Who Can Be Called An Orthodox Bowler In The Current Sri Lankan Team?
By GiriPrasath
@GiriPrasath (29)
United States
June 18, 2009 5:07am CST
Sri Lanka are yet to lose a match in the ongoing World T20 mainly due to their impressive bowling performances. But see at their main strike bowlers:
MALINGA: He has a sling action, which is new in cricket. He delivers the ball right in front of the umpire's right sided shoulder.
UDANA: His action cannot be questioned. But he bowls 5 out of 6 balls in an over with a spinner's pace. Then why would he run-in as a medium pace bowler.
MENDIS: He is a leg spinner who spins the ball with one finger.
MURALIDHARAN: He is an all time great. But his action was under scrutiny more than once in his career.
Who can be called an orthodox bowler in the current Sri Lankan team?
Leave your comments below.
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3 responses
@harishkowshik (234)
• India
7 Jul 09
hi,
yeah sri lankan bowlers are full of controversies surrounding their type of action....but chaminda vass is an exceptional bowler...he is a good all rounder too and contributes well to the team...he is one of the orthodox bowlers ,srilanka has produced...
@vishweshn (44)
• United States
19 Jun 09
none of their main bowlers can be called as orthodox.kulasekara is orthodox.dilshan to an extent is orthodox.
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
18 Jun 09
Malinga has a low arm action but other than him the rest are alright with their action. No one other than him has bowled with such an action. Mendis releases the ball with his middle finger which has been done by a few before. Murlitharan bowls with a proper action. Even though he has been reported before he was not the first one to be reported. Even harbhajan has been reported and he has a fairly orthodox action. Dilshan and jayasuriya have proper actions and so does kulasekara.
