No balled for throwing

Was looking for something else and chanced upon this.

No-balled for throwing in tests
Bowler
E Jones Aus v Eng Melbourne 1898
GAR Lock Eng v WI Kingston 1954
G Griffin RSA v Eng Lord's 1960
Haseeb Ahsan Pak v Ind Bombay 1960
I Meckiff Aus v RSA Brisbane 1963
Abid Ali Ind v NZ Christchurch 1968
SMH Kirmani Ind v WI Bridgetown 1983
DI Gower Eng v NZ Nottingham 1986
H Olonga Zim v Pak Harare 1995
M Muralitharan SL v Aus Melbourne 1995
GW Flower Zim v NZ Bulawayo 2000

Gower's was deliberate.

The list would be a lot longer only for that soft-c0cked "15 degrees of bend" committee.

The interesting thing that is excluding Gower only 10 have ever been called, which makes the fuss over MM all the more ridiculous.

taipan wrote:The interesting thing that is excluding Gower only 10 have ever been called, which makes the fuss over MM all the more ridiculous.

I guarantee all those umps who called the 'ten' (sounds like the Citadel) would've called Murali the minute he delivered his first ball.

If he had been banned, like he should have been, there would be a lot less crap today.

taipan wrote:If he had been banned, like he should have been, there would be a lot less crap today.

Farkin oath. The ICC is a bloody disgrace and has turned the art of offspin bowling into a farce.

IIRC Gower's was a classic. He was hit for four off the only delivery, which was called a no-ball in the days when no-ball sundries weren't added to a bowler's analysis. His figures were 0-0-4-0.

Gower never bowled in Test cricket again after that, either.

Zat wrote:Gower never bowled in Test cricket again after that, either.

When this bullshit rule first came out I would've got some no-hoper bowler ( Hayden probably) to ping an over as the umps could only have reported him. If he was suspended forever from bowling after a review it would've been no loss but proven a point.

Bradman wrote:

Zat wrote:Gower never bowled in Test cricket again after that, either.

When this bullshit rule first came out I would've got some no-hoper bowler ( Hayden probably) to ping an over as the umps could only have reported him. If he was suspended forever from bowling after a review it would've been no loss but proven a point.

Awesome strategy, qmy. WTF didn't you think of it at the time???

A year earlier Gower was the captain responsible for the only occasion of a bowler being noballed for bowling bodyline. Aus v Leics 1975 at Grace Road. Gower set a field with 4 short legs, Agnew bowled a bouncer and Billy McDermott looked rather puzzled as it sailed harmlessly over his shoulder and the umpire dutifully called 'no ball'.

Gower and Agnew are well known practical jokers of course and Bodyline was on TV at the time.

Unless my memory is playing tricks Thommo also made an unusual contribution to that match by bowling about 20 no balls in an innings. He eventually got upset after about the 10th ball in one over and bowled from 30 yards. The umpire promptly called no ball. I gathered afterwards it was because he couldn't tell if Thommo bowled from too wide of the crease.

Nice tidbit, tya.

skully wrote:

Bradman wrote:

Zat wrote:Gower never bowled in Test cricket again after that, either.

When this bullshit rule first came out I would've got some no-hoper bowler ( Hayden probably) to ping an over as the umps could only have reported him. If he was suspended forever from bowling after a review it would've been no loss but proven a point.

Awesome strategy, qmy. WTF didn't you think of it at the time???

I did. Unfortunately I wasn't the Aussie captain then. More's the pity. We would've won a all the series we lost.

Bradman wrote:

skully wrote:

Bradman wrote:

Zat wrote:Gower never bowled in Test cricket again after that, either.

When this bullshit rule first came out I would've got some no-hoper bowler ( Hayden probably) to ping an over as the umps could only have reported him. If he was suspended forever from bowling after a review it would've been no loss but proven a point.

Awesome strategy, qmy. WTF didn't you think of it at the time???

I did. Unfortunately I wasn't the Aussie captain then. More's the pity. We would've won a all the series we lost.

Yeah, bradders . . . .