CG Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 How tough was it to defend accusations against Muralitharan's bowling action? I used to read all the rules and understand them and how to tackle various issues. You look at the present captains and I am sure half of them will not know the rules and they will have to wait for the managers or the coaches to come to their rescue. So when the Muralitharan issue started, I knew there was an issue with his hand, which was genuine. We fought over that and, had I not taken up the issue strongly in Adelaide, his career would have been over. However, watching some of the bowlers' actions today, I think I might have created a monster. Now you do not know whether a bowler is bending 15 per cent or over 30 per cent.
Cricket Tragic Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 Might have? Loved Arjuna when he played though.
rkt.india Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Please check the Murli's bowling action of before 96 and later years, you will see how it got only worse. I dont think his hand had any role in that. Ranatunga :hehe:
MCcricket Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Leg spinners are out of the equation as their bowling arm and motion will not allow for chuck, all other bowlers who throw a variation doosra in a similar way or bowl with their wrist facing the sky and moving away from the body chuck, as the motion along with the direction the wrists moves account to chucking and unfair advantage and should be banned.
rkt.india Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Sunil Narine, Kevon Cooper, Amit Singh, Siddarth Trivedi, Johan Botha, Pollard, Samuels, Pragyan Ojha all does good chucking job.
rkt.india Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 you forgot the biggest of them all - Ajmal Ajmal is the most blatant. Above I talked about players playing in IPL and chucking on certain deliveries if not all.
Number Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 I feel very sorry for Indian cricket : Arjuna Ranatunga In an interview to gulfnews.com, Ranatunga said: "I feel very sorry for Indian cricket. The way they are going they are heading towards a disaster. They won the World Cup but look at the way they are playing Test cricket. They are losing to most of the countries and don't produce any more Gavaskars, Vengsarkars or Viswanaths, Tendulkars, Dravids and Laxmans. I am talking about classical cricketers..." Ranatunga also blamed the riches of the Indian Premier League for taking Indian cricket into wrong direction. "They will now produce butchers because of the IPL. Most countries are now being controlled by the Indian cricket board because they are the kingpin and have all the money," Ranatunga added in the same breath. According to Ranatunga, it was the lucrative offer from the IPL that prompted Sri Lanka's pace sensation Lasith Malinga to quit Test cricket. "Players now prefer to play IPL rather than for their country. Malinga has retired from Test cricket because he wants to play in the IPL and our board did nothing. You cannot pick and choose. "The IPL is entertainment for a public who does not understand the game. People who understand this lovely game will never get into the shorter version. I like the way the West Indies cricket board handled the issue of the IPL. They allowed their players to go and play in the IPL and continued to stage their international matches against Australia," he said. Ranatunga also blamed the "spinless" Sri Lankan cricket board for its failure to stop players getting into the IPL trap. "In the case of Sri Lanka, they played two Test matches and cancelled the third and also the one-day series to go and play in the IPL. We have a spineless cricket board that allowed this to happen. By doing this when we go to England we will also get to play only two Test matches. It is the younger generation who will lose by such acts. "How can you stop the entire country from playing international cricket just to play in the IPL? There are seven cricketers from Sri Lanka in the IPL, out of which three or four are playing regularly and the rest are sitting on the bench. More than 300 cricketers are forced to stay at home doing nothing because of the IPL. It is not only hampering Sri Lankan cricket, but the entire world," Ranatunga was quoted. http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/indian-premier-league/news/detail/item789398/Ranatunga-sorry-for-Indian-cricket/
vvvslaxman Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 He has been at war with BCCI for a while .. Even though he is stating some of the so obvious things he has to be mindful of the scathing comments about India's financial power. Something happened between him and BCCI.. not sure what it is.. His stance about BCCI suddenly took an U turn. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/334489.html
Sachin=GOD Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 I also feel sad for Indian cricket.......................because we have to play Sri Lanka so often :P
someone Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 So he is insulting the public, he feels sorry for Indian cricket now. Wonder what does he think of his own SL team? And why did he comment now, what about the other 3 years? It is stupid of him to blame IPL for bad performances.
Lurker Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 He has been at war with BCCI for a while .. Even though he is stating some of the so obvious things he has to be mindful of the scathing comments about India's financial power. Something happened between him and BCCI.. not sure what it is.. His stance about BCCI suddenly took an U turn. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/334489.html I thought he was always at war with Indian team, even in 80s games he would come across as a retard. For all his credentials as a great inspiring skipper, I thought he was as much of a buffoon who beleived in acting bully like for no reason. That being said, good to see him acknowledge that he opened the Pandora's box on Murali. The result today is for all to see.
achilles Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Feel sorry for your own country first. Your beggar country doesn't have money to pay its own players for 13 months and your players fight your board to come play in our league.
Crookbond Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 I feel sorry for Ranatunga's chair and wife. :hysterical:
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