by sussexpob » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:30 pm
Doesnt matter, does it? You wouldnt say "Maradona only handballed one goal in, so it doesnt matter?" what ever happens after he bowled in any match is invalidated, the course of fate altered by him being there.
Case in point, he took Chris Woakes wicket vs Warwickshire. If Woakes had gone on to make 200, which has happened in many cricket matches, Warwickshire may have overridded a win to a lose, a yorkshire loss to a win, and the course of the county championship changed.
He bowled in several matches because Yorkshire needed to rest others maybe, or to keep runs down, and that has knock on effects of other bowlers around you. The fact he could bowl some spin maybe allowed Yorkshire to field other players in the line up that added more runs and meant they didnt need another bowler.
Its not a case of... "well he only did this"... what did him being there allow others to do with extra rest, with the line up as a whole?
And, for the record, I said "a chucker".... clearly not a representation, and clear a solid fact. Bowling batsman out illegally could wreck their career, see them dropped, etc etc.... he admitted that his bowling action broke the rules, the ICC found him guilty = chucker.
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