Friday, January 01, 2016

2015 - the year the doosra died. End of the golden era of mystery spin

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The final nail in the coffin was the banning of Sunil Narine in November, who was the last top level doosra bowler. The ICC have had a conce...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

The banning of Saeed Ajmal - what is the priority? Answer: to get him playing again. Method - legalize 40 degrees of elbow straightening for the weak-throw/ back-chuck

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* When a great bowler is banned for so-called throwing (actually, the back-chuck 'weak throw' - palm facing the bowler, used by a ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Saeed Ajmal banned - by Scyld Berry in the Daily Telegraph

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* I reprint this because it refers to me in the fourth and third paragraphs before the end. * Article by Scyld Berry, telegraph.co.uk, ...
Friday, August 01, 2014

Moeen Ali cannot bowl a doosra (or, at least, not a useful one - or so I predict)

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* I am delighted that Moeen Ali bowled so well in the Southampton Test against India - and I am not at all surprised. He has a really ni...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

How to bowl a flipper-doosra

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* This should work for an off-spinner (or orthodox slow left armer) who has a high action (near vertical arm at delivery) and large hands....
Saturday, October 19, 2013

What would be the maximum speed of a fast bowler if throwing was allowed? 110 mph

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* In the previous posting http://the-doosra.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/where-does-bowlers-pace-come-from-spin.html   I suggested that the ...

Saeed Ajmal is as good or better than Shane Warne

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* Warne: 4.9 wickets per Test Match; average 25; economy rate 2.7. Ajmal: 5.3 wickets per Test Match; average 27; economy rate 2.7 So ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

T20 six-hitting sluggers seem to be using performance-enhancing drugs

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* It looks to me as if the new generation of T20 batters are going the same way as baseball sluggers - in other words getting into the who...