Malinga the Slinga

[pasty]

Okay so it's only 20/20 cricket but

4 overs, 6 wickets for 7 runs. 20 dot balls !

Quite amazing figures

This is actually quite interesting to watch as they have Shane Warne on the players mike, and he's talking through what and why he is bowling.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Luke Wright playing for Melbourne

 

[pasty]

Luke Wright playing for Melbourne

And looking as if he means business opening now. Mind you, chasing only 70 to win takes some pressure off.

 

[albion534]

Jesus, that man can throw a ball

 

[CHAPPERS]

Strange end to that game....

MelbS 29/0 (2.1 ov, RJ Quiney 1*, LJ Wright 23*, HWR Cartwright 0/0) - Match over | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[matthew]

Lasith Malinga

6 wickets - 7 runs - 4.0 overs

Surely the best 20/20 bowler ever...

Why don't other bowlers copy his action?

 

[Ali_rrr]

I'm not quite sure how it is allowed. I did it once in a game and I got told it was a no ball and not cricket 'etiquette.' Not really a bowler, more of a thrower...

 

[matthew]

I'm not quite sure how it is allowed. I did it once in a game and I got told it was a no ball and not cricket 'etiquette.' Not really a bowler, more of a thrower...

He bowls with a straight arm and his been cleared by all cricket regulations...

 

[Don Quixote]

He should bowl properly.

 

[tubaman]

Jesus, that man can throw a ball

Throw - exactly!

 

[matthew]

He only does it because he couldn't afford cricket balls in Sri Lanka and it's the best way to bowl a tennis ball

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It's an incredible action - unbelievably hard to control the line, but he is consistently accurate.

One of the World's most entertaining bowlers in my opinion, and those calling for him to amend his style are kill-joys. Of course it's a legal action - his arm is straight, not bent at the elbow, nothing more is asked for in the rules of cricket.

Even underarm bowling is allowed if the bowler's arm is straight. The first person to bowl overarm, back in the 19th Century, was a woman - she had to do so as the 'bustle' on her dress got in the way of the, then standard, underarm style.