Name two professional cricketers who have identical bowling actions

[UmarMalik]

Shoaib Malik & Saqlain

 

[FAM]

I thought the same when I read the thread title. lol.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Shane Warne, Steve Smith


This will also go to the facepalm thread.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra also have very identical action.



Peter Siddle-Ryan Harris?

 

[amateurdentist]

imran farhat,shane warne.....right down to the protruded tongue

 

[Cricfan4eva]

I remember some Indian bowler trying Mcgrath's action, he got carted around though lol and never came back in Indian colours.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Most current Pakistani spin bowlers and Saqi

 

[cricketworm]

I remember some Indian bowler trying Mcgrath's action, he got carted around though lol and never came back in Indian colours.

that would be Munaf Patel.

 

[Bhaijaan]

He's probably talking about Ajit Agarkar.

 

[Sunny786]

Shane Bond and Adam Milne

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

I remember some Indian bowler trying Mcgrath's action, he got carted around though lol and never came back in Indian colours.

Aavishkar Salvi and he was quite a good bowler , injuries ended his carrer , played only four onedays 4 wickets with the average of 30 and economy of 4.2

 

[Saqs]

Pushpakumara pretty much copied Waqar's action (or tried to), to the tee.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49863.html

 

[Saqs]

Brendan Julien and Wasim Akram?

 

[Tapioca]

Greame Labrooy, Andrew Caddick, Richard Hadlee

 

[Liverpool_Faizan]

i always thought imran tahir and abdul qadir had identical bowling actions.

 

[FusedBulb]

This is the beauty of cricket. There are millions of bowlers out here and none two have a ditto copy type identical action in comparison to baseball for example where almost every pitcher has the same action.

There are no two bowlers to have a 100% identical action; however, the closest I have seen so far that could be called somewhat similar are Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel.

 

[Liverpool_Faizan]

This is the beauty of cricket. There are millions of bowlers out here and none two have a ditto copy type identical action in comparison to baseball for example where almost every pitcher has the same action.

There are no two bowlers to have a 100% identical action; however, the closest I have seen so far that could be called somewhat similar are Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel.

kind of hard to throw a ball in different ways.

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

This is the beauty of cricket. There are millions of bowlers out here and none two have a ditto copy type identical action in comparison to baseball for example where almost every pitcher has the same action.

There are no two bowlers to have a 100% identical action; however, the closest I have seen so far that could be called somewhat similar are Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel.

Because baseball is cricket for dumb people..

 

[Pakistanpassion]

Early years, Irfan and wasim had a similar action with pace, but now nothing close to wasim.

 

[Pakistanpassion]

Atul Sharma and Shoaib Akthar.

 

[Stewie]

Kapil Dev and rao iftikhar

85 of all west Indian bowlers have almost identical actions

Brian McMillan and Ian botham
Richard snell and sean tait
Styris and Chris Harris
Oram and munaf Patel
Waqar and shoaib
Reiffel and Alan mullaly

 

[Anfield]

Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Rao Iftikhar, carbon copy.

Abdul Qadir and Tahir is a close match too.

 

[kabirg]

Always thought Akthar and Asif had somewhat similar actions

 

[Justcrazy]

Shoiab Malik / Saqlain Mustaq.

Abdul Qadir / Mustaq Ahmed.

 

[Saqs]

Flintoff and Walsh?

 

[umerz]

Walsh and M Akram

 

[Asif321]

Rahat ali and Nathan bracken

 

[UmarMalik]

How about Imran Khan & Kapil Dev..

What do you guys think?

 

[Amoeba]

Bob Willis and Eddie Hemmings

 

[ihsandar]

Malcolm Marshall & Hafiz Shahid ( if some one remember ) true copy

Michel Holding & Mohammed Akram

Abdul Qadir / Mustaq Ahmed / Usman Qadir

 

[Bhaijaan]

Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Rao Iftikhar, carbon copy.

+1

Kulasakera and Perera have quite similar actions. Few other Lankan fast bowlers had similar actions as well.


Herath is the lefty version of Romesh Powar, just a little side-on

 

[imshally81]

Waseem Akram / M Amir
S Malik / Saqlain

 

[ihsandar]

How about Imran Khan & Kapil Dev..

What do you guys think?

i am sure you did not see one of them.

 

[shades]

Sohail Tanvir & Virat Kohli )

 

[truthseer]

Shane Warne, Steve Smith


This will also go to the facepalm thread.

Forget, that, and Warne have the same action

Tahir also similar to Warne but then I guess that's how every leggie is.

