Monday, December 03, 2007

No justice in this world?

A chucker is now the highest wicket taker in Test cricket.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok from now on you are also allowed to chuck. Lets see how many wickets you get!

He has problem. ICC already cleared him all 5 times in 10 years. If he was wrong; atleast one test would have come negative for him. But none came. And I dont think ICC would be partial to an Asian player.

AM.

Abhi T said...

if ur wife is watching u all the time, u will never cheat. he should be tested in live match conditions. his case has set a bad precedent - bhajji, akhtar, sreesanth.. (sorry, typing with one hand)

Anonymous said...

How does one test oneself in match conditions? Using cameras only right? So you mean, ICC officials dont have video footage of test matches he played?

He has elbow problem which can not straighten. It was shown on TV by Ravi Shsstri on some special show. Now unless ICC officials and other doctors have united FOR him, I dont think there is anything wrong.

And under match conditions I have seen so many fast bowlers chucking and being ignored.

And anyway ICC rules are now modified and allows upto 15 degrees.

AM.

Abhi T said...

Bending the arm gives unfair advantage to any bowler. ICC changed the rule only because of MuMu's handicap. But you can't restrict the rule only for handicapped people. So, now, every Tom, Dick and Harry is using the 15 degree rule to bowl quicker, vary the angle more, swing the bowl more. Isn't it completely unfair on guys like Warne, Kumble etc, that they don't want to abuse the law.
Now I am wondering, consider I have a handicap which doesn't allow me to lift my arm about my shoulders. This handicap means I bowl underarm or max arm perpenciular to body. I take more wickets this way. Going by precedent, I should be allowed to bowl this way.

Anonymous said...

Thats what I am telling you.

You are allowed to bend arm above 15deg. You are allowed to chuck.

Lets see how many wickets you take.

And now that rule is 15deg, we should see more Murlidharan's right? Because Murli really doesnt have talent, he is just handicap.

AFAIK, even our Chandrasekhar didnt have natural talent, his wrist was twisted. So even he got unfair (natural) advantage. Right?

And you think if Murli was not there others wudnt have chucked?

Lets see how many Murlidharan's we have after say 3-5yrs? Now that new rules allow to chuck, someone should easily be able to chase his record.

AM.