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[IWTUK]

Apologies if this is redundant or has been posted elsewhere, but just read that Senanayake's action has been deemed illegal, and he has been banned from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect......


http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/759835.html

[Giraffe208]

It is about time to be fair. At least now he should be able to correct his action and show some that it isn't the "race" issue they thought it were when posters drew comment.

[csnew]

He got away with chucking for a very long time!

[Nickauger]

Where are our Sri Lankan friends who said that the ICC were being racist? lol

[mini998]

Where are our Sri Lankan friends who said that the ICC were being racist? lol

I'm Sri Lankan, I never said such things , It's silly to bring out race card(from both sides) for every time something bad happens . I said it looks bad to naked eye  and needs checking up. And sadly for us it seems the end of the road for him.

Cricket stuff aside , he is a very nice bloke who was very kind and humble with fans, feel for him.

[ogroupleader]

Its about time something was done. Chucking is becoming an epidemic with young spinners here. Have played against 2 young spinners in the last couple of months who were blatant chuckers. The umpires are reluctant to call them because they see what the guys at international level are getting away with.

[Manormanic]

Cricket stuff aside , he is a very nice bloke who was very kind and humble with fans, feel for him.

on a personal level it can't be nice - equally, I'm not sure how he can have thought that he was not chucking it!

[skip1973]

on a personal level it can't be nice - equally, I'm not sure how he can have thought that he was not chucking it!

Because that's how he was taught and was told it was fine because Murali had been allowed to get away with it.

[Dhiraj]

Wasn't it so that the lab in Australia cleared him before? If thats the case how is different at the lab in England.

Murali has proven his action over time now with several tests. Thats another topic for me.

[tim2000s]

Wasn't it so that the lab in Australia cleared him before? If thats the case how is different at the lab in England.

Murali has proven his action over time now with several tests. Thats another topic for me.

He failed initially at the lab in Aus, had remedial action, was then cleared, and has now failed again. I guess he has reverted to his previous action.


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[Dhiraj]

on another note...why dont they ever get reported on sub continent?

Is it so that sub continent players are anyways very good against spin and dont care so much who that is?
It always gets reported in Australia or England?

[Giraffe208]

Stricter enforcement of laws?

[MD2812]

I hope this gives umpires confidence to report a player if they think a bowlers action is worthy of testing.

Whether they have been previously cleared or not.

[farnham_quins_2]

When a bowler is banned for his action, should his wickets stand in the record books? Or should they be removed? If his bowling was deemed illegal, shouldn't those wickets not count?
Should batsmen who were out to him have not outs added to their score for those innings?

[joeljonno]

I guess it is only the same as nicking it and not walking. Should the runs following it count?

It wasn't called a no-ball at the time so it wasn't 'technically' illegal.