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Was Lawson really a chucker?

 
solidrock 2020-05-11 13:47:57 

??????????????????? or simply too fast for Australians back then and they fought to get rid of him?

 
Baje 2020-05-11 13:57:48 

In reply to solidrock
He was a chucked, very obvious. This was identified from u19 days by Tony Cozier and others who got cussed out.
When he tried to bowl he was medium pace.

 
Ray123 2020-05-11 14:26:45 

In reply to solidrock

One of the best chuckers we ever had lol if Lawson had a long career he would have been one of the best we ever had.

 
tc1 2020-05-11 14:30:18 

In reply to Baje

Yardies like to spin more than Lance.

 
WestDem 2020-05-11 14:31:55 

I witnessed it first hand, yes he is!

 
DonD 2020-05-11 14:43:19 

Lawson wasn't a chucker. He was a flinger. I recall seeing him in 2003 or thereabouts flinging at Lara etal at Discovery Bay in St. Ann. He had Lara hopping all over the place.

 
culpepperboy 2020-05-11 15:16:55 

In reply to solidrock

Yes, but he was not in Bumrah's category.

 
solidrock 2020-05-11 15:19:14 

In reply to culpepperboy

big grin big grin

 
pooranian 2020-05-11 15:24:22 

That guy was a brutal bowler.Surely had a iffy action...Not sure if he chucked all the deliveries..Only the effort balls.I still remember that series and the match against BD...Real sight that..

 
solidrock 2020-05-11 15:48:06 

I never saw Gilcrist (only older one's persons can help me on this tread). Some suggest that Gilcrist was "also a chucker." If so were Gilchrist and Lawson in the same league?

 
Trex 2020-05-11 16:42:11 

In reply to solidrock

Lawson didn't just chuck a few or fling....he was a pelter.

When he didn't pelt he bowled at the same pace as Bravo.

 
Dukes 2020-05-11 17:30:13 

In reply to Trex

WOW.

Is that Lawson I see with bus marks on his back???

 
Jumpstart 2020-05-11 17:35:33 

In reply to solidrock

He was. But he was never as bad as shoaib and brett lee.

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Shoaib was the worse though

 
TyTy35 2020-05-11 17:36:48 

Yes Lawson chucked and Bumrah flings but he’s still playing internation cricket tho rolleyes

 
Jumpstart 2020-05-11 17:38:59 

In reply to TyTy35

Politics man.
I remember some clown on this website(in a previous conversation)said it was hyperextension. The idiot didn't know what hyperextension was. RP Singh had hyper extension, but from the naked eye you could tell his flex did not exceed 15 degrees....shoaib and bumrah AND lee were chuckers. But pakistan threatened to boycott all international tournaments if shoaib was called, and prior to the IPL, the then ACB was the most powerful board. And well now the bcci is the most powerful board

 
camos 2020-05-11 17:43:48 

remember they changed the tolerance level after Lawson, if he was around today he would be legal.

 
camos 2020-05-11 17:47:52 

In reply to pooranian

That guy was a brutal bowler.Surely had a iffy action...Not sure if he chucked all the deliveries..Only the effort balls.I still remember that series and the match against BD...Real sight that.

maybe he and Charlie Griffith could not stand up to slow motion camera.

 
Benjie 2020-05-11 17:53:00 

Lawson was one of the most blatant fast bowling flingers that I have seen.

 
Jumpstart 2020-05-11 17:58:55 

In reply to TyTy35

Bumrah is the same
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Trinidave 2020-05-11 22:57:19 

In reply to Jumpstart


No. Not de same. Lawson was a mango pelter.

 
dax 2020-05-11 23:13:47 

Lawson was very ordinary when he tried to correct his action.

He does have a test HATRICK in the books though!

and when he let it go with his kinked elbow - he really let it fly. I saw him getting top edged over thirdman for six.

 
Jumpstart 2020-05-11 23:26:37 

In reply to Trinidave

Refer to the images

 
dax 2020-05-11 23:31:37 

In reply to Jumpstart

Not even close.

 
fatman 2020-05-13 00:23:20 

Yes, he was a chucker. Watch his action, there is no way to get his hand from the position it’s in (behind shoulders) when his back foot lands, to release point without chucking.
PS. Worst was Shaun Tait, basically a pitcher with a run up.

 
Trex 2020-05-13 02:25:09 

In reply to Dukes

Is that Lawson I see with bus marks on his back???


I have been calling out Lawson for pelting since the late 90's when he played high school cricket.

 
Norm 2020-05-13 10:41:12 

Lawson must have been his false name. That fella was definitely bowling outside the laws of cricket. Made Murali and Bumrah look like saints. smile