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Originally Posted by One World
In other words "Keep It Simple Stupid", if Doosra was accepted when it was first bowled why brand it today? If a leggie has legal deliveries both ways, offie having it causing trouble now. Only cricket in AUS is so academic that they cannot really accept others' innovative perception of the game specially if it is coming from sub-continent except India who never really contributed for anything except IPL.
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Ahhh, thats the point isnt it ... the doosra never was accepted in many circles. And when certain umpires saw it, they called No Ball. The googly - that was never illegal, only immoral, as it involves the wrist being bent, not the elbow.
The ICC has now amnended the rulebook to allow chucking, as long as the bend does not exceed 15 degrees.
Frankly, I am surprised you would class Bishin Bedi as an Australian. Personally, I think he'd be a fine Aussie (after all, Harold Larwood ended up as one), but me, I'd call him an Indian. Oh, and as far as your racism in saying India never really contributed anything ... even without the obduracy of Gavaskar or the fluidity of Tendulkar, we have Ranji, and for his leg glance, Ranji alone would have been enough.
Cricket is based on several things ; one of these is we bowl the ball, we don't chuck it. If you want to change that, then what we have is no longer cricket.