List of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia

Man in a blue shirt releases a white ball with his right arm, propelling it in the air in the direction of man in yellow uniform wielding a bat at the other end of a cream piece of turf, which is surrounded by green grass. Next to the bowler is another man in yellow with a bat and a man in a light blue shirt and white hat, the umpire. Two men in blue shirts stand behind the batsman waiting for the ball to come to them.
Muttiah Muralitharan bowling in a One Day International against Australia in early 2006. Just over a decade earlier, also in Australia, he was called for throwing twice in ten days by two different umpires—Darrell Hair and Ross Emerson.

This is a list of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia. In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relate to the bending of the arm at the elbow, the extent of which has always been open to interpretation by the umpires.[1] More recently, the International Cricket Council has attempted to codify the maximum permissible flexing of the elbow as 15 degrees.[2]

When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no-ball and he is said to have been called for throwing. Where public opinion is that a player's bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a 'suspect' or an 'illegal' action, or more derogatorily, is said to be a 'chucker'.[3] The issue is often highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.[4]

Over the years, a number of players have been called in top-class matches — Test matches, One Day Internationals and domestic first-class matches — invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers.[5][6] Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires, but more commonly, especially when the bowler has been called on more than one occasion, his career in international cricket is effectively ended.[7]

List of players called for throwing

Note: Entries marked with blue backgrounds were called for throwing in a Test match or One Day International (ODI) played in Australia.
Player[8] Date Team Opposing team Umpire
Tom Wills30 March 1872VictoriaNew South WalesA. Sellars
Dave Gregory26 December 1872NSW, Tasmania, SA XIIIVictoriaGeorge Curtis
Tom Wills28 December 1872VictoriaNSW, Tasmania, SA XIIIGeorge Curtis
Richard Wardill14 March 1873VictoriaTasmaniaWilliam Sidebottom
Ernie Jones30 October 1897South AustraliaAndrew Stoddart's XIJim Phillips
Ernie Jones (Test)4 January 1898AustraliaEnglandJim Phillips
Jack Marsh27 December 1900New South WalesVictoriaBob Crockett
Jack Marsh1 February 1901New South WalesVictoriaBob Crockett
Jack Marsh4 February 1901New South WalesVictoriaBob Crockett
Frank Pitcher3 February 1911VictoriaSouth AfricaBob Crockett
Frank Pitcher4 February 1911VictoriaSouth AfricaW. A. Young
Tommy Andrews7 November 1914New South WalesQueenslandunknown
Ron Halcombe[9]17 January 1930Western AustraliaVictoriaAndrew Barlow
Ron Halcombe24 January 1930Western AustraliaTasmaniaA. J. Buttsworth
Ron Halcombe25 January 1930Western AustraliaTasmaniaWalter Lonergan
Laurie Nash26 January 1931TasmaniaVictoriaunknown
Eddie Gilbert18 December 1931QueenslandVictoriaAndrew Barlow
Harold Cotton13 November 1936South AustraliaVictoriaAndrew Barlow
Charles MacGill7 March 1939Western AustraliaVictoriaFrederick Buttsworth
Harold Cotton14 December 1940South AustraliaVictoriaAndrew Barlow
Ron Frankish17 February 1951Western AustraliaVictoriaAndrew Barlow
Jack McLaughlin2 January 1960QueenslandNew South WalesJim Bowden
Brian Quigley4 November 1960South AustraliaVictoriaCol Egar
Gordon Brooks3 March 1962South AustraliaNew ZealandCol Egar
Ian Meckiff11 January 1963VictoriaSouth AustraliaJack Kierse
Ian Meckiff4 March 1963VictoriaQueenslandBill Priem
Ian Meckiff (Test)7 December 1963AustraliaSouth AfricaCol Egar
Eddie Illingworth13 November 1964VictoriaSouth AustraliaCol Egar
Eddie Illingworth13 November 1964VictoriaSouth AustraliaJack Ryan
Keith Slater16 November 1964Western AustraliaNew South WalesTed Wykes
Barry Fisher24 November 1967QueenslandNew South WalesTed Wykes
Muttiah Muralitharan (Test)26 December 1995Sri LankaAustraliaDarrell Hair
Muttiah Muralitharan (ODI)5 January 1996Sri LankaWest IndiesRoss Emerson
Tony McQuillan
Geoff Foley1 November 1997QueenslandVictoriaRoss Emerson
Geoff Foley11 February 1998QueenslandTasmaniaRoss Emerson
Muttiah Muralitharan (ODI)23 January 1999Sri LankaEnglandRoss Emerson

See also

References

General
  • Whimpress, Bernard (2004). Chuckers: A history of throwing in Australian cricket. Adelaide: Elvis Press. ISBN 0-9756746-1-7.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Law 24 (No ball)". Marylebone Cricket Club. 2003. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Bending the rules on chucking". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Chucking: Why the fuss?". British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 July 2000. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  4. ↑ Fraser, Angus (22 August 2006). "Clean bowled: Why cricket has double standards over cheating". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  5. ↑ Whimpress, p. 144.
  6. ↑ Whimpress, p. 146.
  7. ↑ Whimpress, pp. 5–9.
  8. ↑ Whimpress, pp. 154–155.
  9. ↑ "Sporting News and Notes : Cricket : The Halcombe Sensation" The West Australian, 22 January 1930, p6

Further reading

  • Ahmed, M Shoaib (1 February 1999). "Muralithran episode: Brief history of 'chucking' (1 February 1999)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  • Haigh, Gideon (July 1999). "The great taboo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-03-31.

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