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...is nothing more than a battle between two pelters.

In reply to mikesiva

That's the stoning cold truth...

In reply to mikesiva
Narine has been reported on the grounds that,his action is suspect when he bowls the quicker delivery,he is nowhere near pelting like the others,like for example Shillingford and Ajmal.

In reply to granite

He's still pelting, whether is his first ball, last ball, slow ball or fast ball.
Just like Shilly and Ajmal they all been called for suspect action.

What ppl need to really look at is who's doing the calling? and where the pelters coming from.
Wrong is wrong dude don't matter who it comes from.

In reply to granite a pelt is a pelt

A pelt is a pelt , get rid of it learn to bowl and move on .

Can anyone say who is doing the calling , the Big 4 Umps , the Indian Umps ?

In reply to granite

When Shilly was last reported, remember it was on the grounds of the doosra. That didn't stop the Shilly persecutions on this MB right.

It is when Shilly went for the tests, it was found that his other deliveries were also suspect.

In reply to BatQuake
True what yuh say,I wasn't one who was out to get Shilly,but he wasn't very effective when he couldn't bowl the doosra.Narine is so different,his fingers do so much more than other bowlers to cause batsmen problems,batsmen still can't read his offie and his leg-cutter,he can still bowl a quicker ball,but reduce the pace,he can also cut out the quicker ball alltogether.I feel sure he will continue if he cuts out the quicker ball.

In reply to granite

I think batsmen are playing Narine badly.........too much in their head and on his reputation.


It has been said by some that fellas like Narine and Mendis need to played like how you would handle a medium pacer. Narine really gets signicant deviations on the ball.

When you look at it, he gets very minor deviations of the ball. However batsmen in their haste to accumulate runs often are left playing shots or countering him in ways that make them vulnerable to him.


Now in Test cricket, Narine becomes very easy to handle because you have time to apply proper batting techniques to counter him. The Bangladeshis showed that to you all; the Englishmen told you all that and the New Zealanders also proved that to you all (they even said it) after they overcame their awe of Narine and figured him out from the Test cricket angle.


A spinner who barely gets the ball to deviate off the pitch is just a very slow medium pacer with a fancy action.