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equatorEd Cowan told twitter it came out of the footmarks and gave him wood.
Jimmy Maxwell said it hit a crack and was a work in progress.
Terry Jenner informed Australia it was chucking and against the law in his book.
And AGB questions if the selectors will pick someone who bowls it.
All of this because Australia’s off spinning back up, Jason Krezja, got one to go the other way.
About 12 people have seen this ball (it was during a shield game), but it has stirred up some emotion already.
Not be left behind, Nathan Hauritz has jumped on the doosra bandwagon, saying he has one, but he is afraid to use it. Strong words, Nathan.
Bryce McGain doesn’t have one, but he did take 7 wickets for 92 runs in his last first class game and I haven’t stopped smiling since.
Aaron O’Brien probably doesn’t have one, but no one knows who he is anyway.
Marcus North doesn’t care. He is a batsman.
This time last year I was writing about how you’d be better off trying to survive a zombie attack than trying to pick an aussie spinner.
Now there is little Nathan defying logic and common sense, Krezja has a mystery ball, McGain is fit, and O’Brien is taking wickets and making runs.
Four of the top ten wicket takers in first class cricket this year are spinners, last year at this stage there were none, and that doesn’t even count little Nathan, Cullen Bailey or Jon Holland.
Oh baby, Australia is spinning again, both ways.
Australia may not be the spinning wasteland it was, there are options, all rounders, wrist spinners, and now one of their spinners has dabbled in voodoo.
The selectors NSP are even going to use little Nathan at the gabbatoir, even if he doesn’t believe in his doosra yet.
It is like the Oval never happened.
is watson injured yet?
i’m going to unleash my doosra tomorrow, be warned
Meanwhile, in the one format of hte game in which Ritz is unquestionably succesful, he didn’t get picked for either team for the hit around on Sunday. What do they think he is?
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That’s good news jrod. Like reverse swing, doosra will become acceptable now
There will be some initial noises but eventually there will be agreement that the aussies have found a way to bowl doosra legally.
Good.
The ritz is a great one day bowler, absolutely no doubt about that.
However, as a first class/ test bowler, he is miles behind McGain and Crazy…
You Aussies are regressing into Brits with all these purity non-issues, be careful!
Watever happened to Bracken’s dream of becoming a spinner….!
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mate i’ve seen the ball and it was an absolute beauty (is on the mercury website, hobarts local paper). best ball from a spinner ive seen for ages
I really want to see the West Indies do well. Have been wanting to for a while.
And you’re damn right about Rahul Dravid! He deserves the best seat at the best restaurant in the country anytime he wants it!
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It looks like a chuck. I on the other hand have perfected it while having hammy rehabilitation last week
Oh it hasn’t been christened yet. What should we name it?
Ritz fan that I am, if even Mushtaq thinks his doosra is ordinary little more needs to be said. And North is a batsman … really? What the hell was going on at the Oval then? Oh right, I remember now … we were giving the Ashes away.
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Now now Aussies what next? Sticky toffees to shine the ball?
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Seriously, good on Krazy. Though his Indian mentor, Mr. Bedi will not like it.
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Ooooh, I agree with Brad Hodge. it does look like a chuck. Can we call it the Chuckoosra?
Shit, I’ll laugh if he gets called for chucking.
oh…now that an australian can bowl it, the doosra will be legal. shhhhiiitt. its not chucking but a mystery ball!
Sunny & raj, it isn’t a doosra, problem solved.
@jrod – i hope krezy makes a comeback though. if you are going to play an offie might as well play one who can give it a rip.
The first time an Umpire from the subcontinent calls him for chucking I am going to laugh until one of my lungs collapses.
@jrod – the doosra literally means “the other way”. he might bowl it with a different action or whatever “white boy figured it out so its not chucking” action but its still the doosra.
On the other hand, if they do call whitey for bowling/chucking the doosra, will that settle the debate on whether its a legit delivery in the negative?
Youtube link here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miY4CnYXIaI
I’ve deconstructed it over at the AGB blog ad nauseum.
Upshot is, it appears to be a carrom ball, similar to the one Mendis bowls.
It doesn’t appear to be a chuck – but it should be tested if he keeps bowling it.
It was a great delivery.
If he’d bowled it 2 days earlier, he would be in the first test.
@nathan – not really. i personally would make it legal. if batsmen can switch-hit why do bowlers get the shaft?
we have had this argument here before…if the doosra is such an obvious chuck, why do batsmen fall to it?
…and if Phil Hughes is The Future, does that make Bryce McGain The Past?
Good on him, but the irony is of course that if Bryce bowls well, then Holland doesn’t get a game.
@hewy – somebody should tell krejzy that moving away from nsw is not the way to get into the test side. look at watson…moves to nsw and now he is a bonafide test opener!
on a sidenote: between katich, jacques, hughes and now watto, how many openers does the nsw team need?!
Long overdue reopening of the debate:
Calling spinners for chucking is an idiotic notion. Let them bend their arm as much as they like – they’re tossing the ball up – not down – it wont hurt anyone, it just tests their batting skills. Even an Afridi fast chuck is acceptable to relieve the tedium i say.
Quicks, yeah have the rule, in all its twisted detail, so that loser science-types can think they are doing something.
But since being slaves to technology is so essential for progress, allow the bowler to challenge the call. In fact every umpiring call should be up for review – a team should have a basket of reviews – for no-balls, wides, bouncers, etc etc. Will also give the ICC think-tank something to agonise over for the next few years.
I saw the video. I think it hit the crack. he is not doing anything wrong with his bowling. But if he do it consistently , he will be dangerous. I like any one who spins deep like warne and murali.
Sunny, the carrom ball moves the other way.
@jrod – i have seen very little of mendis but his carrom ball turns to off, leg and even goes straight. let’s just call it a teesra?!
Kraze, three for in the first innings of the latest shield match..
He is streets ahead of ritzy…
@jogesh – “Let them bend their arm as much as they like – they’re tossing the ball up – not down – it wont hurt anyone” Awesome statement, great call. That’s twice now you have spun my head around.
Thanks Ned.