Look I didn't call him a cheat? I only said he has himself admitted of throwing to get wickets in IPL and Asia cup. I'm just saying if next time he takes any wicket fingers might be raised at him. I'm not passing any judgment but I'm just saying how people will be suspicious of him in the future..It doesn't have to be me.
as far as ball tampering is concerned, well it is something that every good bowler has done at some point. I've no problem if you label Imran Khan a cheat for his ball tampering but then no great fast bowlers would escape. They would fall in the same category.
Let's consider the argument you are using in the above post.
If you view ball tampering/reverse swing in the old days with suspicion (for every case), then NOT all great bowlers' legacy are affected. Only a few of them are affected. The legacy of bowlers like Ambrose, Fred Trueman, Donald, Marshall, Holding, etc don't get affected one bit. Even someone like Steyn who has an overwhelming majority of wickets without reverse swing doesn't have his legacy affected much.
Personally, I am not going to label anyone cheat nor do I want to. I respect all the great bowlers.
Reg suspicion over Ashwin's action, here's what happened:
There was a time when a lot of bowlers were breaking the rules and were escaping ONLY because they weren't getting reported. One bowler who was clean decided to employ the same methods and did it for a couple of times to see if he could get such advantages which his peers were getting.
Later on the governing authority decided that enough is enough and started reporting bowlers NOT based on their past deliveries but on their current deliveries. Those who were breaking the rules couldn't get in line cos their actions were illegal. They got reported and banned. This bowler who generally bowls it clean, had no problems adjusting cos he simply had to stop bowling his dodgy deliveries which he promptly did.
Now some people are saying, that this bowler MUST ALSO BE REPORTED just because he bowled a few deliveries illegally at a time when others were bowling and no one was getting reported. They say he must be reported for his past deliveries even though the governing authorities didn't use that yardstick to report or ban ANY bowler.
Tell me how logical or fair is this?
Is this bowler bowling dodgy deliveries now? If yes, I would want him to get reported.
But he's not.
Basically people are crucifying him for doing what his peers did to get certain advantages his regular action was NOT giving him. And he only did it AT A TIME when such stuff was allowed.
Watch this bowler in the CLT20 final. Check the highlights. There is no suspicion over his action. If people have any suspicion (even if its not you, as you say), that doesn't make it right.
Simple one line that explains this case:
This bowler can chuck but he doesn't have to chuck to bowl normally.
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