Indian Bowling Selection

[bharat297]

Also' date=' in Simon Jones' bowling action his bowling hand comes around right shoulder, not exactly over or inside it. It also helped him[/quote'] What are you talking about? That's as perfectly straight an arm action as you can have.

[rkt.india]

Have a look at 1:20 ... Watson getting it to reverse in with a straight arm

This is not exactly a straight arm. His bowling comes around right shoulder, not exactly over it. I do not call this a straight arm.

[bharat297]

This is not exactly a straight arm. His bowling comes around right shoulder' date=' not exactly over it. I do not call this a straight arm.[/quote'] :hysterical: I think you're clutching at straws now. That's as straight a bowling action as anyone can have? I doubt anyone else thinks Shane Watson & Simon Jones don't bowl straight arm. I don't think anyone is ever exactly 0 degrees straight but for all intents and purposes that's about as straight an arm action as you can ever have.

[Clarke]

So who's going to generate banana swing @ 150 kmph and hence deserves to be selected ?

[bharat297]

My point was about round arm bowler getting more pronounced inswing. Same with Zaheer.

Does anyone else here think that that is a round-arm action?

[rkt.india]

Does anyone else here think that that is a round-arm action?

This is in between neither round arm, not straight. IN a straight arm action your bowling hand and front should be in a straight line.

[bharat297]

This is in between neither round arm' date=' not straight. IN a straight arm action your bowling hand and front should be in a straight line.[/quote'] No you're confusing Front-on vs Side-on actions (which refers to alignment between hip and shoulders) with Straight-arm vs Round-arm (which refers to the angle of the arm)

[rkt.india]

No you're confusing Front-on vs Side-on actions (which refers to alignment between hip and shoulders) with Straight-arm vs Round-arm (which refers to the angle of the arm)

This is a perfect straight arm action, A perfect side on bowler can have an exact straight arm action. PS: Though that was not what we were we discussing. My point of discussion was round arm bowlers getting more pronounced reverse swing into the batsman and your point was that with up right seam too, bowler can reverse it and both are possible, but my issue was not with that my only point was pronounced inswing with round arm action like Waqar and Akhtar used to get. So it should be end of discussion, cant do that forever.:two_thumbs_up:

[bharat297]

This is a perfect straight arm action, A perfect side on bowler can have an exact straight arm action. PS: Though that was not what we were we discussing. My point of discussion was round arm bowlers getting more pronounced reverse swing into the batsman and your point was that with up right seam too, bowler can reverse it and both are possible, but my issue was not with that my only point was pronounced inswing with round arm action like Waqar and Akhtar used to get. So it should be end of discussion, cant do that forever.:two_thumbs_up:

Ok happy to end the discussion here. I suspected earlier on that we were reaching the same point. Been a pleasure (got me through a boring work day) ... :hatsoff: