Copycat bowling actions

[MrPrez]

Doesn't mean that they have to look particularly alike, apart from both being front-on.

I agree, I was just confirming the point, as the user I replied to seemed doubtful to the claim.

 

[Xuhaib]

at a point both King and Dillion looked the real deal however they never amounted to muck like so many of Windies post 95 criketers.

 

[uvelocity]

another thread I haven't read but will post something random

favourite action to imitate - merv hughes!

 

[wellAlbidarned]

LOL.........just NO.........that was Marshall and Holding narrated that about Marshall

I was so sure that it was Holding...

 

[smash84]

go and check out ESPN Legends of cricket on Malcolm Marshall.

You will find in it Holding narrating that about Marshall

 

[weldone]

In the analogy aren't you equating McGrath to Walsh and Akhtar and Bond to Holding?

No, saying that there's a thin line between fitness and athleticism and in the long run endurance and fitness are needed more for a fast bowler than the so-called 'athleticism of Usain Bolt kind'....and explaining with the help of some simplistic examples...neither am I equating McGrath to Walsh nor Akhtar or Bond to Holding...

 

[smash84]

so are you saying usain bolt is not fit?

 

[weldone]

so are you saying usain bolt is not fit?

You are missing my point. As arachnodouche says Usain Bolt's qualities are different from the qualities of a marathon champion. And I think that for a fast bowler the qualities of a marathon champion are more useful in the long run than the qualities of a Usain Bolt.

I rate one quality (for example, ability to bowl long spells at good pace under extreme heat) as a better quality for a pace bowler than the other (for example, hitting the 155 kmph mark in a 2-over spell). Call those by 'athleticism', 'fitness', 'endurance' or whatever name you want; but my point is such. I am not interested in definitions of those terms; but I have explained those 2 qualities, and which quality I rate more for a pace bowler than the other.

 

[kingkallis]

The run ups of Merv Hughes and Paul Reiffel? Actions I dunno...

Huge difference in action - no comparison at all!

Add Dominic Cork and Angus Fraser for the run up as well...