Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

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I remember reading an article in which the writer described being shown a film of a bowler by Don Bradman.  The writer identified the left arm bowler as Meckiff by his action.  Bradman then reversed the film and explained that it was footage of Ray Lindwall ...

That's Pareidolia at work, you can't un-see something once you see it.

btw, at a sportsmen night I've seen a similar trick done with a silhouette technique, you would swear Ricky Ponting's throwing action was Muralitharan bowling!

But lets not get those far more subtle effects like Meckiff, Brett Lee's bouncers, Tait and Malinga compared to the situation in the Whatmore / Muralitharan scenario. Anyone with half a cents worth of consideration for the game could foresee where this would lead, and the officials ignored it out of fear at being labelled a racist! Now there is a whole generation of "pitchers" coming through junior sub-continent cricket, the actions are barely recognisable as bowling!

The real tragedy for me is the record of a bowler like Warne or Lillee will slip into obscurity next to the stats the pitchers will accumulate. Some of the pitchers will be able to play into their 40s to a high level!

For posters who like to take the moderate approach claiming nobody will take it to the extreme for advantage, check out this video.
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