Bowling Actions

[a massive zebra]

IMO Ray Lindwall and Michael Holding had the most fluent actions ever.

 

[Armadillo]

Hi, im armadillo's older (11 months difference) brother. im using his screen name because i cant make 2 accounts on 1 computer.
anyway, ive always admired holding's action and especially hadlee's. for some reason, i also like fidel edwards' slingshot action even though im not a big fan of slingers.
i really dont know how harbajan can breath after hes bowled. he could be a good long jumper though.

 

[twctopcat]

Seriously, it must have been close to a 10th of that height.:wow:

6ft 8, plus at least half of that again. That's just insane, only seen a bit of footage of him but it's mad, he just seems so unreal compared all the other players. Walsh and Ambrose must have also been imposing, but nowhere near Bigbird's level.

 

[Langeveldt]

Allan Donald in his pomp had the finest action and wrist position you can get IMO.... he had the most amazing glide to the crease...

Honourable Mentions..

Glenn McGrath (easy to repeat)
Shoaib (Ideal for Speed)
Shane Warne (his action is the blueprint for most leggies)

Worst Actions....

Tino Best
Steve Harmison
Paul Adams

 

[Anil]

Holding had the smoothest action ever, surely.
That was how he glided the the crease with so little noise (hence the "Whispering Death" etc...)

He was also called the Rolls Royce among fast bowlers, wasn't he?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Hi, im armadillo's older (11 months difference) brother. im using his screen name because i cant make 2 accounts on 1 computer.
anyway, ive always admired holding's action and especially hadlee's. for some reason, i also like fidel edwards' slingshot action even though im not a big fan of slingers.
i really dont know how harbajan can breath after hes bowled. he could be a good long jumper though.

Uh-oh, Danish is here!! :O :O

Run away, everyone!!

Anyway, what do you mean about Harbhajan? I don't understand.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Worst Actions....

Tino Best

He's supposedly cleaned it up a fair bit.

 

[a massive zebra]

6ft 8, plus at least half of that again. That's just insane, only seen a bit of footage of him but it's mad, he just seems so unreal compared all the other players. Walsh and Ambrose must have also been imposing, but nowhere near Bigbird's level.

Curtley Ambrose at 6ft 7 was only one inch shorter.

 

[Cactus]

i've always liked shane bond's and waqar younis' style the best.

ganguly's action annoys me the most (and no, i don't just say that because i hate him in the first place), it looks like he's too scared to release the ball!

 

[ReallyCrazy]

cactus, why do you hate ganguly

look at my signature

as for bowling actions, i like waqar younis's action. I copied it long ago

 

[Cactus]

cactus, why do you hate ganguly

look at my signature

as for bowling actions, i like waqar younis's action. I copied it long ago [/QUOTE

ok ok, i admitt that i'm being rather prejudiced by saying that i hate him.
but he does annoy me. purely because i feel he is not fit to captain a side, any side let alone India. his fielding placements are a pet hate of mine (they drive me insane), and he really needs to improve his fielding abilities (get a few personal coaching sessions from Yuvraj!)

but i'm open for you to convince me otherwise.8D

 

[twctopcat]

Curtley Ambrose at 6ft 7 was only one inch shorter.

Difference was Ambrose was relatively gangly whilst Garner was BIG .:O

 

[Swervy]

Difference was Ambrose was relatively gangly whilst Garner was BIG .:O

garner in my opinion was the greatest bowler ever to have bowling in the last few overs of a one day game...he was one example of not great movement off the pitch, didnt swing the ball much and wasnt actually overly fast,but he had the most devestating yorker i have ever seen

 

[Richard]

He was also called the Rolls Royce among fast bowlers, wasn't he?

I've never heard that one before, so many bowlers have so many nicknames, it's a trifle on the confusing side.

 

[Richard]

6ft 8, plus at least half of that again. That's just insane, only seen a bit of footage of him but it's mad, he just seems so unreal compared all the other players. Walsh and Ambrose must have also been imposing, but nowhere near Bigbird's level.

Curtley Ambrose at 6ft 7 was only one inch shorter.

Difference was Ambrose was relatively gangly whilst Garner was BIG .:O

garner in my opinion was the greatest bowler ever to have bowling in the last few overs of a one day game...he was one example of not great movement off the pitch, didnt swing the ball much and wasnt actually overly fast,but he had the most devestating yorker i have ever seen

The Garner Yorker is the stuff of legend.
For precisely that reason. Not only was he deadly with it's aim, his arms were long and adding to a 6"8 that made it, as I said, close to a 10 foot height of arm.
Whether or not most sightscreens could cover that, it's still a bit tricky to play.
A few bowlers have had Garner's height; if any have had his height and arm-length I'd like to have seen him.

 

[Prince EWS]

A lot of fast bolwers have fluent bowling actions (tto many to mention), but nit so for the spinnersfor some reason. Out of spinners I think Rafique has the most fluent action.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Out of spinners I think Rafique has the most fluent action.

Hmmm...I actually think he has one of the jerkiest spinners actions.

Warne has an incredibly fluent action.

 

[Armadillo]

I think Rafique has the most fluent action.

Hasn't Rafique been done for chucking before?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Correct.

 

[Richard]

A lot of fast bolwers have fluent bowling actions (tto many to mention), but nit so for the spinnersfor some reason. Out of spinners I think Rafique has the most fluent action.

Harbhajan Singh might jump up and down and fling the arms about but it's all very synch.