Re: Stuff on Murali chucking

"bigbadja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> He is still a chucker....hence a cheat.....
> Observe frame by frame of digital images when Murili chucks his big
> turner......that is the one that is a chuck without question.
> Ranatunga bluffed the gutless-wonder ICC on more than one occasion with
> threats of legal action, Murili is just another of Ranatunga's  dubious
> beneficiaries.


Absolute utter nonsense but if you want to believe in gullible crap, go
right ahead. Your next subject will be about the earth being flat I
suppose......................really look forward to that one!!!

Murali is a bloody legend dude!

Laz



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> "Larry de Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Excerpts from a long article
> >
> > Be afraid ... be very afraid
> >
> > Charlie Austin
> >
> >
>
http://www-aus.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/DEC/000311_WCM_02DEC
> > 2003.html
> >
> > Muttiah Muralitharan is itching to confront England's batsmen once more.
> > Ever since his 16-wicket romp at The Oval in 1998, a glorious display of
> > subtle skill and cunning, England have treated him cautiously. Under
> Duncan
> > Fletcher they have met with some success too, relying on a combination
of
> > painstaking patience, careful shot selection and dour pad play. Murali,
> > entering the final chapter of his career with a sleeveful of new tricks,
> has
> > vowed to strike back.
> >
> > England's moral victory over Murali - who has taken 22 wickets in his
last
> > five Tests against them, compared with 21 in his first two - paved the
way
> > for two series wins. For a man who admits to sleeping problems whenever
> Sri
> > Lanka lose, it must have had him stocking up on the valium. "They have
> > played well during the last two series but my time will come again. I am
> > prepared for anything now and I will do the damage. I am bowling really
> well
> > at the moment and preparing myself carefully for the series."
> >
> > His remarkable journey started as a young medium-pacer - enthusiastic
but
> > wayward - at a strict boarding school in Kandy. One day, aged 13, with
the
> > team one slow bowler short, Murali was persuaded to bowl offcutters.
> "Right
> > from the start I had the ability to turn the ball a great deal and I
soon
> > settled into my action, which has hardly changed since," he says.
> >
> > By the time he had reached the 1st XI his name and wicket-taking
exploits
> > were frequently appearing in the newspapers. Encouraged by his father
> > Muthusamy, a successful biscuit manufacturer, and his mother Lakshmi, an
> > avid cricket fan, he travelled to Colombo to pursue a cricket career.
> >
> > An unhappy tour of England in 1991 (0 for 209 in three first-class
> matches)
> > nearly cut short his career before it had begun. "I didn't take a single
> > wicket. I was nervous and I realised cricket was tough. When I returned
I
> > joined the Institute of Technical Studies. I wanted to travel to America
> and
> > was thinking about a career outside cricket."
> >
> > But Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lanka captain, was on the prowl for
> > matchwinning bowlers. He was quick to see Murali's potential and
> > fast-tracked him into the side. Ranatunga became a cricketing father
> figure.
> > "He had this unshakeable faith in me to deliver - always. That gave me a
> > huge amount of confidence." In 1992 Murali broke into the Test team.
> >
> > The whispers of discontent over his strange bowling action - unique
> because
> > of a super-flexible wrist and a congenital deformity that prevents his
arm
> > from straightening fully - started soon after and quietly continued
until
> > the furore sparked by umpire Darrell Hair's decision to call him for
> > chucking during the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne in 1995-96.
> >
> > Despite the medical opinions and ICC clearance, questions over his
action
> > have persisted. The public scrutiny and never-ending suspicion would
have
> > broken weaker men. Murali was helped by the unbending support of
Ranatunga
> > and buoyed by the reaction of his colleagues.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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