In your opinion which bowler has the most unusual bowling action?

Question

In your opinion which bowler has the most unusual bowling action?

Answer 1

Muttiah Muralitharan. It is unusual, and also illegal. He is the only bowler in world cricket who is allowed to "chuck".

Answer 2

1.Paul Adams

2.Sohail Tanvir

3.Latish Malinga

Answer 3

Paul Adams, i agree with the others because  Mike Gatting famously likened Adams bowling to a "frog in a blender".but i also think:

Murali, i mean the way he bends his elbow means that you can't even bowl his style yourself, if that isn't unusual then i don't know what is

Lasith Malinga bowling is also a little unusual. if you watch his arm it comes thtough at a large angle (slinger action) but somehow the ball comes out dead straight, amazing and that's why so many batsmen find him hard to play

Answer 4

i cant choose between tanveer or malinga

Answer 5

Sohail Tanvir and Lasith Malinga

Tanvir's action is amazing..i love it..it's pretty hard for the batsemn to pick which arm the balls coming out of.

Malinga's action is unusual as well...i remember when he toured new zealand...the NZ batsmen could not pick him at all... he bowls very straight.

I think that all bowlers should make their own bowling action (but it has to be legal) it would take bowling to the next level. in my OPINION.

Answer 6

sohail tanveer , Lasit Malinga and all chinamen bowlers.

Answer 7

Definitely Paul Adams.

His action has often been described as resembling a "frog in a blender" and "a man who is trying to change a hubcap whilst the car is still moving".

His head points skyward at the moment of delivery, yet he appears to be able to change his trajectory if the batsman uses his feet. Although photographic evidence suggests otherwise, Adams says he can see enough of the batsman to know what he is doing.

Its just a shame that his career has been hampered by injury at crucial times!  :)

Answer 8

I'll go with the flow and say Malinga.

Answer 9

Lasith Malinga.

Answer 10

HARBHAJAN SINGH

Answer 11

well people bowling off the wrong foot is nothing new (remember Max Walker anyone?) and neither is the Sling style action (Jeff Thomson was using it almost 40 years ago, and there were other before him) used by guys like Malinga, Tait and Edwards

therefore in my mind it would have to be Paul Adams, i have never seen anything like it, before or since!

Answer 12

Paul Adams

Answer 13

Sohail Tanveer and Paul Regan Adams ( South Africa )

Answer 14

Malinga

Answer 15

Lasith Malinga defiantly spins me out with his 'UN usual' bowling technique....

Answer 16

Hmmmm...reminds me of 2 Pak bowlers -

Abdul Qadir and Mudassar Nazar. Both had good round arm

action, but delivery strides were really wierd.

Qadir's bowling action was hard to read and it looked funny.

Mudassar - the man with the Golden arm - he had nice run up

but his delivery stance would be like falling side ward and then

delivering the lethal delivery.

These days - Murali and Shoaib, do not know if it's bowling or

throwing - Who am I to say whether they bowl legal deliveries

or not....I live it to someone else...as I still consider as bowlers.

Answer 17

Lasith Malinga and Shaun Tait

Answer 18

paul adams.

Answer 19

Lasioth Malinga of Sri Lanka.

Answer 20

Lasith Malinga

Answer 21

Sohail Tanvir

Answer 22

Malinga.

Answer 23

lasith malinga  most unusual action

harbhajan sing acts most unusually

Answer 24

I can name a few!

Paul Adams has to be ther most unusual thing iv seen in any sport let alone cricket

Guys like Mike Proctor, Lance Cairns and Sohail Tanvir all bowl off the wrong foot in thier delivery stride

Then you have guys like malinga and fidel edwards who bowl with the "round arm" action.

and muralis unusual action deserves mention

Answer 25

Sachin Tendulkar!

Answer 26

I think it is Paul Adams (South Africa). The Biomechnics of his action has been studied too.

Answer 27

malinga for sure. i tried bowlin like he does but could never get the ball on the stumps(it also hurts like h**l)