Who's bowling action do you like or hate?

[bond21]

Like:

Brett Lee - Probably one of the best actions ever, so fluent and smooth.

Stuart Clark - Very stiff but it adds to his stereotype of being a metronome machine type that bowls perfect line and length all day.

Dale Steyn - Seems smooth

Matthew Hoggard - Sprints into the crease and the ball comes out at 125 km/h, still nice action though


Dislike:

Stuart Broad - His left arm goes wonky and points to bloody gully all the time, looks really weird.

Steve Harmison - Sue your coach, Stephen.

RP Singh - Looks like hes falling over when he bowls

Jacob Oram - Looks so unnatural

 

[Burgey]

From the past, I'd have Hadlee and Lillee as "pure" actions, but that doesn't mean guys with unusual actions aren't good to watch. I also enjoyed watching Thommo, Imran and Colin Croft, none of whose actions you wouldn't say are classically smooth styles like Lillee's or Hadlee's..

 

[Nate]

Nice thread. Completely agree re: Stuart Broad. His action is a dead `un for when I used to bowl pace.

Love Steyn's, Heal's and Bracks's's's's'. Powar is definately a throwback. Warney had a gun action.

...deja vu.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Always really liked Gus Fraser's action myself. Being of the old school he didn't hold too much with these new-fangled ideas like slower balls, running the full gamut of speeds from 77mph all the way to 79 mph, but he had one of those perfectly-grooved, easily repeatable seamers' actions.

Actions I dislike...? Hmm, well one name does spring immediately to mind. Not to question its legality, as that seems to have been established, but Murali's action still looks utterly rank to me. Sorry.

 

[Dan]

Harbhajan Singh, really cluttered and just looks funny.
Steve Harmison, obvious reasons

 

[sideshowtim]

Love:
Paul Adams

Couldn't care about the rest.

 

[Alysum]

No-one beats McGraths lovely metronome action

I cannot stand Andre Nel's action, what with his back foot ?

 

[iamdavid]

Loved Damien Flemings, I got a sore back just from watching Malinga when he first played test cricket.

 

[Richard]

Generally like fluid, poetry-in-motion actions, generally dislike forced looking actions. As pointed-out by Mr Burge, though, some actions are so far beyond the conventional that they've a novelty value. Not so much Laaasith Maaalinga, but Fidel Edwards much so.

 

[Engle]

Like : Lillee, Holding, Hadlee, Imran

Dislike : Procter, BWillis, Harmison, Flintoff, Nel, Shoaib

 

[Richard]

And someone fix the thread title FFS.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Like:Imran Khan,Richard Hadlee,Wasim Akram,Allan Donald,Curtley Ambrose,Andy Caddick,Waqar Younis,Brett Lee,Saqlain Mushtaq,Muttiah Muralitharan,Darren Gough,Mohammad Asif.

Dislike:Mohammad Sami,Abdur Razzaq,,Mohammad Akram,Ata-ur-Rehman,Danish Kaneria,Steve Harmison,Jason Gillespie,Chaminda Vaas,Mitchell Johnson,Andrew Flintoff.

 

[unccricket]

like: Brett Lee, Sreesanth, Malinga (hey, it looks like fun)
hate: Sohail Tanvir, Muralitharan,

 

[PhoenixFire]

Hate Andre nel's action, as well as the Woercstershire (sp?) bowler, Michael Mason's action. Both look so unnatural and jerky.

 

[Migara]

Fast bowlers - Hadlee, Damien Fleming (copy book style). Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh (chest on action, but masters of it)

Swing bowlers - Aaqib Javed, Vaas, Dominic Cork and Wasim Akram

Off spinners and slow left armers - BS Bedi, Aravnda de Silva, Saqlain Mushtaq

Leg spinners - Warne (of course! & I bowled with a lot similar action, but haven't seen him when I started my wrist spin in 1989-90) and Kumble

 

[haroon510]

current cricketers

Like: asif, RP singh bret Lee, Shoaib, Murali,Kumble

Dislike: Sreesanth, Nel, sohail Tanvir, Agerkar, Sami, Danish Kaneria

 

[funnygirl]

From the present ones

Favourite ; Shane Bond

Hate ;Mitchell Jhonson and Malinga (can't stand ).

 

[haroon510]

From the present ones

Favourite ; Shane Bond

Hate ;Mitchell Jhonson and Malinga (can't stand ).

wow forgot bond.. his action is my favorite also..

 

[viktor]

Mfuneko Ngam had a good-loooking action..too bad his body couldn't take the stress the action created.
Praveen Kumar has a good action. Kapil Dev was very smooth..
I somehow don't like Mitchell Johnson's action..seems to be muscling the ball to the other end..

 

[Richard]

Swing bowlers - Vaas, Dominic Cork

My favourite 2 bowlers, ever.