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Title: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Felix Tito on December 20, 2016, 01:47:25 PM
ECB claims that Leach wasn't selected as replacement for Ansari because his action isn't clean...so they only find this out after a whole season of bowling  :o covering ones backside of you ask me
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Loc1215 on December 20, 2016, 01:51:50 PM
Probably covering their backsides but it doesn't explain why he want picked originally.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: tim2000s on December 20, 2016, 01:59:34 PM
ECB claims that Leach wasn't selected as replacement for Ansari because his action isn't clean...so they only find this out after a whole season of bowling  :o covering ones backside of you ask me
I suspect there's been a lot of scrutiny and they're heading off some form of press exposée...
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: six and out on December 20, 2016, 02:07:56 PM
the arm is bent but is it over 15 degrees?

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/10703073/england-had-concerns-over-bowler-jack-leachs-action (http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/10703073/england-had-concerns-over-bowler-jack-leachs-action)

will be interesting to see how he goes now his action has had 'a change' at loughborough, where they supposedly spotted it.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Woodyspin on December 20, 2016, 02:12:40 PM
I'd much rather them spot it now than get grooved into test cricket then be suspended, and not be able to re-form his action quick enough.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: six and out on December 20, 2016, 02:20:50 PM
its interesting that we are doing this for Leach and someone like Johan Botha has been chucking around the t20 circuit for years
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Mpt7 on December 20, 2016, 02:25:37 PM
They could have easily stuck him in and then let the ICC tear his action to pieces. that would have been good for the England spin cupboard :-D
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: ppccopener on December 20, 2016, 02:47:28 PM
Yeah any kink in the action can be worked on away from the test arena.

Looks like a good call.we are going to need to develop spin to improve the team abroad
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: iand123 on December 20, 2016, 03:22:32 PM
I dont really understand why this had to come out like this especially now, ECB continue to leak stuff to the press and end up looking stupid
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Woodyspin on December 20, 2016, 03:31:21 PM
I dont really understand why this had to come out like this especially now, ECB continue to leak stuff to the press and end up looking stupid

All the bowlers had been selected so he still didn't have 'a chance' in the public eye. Now they are just explaining their reason, timing doesn't matter.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: jwebber86 on December 20, 2016, 06:17:13 PM
he worked on his action at the end of the summer before touring with the lions.

he used the new action against Afghanistan and UAE.

dont understand why they didnt say something earlier about it.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Buzz on December 20, 2016, 06:59:38 PM
https://youtu.be/7QMcBw7VrqQ

https://youtu.be/iDPFP-RCdaE

Make your own mind up.

I think it was good the ecb were protecting him, but his action looks fine in these videos
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Woodyspin on December 20, 2016, 07:19:43 PM
https://youtu.be/7QMcBw7VrqQ

https://youtu.be/iDPFP-RCdaE

Make your own mind up.

I think it was good the ecb were protecting him, but his action looks fine in these videos

Can you really tell from behind though?
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: cricketbadger on December 20, 2016, 08:14:49 PM
From behind it looks OK to me. would need to see some other angles for a better idea
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: well past my peak on December 20, 2016, 08:47:25 PM
Unfortunately another case of bowlers progressing through the ranks, nearly all the way to the top with a bent arm.
Down here it seems to be case where because calling someone a chucker is possibly the worst thing you could do so none does.
Umpires here are not allow to call arm no balls, any suspect actions require a fair bit of discussion/paperwork trouble with club officials/captains/umpires. Ends up being too much effort.

Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Northern monkey on December 20, 2016, 09:45:25 PM
Pause it on 1.19 and it's pretty bent arm, but as has been said, no one wants to question it, as nothing gets done.
It's chucking
Flower it up, change the rules/laws whatever, it's still a throw
The bowler is cheating, and he's been picked up for it, if you can't turn a ball without throwing it, get off the pitch and go and try baseball or something.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: edge on December 20, 2016, 10:14:49 PM
@Northern monkey can't find Leach bowling at 1:15 in any of the videos?

I've just been through a couple of deliveries and Leach looks absolutely fine to me. Van De Merwe though...
(https://s24.postimg.org/wkfadyoed/merwe.png)
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Northern monkey on December 20, 2016, 10:33:27 PM
1.19 first of buzzes vids
And I've seen a lot worse actions
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: csnew on December 21, 2016, 09:28:02 AM
Good to see Leach come out with a reaction about not being selected. Good on him!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1073584.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1073584.html)
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Number4 on December 21, 2016, 11:07:27 AM
Pause it on 1.19 and it's pretty bent arm, but as has been said, no one wants to question it, as nothing gets done.
It's chucking
Flower it up, change the rules/laws whatever, it's still a throw
The bowler is cheating, and he's been picked up for it, if you can't turn a ball without throwing it, get off the pitch and go and try baseball or something.


Looks straight as a die to me

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/number414/IMG_0228_zps750jz4ey.png) (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/number414/media/IMG_0228_zps750jz4ey.png.html)
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Woodyspin on December 21, 2016, 11:11:11 AM
Fact is it wasnt and even he was shocked. Goes to show sometimes you just dont know
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Northern monkey on December 21, 2016, 11:24:08 AM
I paused it a c#ck hair before that, and it was bent, looking at that it's fine, I suppose that's why it's not been reported earlier?
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Number4 on December 21, 2016, 11:57:57 AM
I paused it a c#ck hair before that, and it was bent, looking at that it's fine, I suppose that's why it's not been reported earlier?


You mean this frame?

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/number414/IMG_0229_zpsajgaurjq.png) (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/number414/media/IMG_0229_zpsajgaurjq.png.html)
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: well past my peak on December 21, 2016, 11:58:20 AM
Looks straight as a die to me
Yeah that's the point it has a bend then straightens,
would be ok if he bowls with the kink all the way through until ball release.
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: csnew on December 21, 2016, 02:26:26 PM
Apparently leach's results showed he had a 30 degree Flex, that's nearly double the allowance!
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Northern monkey on December 21, 2016, 03:28:28 PM
That's the spot number4
Shows how it's basically a throw ,
Played against two this year bowling a lot worse than that , and it's amazing how hard it is to pick the ball up out of the hand.
And one of the lads,(who's nicknamed chucker by his teammates !) has a letter from lords saying his Bowlings legal?
I have pictures that show his arm at nearly 45 degrees on release, but our league doesn't care
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: six and out on December 21, 2016, 03:43:14 PM
That's the spot number4
Shows how it's basically a throw ,
Played against two this year bowling a lot worse than that , and it's amazing how hard it is to pick the ball up out of the hand.
And one of the lads,(who's nicknamed chucker by his teammates !) has a letter from lords saying his Bowlings legal?
I have pictures that show his arm at nearly 45 degrees on release, but our league doesn't care

we have a couple in our league that it is so obvious it is ridiculous - but at club level it will never get called - our umpire (who is a neutral panel umpire as well) threatened to call a couple of the guys and now they just don't bowl from his end when they play with him umpiring.

one of the guys is a LAO spinner like Leach and just runs and basically throws it as if you would do playing changing room cricket  :( :(

the league just don't want to get embroiled in a massive row etc.....
Title: Re: Jack Leach action is 'suspect'
Post by: Northern monkey on December 21, 2016, 04:20:14 PM
Yeah the spinner in our league, sorta got worse as he went on!
After a few overs, his quicker one, was him stopping in his run up and just throwing it!
The umpires haven't got a clue