Post by nompere on Apr 6, 2015 5:58:36 GMT
Last weekend I was doing a club match and came across this unusual scenario.
Law 24 - No Ball : The bowler’s front foot must land with some part of the foot, whether grounded or raise behind the popping crease.
Generally for a Right arm bowler , in the delivery stride his back foot - Right foot lands first and then his front foot - Left foot. But one bowler had this strange delivery stride where for couple of balls his left foot was landing first and then the Right foot and for some balls it was usual foot landing i.e., right foot first and then left foot in the delivery stride.
In his first over even I have missed to call No Ball fairly as it was not easy to decide what is his delivery stride or stride after stride to confirm on the fairness of the delivery. But after few balls later I got used to it and called No Balls as appropriately. The bowling team captain was arguing & immediately changed his bowling end. That give me an opportunity to watch the bowlers foot landing from the strikers end as well. During the Over break I have gave some inputs to my partner as well on how to observe his foot movement.
Anyway the match was conducted smoothly. In fact , post match we have explained the bowler and his captain about his delivery stride and it was taken positively. The major concern was, this action could lead him to a major injury as he was putting all his energy during his foot landing.
Law 24 - No Ball : The bowler’s front foot must land with some part of the foot, whether grounded or raise behind the popping crease.
Generally for a Right arm bowler , in the delivery stride his back foot - Right foot lands first and then his front foot - Left foot. But one bowler had this strange delivery stride where for couple of balls his left foot was landing first and then the Right foot and for some balls it was usual foot landing i.e., right foot first and then left foot in the delivery stride.
In his first over even I have missed to call No Ball fairly as it was not easy to decide what is his delivery stride or stride after stride to confirm on the fairness of the delivery. But after few balls later I got used to it and called No Balls as appropriately. The bowling team captain was arguing & immediately changed his bowling end. That give me an opportunity to watch the bowlers foot landing from the strikers end as well. During the Over break I have gave some inputs to my partner as well on how to observe his foot movement.
Anyway the match was conducted smoothly. In fact , post match we have explained the bowler and his captain about his delivery stride and it was taken positively. The major concern was, this action could lead him to a major injury as he was putting all his energy during his foot landing.
