Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Johan Botha

I see that Johan Botha has now been reported to the ICC for his bowling action action - specifically his "doosra" and his quicker ball.

Gotta say that I find that highly frustrating as a South African cricket fan. The guy has been through the whole review thing with the ICC and he has taken the corrective action and passed him... how can it be reopened again?

I think that Muralitharan had a similar issue with Darryl Hair not so long ago.

The ICC has ruled - how can an action suddenly be refered again?

It's frustrating - the guy is getting his shot at success after reworking his action and this has to come up again. Hopefully common sense prevails.
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4 comments:

Jawad said...

I don't think it would be too much of a problem. Many still get reported of suspect action. Lets hope they don't keep em out for too long. He is a real good captain and bowler.

April 14, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Marc said...

Here's hoping!

April 14, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Ian said...

Being cleared once doesn't get him out of the wrong. It is very easy for old habits to creep back in, and it only seems very apparent when he throws in that quicker delivery to have quite a sharp angle of his elbow. So I do think it is good they will look at his action again as there has been more than one occassion where it has looked pretty much like a chuck. Pity on his part though.

April 15, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Marc said...

Dunno... think its a bit like the Butch James rugby saga - the refs set out specifically to watch Butch James and whether or not he's shoulder barging and this happens while forgetting to focus on the playing action...

Once an action has been highlighted then it ends up being watched that much more closely.

April 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM

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