Unorthodox Bowling Actions in Cricket
In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler. The act of bowling the ball towards the batsman is called a ball or a delivery. In the sport of cricket there are laws that govern how a ball can be bowled. If a ball is bowled illegally, an umpire will call it a ‘no ball’. If a ball is bowled too wide or high for the batsman to be able to hit it, an umpire will rule it a ‘wide’. There are other types of illegal bowling such as throwing, underarm/lobbing, and ‘beamers’ or (beam balls). In this essay I aim to discuss and analyse some of the various styles of banned and/or controversial bowling.
In the early days of cricketing history, underarm bowling was the only method used. Initially, all bowling was underarm. Later, an English woman, who used to play cricket alongside the gentlemen and who was dressed in period clothing of the time for a lady, a long, widely blousing dress, was having finding it difficult to bowl underarm because of her inapt attire, to counter this she began to bowl with an overarm delivery method. Soon after, gentlemen who witnessed this action began to employ it in club cricket matches, however, the overarm technique was quickly banned and determined to be illegal. It was not until 1864 that cricketing authorities finally accepted the method. By the 20th century, underarm bowling had disappeared from the game.
An notorious "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a One-day International match between the Australia and New Zealand teams, in which the bowler (Greg Chappell) took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground. By doing so he avoided the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
The bowling action is distinguished from throwing the ball a specified Biomechanical procedure. Lately when players have be accused of
In the early days of cricketing history, underarm bowling was the only method used. Initially, all bowling was underarm. Later, an English woman, who used to play cricket alongside the gentlemen and who was dressed in period clothing of the time for a lady, a long, widely blousing dress, was having finding it difficult to bowl underarm because of her inapt attire, to counter this she began to bowl with an overarm delivery method. Soon after, gentlemen who witnessed this action began to employ it in club cricket matches, however, the overarm technique was quickly banned and determined to be illegal. It was not until 1864 that cricketing authorities finally accepted the method. By the 20th century, underarm bowling had disappeared from the game.
An notorious "underarm bowling" incident occurred during a One-day International match between the Australia and New Zealand teams, in which the bowler (Greg Chappell) took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground. By doing so he avoided the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
The bowling action is distinguished from throwing the ball a specified Biomechanical procedure. Lately when players have be accused of