have been called recently. This is because our representation at the ICC is minimal."
The subject of illegal bowling actions, or chucking, has often been controversial, with Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, India`s Harbhajan Singh and Pakistan strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar coming under scrutiny.
The ICC introduced a new threshold in March which allows bowlers to straighten their arms up to 15 degrees.
Previously, spinners were only permitted to straighten their arms by five degrees, medium pacers 7.5 degrees and fast bowlers by 10.
Wasim said the laws were still confusing. "I cannot understand what this 15 degrees angle is about. If I cannot understand, I do not know how a layman will," he said. "Either a bowler throws or he does not throw."
Shabbir, reported twice this year and four times in his career, faces an automatic one-year ban from international cricket if he fails a biomechanics test due to take place on December 9.
I COMPLETLY AGREE WITH MR. AKRAM. I THINK ITS THE ICC UPIRES WHO ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE RULING. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST SHABBIR'S BOWLING ACTION. I have tapes of him in slo mo, and ive seen them many times. Nothing, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about his action.
Poor thing, I heard he went into depression and on some meds. Just rumors I hope.
Another way you could look at this is Pakistan repeatedly keep playing guys they know are going to chuck, which is cheating basically, but of course it's not like Pakistan have a history of cheating so it must be something else - like the umpires being institutionally racist/clueless or being Shabbir haters, much more likely eh?
Anyway the only way we will get closure is if they release the data concerning Shabbir's bowling in the match, I'd be amazed if it did happen and so we're likely stuck with all this point scoring conjecture and Shabbir going back and forth each time his action disintegrates in a match.