 

[style_guru]

Kukri and one of white left arm bowler whom i saw in a FLT20 match. Both bowl wrong footed, and both get tonked

 

[161 KPH]

Kukri and one of white left arm bowler whom i saw in a FLT20 match. Both bowl wrong footed, and both get tonked

I think you may be thinking of Jack Shantry of Worcestershire.

 

[IamIndian]

Mallinga and Phil Edwards

 

[leatherface58]

Chris harris and virat kohli

 

[skillz]

Farveez Maharoof and Liam Plunkett

 

[Real_Steel]

Rajesh Chauhan and Aravinda De Silva
Younis Khan and Ajay Jadeja (if you have seen them bowl)

 

[Moh@n]

How about Ashok Dinda and Chris Martin?

 

[shades]

Rajesh Chauhan and Aravinda De Silva
Younis Khan and Ajay Jadeja (if you have seen them bowl)

Come on. Rajesh Chauhan had a very unique action. Both the arms raised unlike Aravinda. Still cannot forget the six Rajesh Chauhan hit of Saqlain who was at his peak to win an ODI

 

[Moh@n]

Come on. Rajesh Chauhan had a very unique action. Both the arms raised unlike Aravinda. Still cannot forget the six Rajesh Chauhan hit of Saqlain who was at his peak to win an ODI

Yeah, that was the 1997 Karachi ODI. A very memorable win for us.

But sad for us that Ijaz Ahmed seemed to have taken that loss as a personal insult and gave us a royal phainta at Lahore in the next ODI of that series.

 

[dani2k]

How about Imran Khan & Kapil Dev..

What do you guys think?

Naah, IMO IK had the most beautiful , uncopiable bowling run up till date. Pure poetry in motion. His good looks added to the spectacle.

Kapil Dev had a pretty good action but not as good as the great Khan.

 

[BoomBoomCricket]

Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed

 

[LegCutter]

Waseem Akram / M Amir

Wasim and Amir? How so? Amir's action is more smooth and complete compared to Akram's quick motion.

 

[dani2k]

Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed

I think this should take the cake. Mushtaq was ditto Qadir.

 

[Lethalweapon]

Harby and Johan Botha.

 

[aneeq7]

Younis Khan and Hammad Azam..






but its actually true....

 

[Pete Rose]

mohammad akram and michael holding

 

[Uzi]

& Stuart Clark.

 

[leatherface58]

Munaf patel and glenn mcgrath. Though pidge spins the ball less

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

Anwar Ali and Asif.. Not identical but pretty similar..

 

[amateurdentist]

amir sohail and aravinda de silva

 

[Bullet Drive]

Duminy & Nathan McCullum.

 

[Xohaib]

wickermasinghe and rao ifthikhar anjum have identical actions.

 

[adi_6294]

bradman and Jim laker

 

[the SHA]

Legends Waqar and Pushpikuma

 

[shahidafridi123]

Duminy & Nathan McCullum.

Ditto.

 

[TNA]

Kyle Jarvis the zimbabwean pacer bowls exactly like McGrath.

 

[MMHS]

I remember some Indian bowler trying Mcgrath's action, he got carted around though lol and never came back in Indian colours.

I think u r talking about Avisker Salvi. Bowled almost identical action, but at half the pace.

 

[Addy]

Brett lee & Nanty Hayward

 

[Ahmad Shah]

sohail tanvir and paul adam

 

[cricketworm]

chris harris and virat kohli

yes!

 

[Rana]

Vinay Kumar and Saeed Ajmal

 

[Anfield]

Mark Ealham and thousand other medium pacers from country cricket

 

[Sohaib]

Kamar Roach and Petter Siddle?

 

[IcedEarth]

Brendan Julien and Wasim Akram?

not even close.

Waqar Younus and Ravindra Pushpakumara
Bruce Reid and Nuwan Zoysa

 

[Canistani Hero]

I remember some Indian bowler trying Mcgrath's action, he got carted around though lol and never came back in Indian colours.

Aavishkar Salvi

 

[Canistani Hero]

Fidel Edwards and Lasith Malinga are both kinda slingy.

 

[Real_Steel]

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar's leg spin

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

irfan pathaan and abdur rahmaan

 

[skillz]

Nathan Mccullum and Graeme Swann

 

[IcedEarth]

Here is Reid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEMFOd5Vju0


Zoysa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQyL92noWs

 

[IcedEarth]

OK, here is Rvindra Pushpakumara. He is the bowler who opens from other end with Vaas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDNWRhBy4Bo

 

[Rana]

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar's leg spin

Shane Warne and Imran Farhat you mean?

 

[LegendAli]

I.pathan an W.Akram

 

[SwingNSeam]

Waqar and Young Shoaib.

 

[Ironcat]

Ajmal's offspinner and Ajmal's doosra.