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[Manormanic]

One of the cricinfo articles mentioned McGrath reached up to 13 and Brett Lee up to 14 at times!

This is a common misinterpretation though - they, along with most of the fast bowlers tested (Shoaib Akhtar was the most famous), had a change of angle between 8-14 degrees, but it came from the arm straightening from a hyper-extended rather than bent position, which is rather different in its potential effects to a throwing action.

[TangoWhiskey]

I just watched a youtube video about a 'mystery spinner' going through his variations, is it just me or does it look like he doesn't chuck any of them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eo4brwbkpQ

[ajmw89]

Wasn't that the kid they picked from nowhere in th Wt20 in SL the  other year?

[LEACHY48]

carrom ball looked sligtly chucked, rest looked awesome to be honest, much better than bloody cheating senanayake

[mini998]

Wasn't that the kid they picked from nowhere in th Wt20 in SL the  other year?

Yes, he is not doing well in first class cricket in SL currently so been out of the team after that WT20

[Vic Nicholas]

Our sub continental brethren always view the chucking issue as a "racist" issue.

It isn't. It is simply a case of that on the subcontinent, kids who are throwing are allowed to get through the system all the way to international level without any remedial action taken.

In the racist white countries, usually bent arms are coached out of offending bowlers...and if they are not, they are suspended sooner or later.

Ian Meckiff had a straighter arm than Murali etc and was banished from all cricket.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-meckiff-mystery-lives-20121110-2957l.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/image/175579.html

As for Murali having a medical condition that did not enable him to straighten his arm...what codswallop! To bowl leg spin, you can only do it with a straight arm. You simply cannot chuck a leg break. Here is Murali showing that he actually COULD bowl with a straight arm...he simply chose not to for the majority of his career:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUXgc1rLMQ

[mini998]

As for Murali having a medical condition that did not enable him to straighten his arm...what codswallop! To bowl leg spin, you can only do it with a straight arm. You simply cannot chuck a leg break. Here is Murali showing that he actually COULD bowl with a straight arm...he simply chose not to for the majority of his career:

Condition of his arm explained , and Mark Nicholas trying to extend it himself.

http://youtu.be/1HZBukHqNxk

Leg break getting called (watch from 3.25) , but you say leg breaks cannot be chucked, Which bring questions about the umpire and his motives..

http://youtu.be/U-bajS1SZiQ

in another thread tim2000 says leg break can be chucked, I tried but I can't do that. but maybe others can. who knows.

Simply not true. Try it. If you flex your elbow you can increase the twisting  action through your wrist, so it's very possible...

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Also it's not the bend which cause issues, it's the flex .