List of international cricketers called for throwing

Muttiah Muralitharan bowling in a One Day International against Australia in early 2006. Just over a decade earlier, also in Australia, he was called for throwing twice in ten days by two different umpires—Darrell Hair and Ross Emerson.

In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relates to the bending of the arm at the elbow, the extent of which has always been open to interpretation by the umpires. More recently, the ICC has attempted to codify the maximum permissible flexing of the elbow as 15 degrees.

When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no ball and he is said to have been called for throwing. Where public opinion is that a player's bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a suspect or an illegal action, or more derogatorily, he is said to be a chucker. The issue is often highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.

Over the years, a number of players have been called in Test cricket and One Day Internationals, invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers. Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires, but more commonly, especially when the bowler has been called on more than one occasion, his career is international cricket is effectively ended.

For many spinners, especially off-spinners, they are susceptible to be called for throwing when they have a front-on approach because the elbow gets in front of the wrist upon release, especially bowling doosra.

Cricketers called for throwing in a match

Those marked in bold were called for throwing in a Test match.

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Cricketers not called in a match

Players who have been reported to the ICC because of official concerns about their bowling actions but never called in a match. They were all cleared to continue bowling without sanction.

Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets.

Cricketers called in a match and sanctioned

Players who have been reported to the ICC because of official concerns about their bowling actions and subsequently sanctioned.

In March 2014, following an intellectual property dispute surrounding upper limb modelling protocols, the University of Western Australia withdraws its services to International Cricket Council and the ICC take all testing in house.

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Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "2nd Test: England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Aug 7-12, 1986". Cricinfo.
  2. ↑ "Shane Shillingford reported for suspect action". Cricinfo.
  3. ↑ "Shane Shillingford suspended from bowling". Cricinfo.
  4. ↑ "Shane Shillingford cleared to resume bowling". Cricinfo.
  5. ↑ "ICC suspends Shillingford for illegal bowling action". Cricinfo. 2013-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Marlon Samuels' action cleared by ICC". Cricbuzz.
  7. ↑ "Senanayake banned from bowling due to action". Cricinfo.
  8. ↑ "Kane Williamson: NZ & Yorkshire off-spinner banned over action". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Saeed Ajmal banned from bowling". Cricinfo.
  10. ↑ "Sohag Gazi suspended from bowling". Cricinfo.
  11. ↑ "Taskin and Sunny suspended from bowling due to actions". Cricinfo.

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