Former Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has revealed he is in favour of the International Cricket Council's clampdown on suspect bowling actions.
The ICC has come down hard on spinners that have been deemed to extend the bend in their arm above the 15 degree limit when bowling.
It has led to several bowlers being suspended from international cricket, most notably Pakistan talisman Saeed Ajmal.
While Muralitharan himself was no stranger to accusations of possessing an illegal action - due to a congenital bent arm, he was cleared on each occasion - the 42-year-old record breaker supports the ICC.
"Definitely. I'm in favour of the system because it's the only way to prove a bowler is chucking or not," said the world's leading wicket-taker in Tests and one-day internationals.
"People don't understand this, even past cricketers don't understand: everybody's arms are not the same. I can feel sympathy for them because they should have been tested before, not now."
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The ICC has come down hard on spinners that have been deemed to extend the bend in their arm above the 15 degree limit when bowling.
It has led to several bowlers being suspended from international cricket, most notably Pakistan talisman Saeed Ajmal.
While Muralitharan himself was no stranger to accusations of possessing an illegal action - due to a congenital bent arm, he was cleared on each occasion - the 42-year-old record breaker supports the ICC.
"Definitely. I'm in favour of the system because it's the only way to prove a bowler is chucking or not," said the world's leading wicket-taker in Tests and one-day internationals.
"People don't understand this, even past cricketers don't understand: everybody's arms are not the same. I can feel sympathy for them because they should have been tested before, not now."
http://www.foxsportsasia.com/home/news/detail/item1043389
Let's keep this thread to post SL cricket news and discuss topics that don't need separate threads.