Best bowling actions

[Langeveldt]

So most of the worlds great bowlers are great because of their bowling actions... Here are my favourites

PACE - Allan Donald (Lovely Rhythm)

Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar (power)



SPIN - Shane Warne, Ray Price,

 

[Tim]

Daniel Vettori's action is always raved about by the commentators.

I think Tuffey has a good action too, quite a smooth action & I doubt he'll ever get too many back problems.

 

[masterblaster]

I always have liked Donald's action, McGrath comes to mind, I always liked Akram's action as well.

My list:

McGrath
Donald
Lee
Akram
Tuffey
Warne
Srinath
Agarkar (he does have a nice, smooth action)

Im sure there are many, many more i just cant think of right now.

 

[age_master]

Jason Gillespie also has a very good action these days. though all the australian quicks have pretty good actions, very low strain (reletivleyalot of research has gone into fast bowling actions out here and still is. Brett Lee and Gillespie have changed their actions quite significantly since the start of their careers.

other good ones have already been mentioned such as McGrath, Akram and Donald

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I prefer the smooth, vintage actions such as:

Brett Lee
Shoaib
Jermaine Lawson
James Kirtley
Mutiah Muralitharan

The classics are the best.

 

[marc71178]

Omitted Edwards?

 

[Craig]

Daniel Vettori's action is always raved about by the commentators.

I think Tuffey has a good action too, quite a smooth action & I doubt he'll ever get too many back problems.

Though he does lean/fall away and Jacob Oram's pretty good and Andrew Flintoff's not too bad although he does have plenty of groin porblems.

 

[royGilchrist]

Michael Holding
Imran Khan
Dennis Lillee
Waqar Younis

 

[Eclipse]

Brett Lee that dam underachever.

He must have close to the perfect action for a fast bowler besides the fact he does not deliver the ball form a high enough angle.

I mean it's quite close to perfect he always manages to get the seam in a perfect possition, gets nice and close to the stumps and has a very smooth and tidy run up and delivery stride.
Looking at his action makes you wonder why he bowls so much crap somtimes.

I dont beleve he lacks accuracy just a brain.

Jason Gillespie has a nice action now days as well. much shorter run up but even with his short run up his speed's when fully fit are low to mid 140's

 

[Gaijin-san]

I prefer the smooth, vintage actions such as:

Brett Lee
Shoaib
Jermaine Lawson
James Kirtley
Mutiah Muralitharan

The classics are the best.

Amazing how 4 of those 'classic' actions have been called chucking at some stage of the players careers.

 

[The Argonaut]

Jeff Thomson

He bowled faster than anyone with an action that did not produce any injury for the fellow. The fact that he didn't know where the ball was going is immaterial.

I also like Michael Holding's action.

 

[Tim]

Im not being bias when I say this, but to me Hadlee was the ultimate technician. He cut his run-up short in the mid 1980's & basically made an art of the 'bowling action'.

 

[iamdavid]

Michael Holding
Lance Gibbs
Glenn McGrath
Shaun Pollock
David Tebrugge
Curtley Ambrose
Shane Warne
Justin Langer
Jason Gillespie

 

[marc71178]

Amazing how 4 of those 'classic' actions have been called chucking at some stage of the players careers.

Hmm, I wonder if Liam was having a laugh? :rolleyes:

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Sarcasm is a skill.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Amazing how 4 of those 'classic' actions have been called chucking at some stage of the players careers.

I think you'll find all 5 have.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Neil speaks the truth.

 

[marc71178]

Sarcasm is a skill.

With you I sometimes get confused between what is wilful sarcasm, and what is you posting what you think to be the truth after a few joints...

 

[hourn]

Lee's action and run up is just fantastic. The rythym he gets into is superb.

 

[Rik]

Lee's action and run up is just fantastic. The rythym he gets into is superb.

As is his hyper-extending elbow which is the same problem Kirtley and Shoaib has. Gives the impression he's chucking. Still, when he strains for extra pace his action becomes ragged.