What was the Bodyline Series? please be detailed. Thanks.?

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What was the Bodyline Series? please be detailed. Thanks.?

Answer 1

when Douglas Jar din the skipper asked his fast bowler Harold Larwood to sent only beamers aiming at batsmen's Body ,..Don Bradman's  men.Actually,..Bodyline involved the placing of a least five players close in to the batsman and the bowler continually bowling a barrage of short pitched balls aimed on leg stump, these balls would quickly rare up from the pitch placing the batsman in danger of serious injury. To counter these rising deliveries, the batsman would be forced to adopt defensive batting strokes, which would regularly result in catches to the close in fieldsmen.

Donald Bradman, being an exceptionally gifted and attacking batsman was affected by these close in fielders who interfered with his concentration. In the second test held in Melbourne, Bradman was dismissed by English bowler Bill Bowes without scoring. Many Australian players were subsequently injured as a result of the tactic of Bodyline. It was not only the Australian players who were aghast at the despicable tactics of the English, but also the Australian cricket authorities

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Answer 2

Here is the wikipedia explaination of the event.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline

I hope this takes care of your question.

Answer 3

The Ashes series between England and Australia in 1932-33 later became to be known as the Bodyline series. This was due to the fact that England deployed tactics where their fast bowlers would target bowling at Australian batsmen's bodies. Australia's batting line-up was formidable (it had Don Bradman in it too) and England, having been thumped in the previous Ashes series in 1930, didn't want a repeat of that.

As a result, England's fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce were asked by the skipper Douglas Jardine to maintain a leg stump line aimed at the batsmen's bodies with the leg side packed with fielders. This was in hope that the batsmen will either take evasive action and fend the ball (thereby offering catching chances to close-in fielders) or the batsmen will duck under it (and thereby minimizing scoring opportunities). This tactic became extremely controversial and was widely condemned by the cricketing arena.

Reacting to this, the guardians of the game, MCC, modified its laws. They authorized the umpires to intervene in case a bowler was suspected to be bowling with an intention of injuring a batsman.

Answer 4

I think others have put it very well, but I will just add that it was a black time in cricket history.

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