Today South African spinner Johan Botha has been reported for having an illegal action, but is it?
According to Wikipedia:
In the sport of cricket, throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action which occurs when a bowler straightens their arm by more than 15 degrees when delivering the ball.
Now in the video above it [...]...
The second (and final) day of South Africa’s tour match against the Indian Board President’s XI in Nagpur was a good one for the batsmen, with everyone spending some quality time in the middle.Jacques Kallis was the hot tamale of the moment, smashing 63* off 58 balls before retiring himself to give the others a chance. He scored eight fours and three sixes in his innings - 50 of his 63...
South African first-choice spinner Paul Harris still has much to work on ahead of the first Test against India after he was dealt with in uncompromising fashion by the Indian Board President’s XI on the first day of a warm-up game in Nagpur today.It’s nervous times for interim coach Corrie van Zyl, after Harris bowled 12 wicketless overs and went for 71 runs, at almost six runs per ove...
South Africa start the Test series today against India, the team is as follows:
Graeme Smith (capt), Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris.
So my prediction that Johan Botha would pip Paul Harris was wrong, also thought that they might play [...]
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