This state of limbo over the legality of the 'doosra' is an extreme blight on the game, though. Every doosra has an inch of doubt toward it and it is a sorry representation of the 'chucking' laws. I would be interested to see a study into the 'straightening' involved in the doosra from the well known exponents of such. From there a conclusion can be drawn.
Haven't really seen anything of Mendis, but I was under the impression that his delivery that turns like a leg-break was delivered like Iverson used to, using his middle finger and thumb, rather than the normal offie's doosra?
Yes. So are you going to ban a specific technique? What if someone has a slight variation on it? It's too messy. Having the rule by degree is best - it's measurable and objective.
Awful idea...what do we then increase it to when they want to make the next variation after the doosra legal? Put simply, if you can't bowl it and stay inside the rules, don't bowl it. But if it's a matter of a degree or so outside the limit who judges whether the player has crossed that line on the field? Obviously no one. So then the player is reported again after bowling the doosra, goes back for testing, and the whole thing continues again.
As if you would have expected to post that picture in response to a Boycott comment though?Cricket in 10 years if those blokes get their way:
Based on their reasoning, the carrom ball is probably more effective regardless of the "art". Up and coming offies shouldn't worry about the doosra.
The problem with the system, though, isn't what happens at international or even FC level, where there are appropriate testing regimes in place. It's what happens at lower levels of senior cricket and in junior cricket. How does an umpire in the park call a bowler for throwing now with the change to the law?
Goes back to the question, if there was such a difference between a regular offie and the doosra why can't the batsmen pick it up?
Testing based on medical tests to prove bowlers have a natural flex in their actions. It is basic that the likes of Bird, Tait and Murali were cleared on during their youth careers and lower level cricket. Since the rules have come into play, the only bowler that has been banned were players like Razzaq who didn't have natural flex to begin with and just bowled with bent arms. There has always been procress in plans with the level of testing capable at each level.
Well, I'd like to walk up to some of the kids I coach and say "Go and tell mum and dad to get some medical tests done on you to prove you have a natural flex in your arm".
