Ed Cowan told twitter it came out of the footmarks and gave him wood.
Jimmy Maxwell said it hit a crack and was a work in progress.
Terry Jenner informed Australia it was chucking and against the law in his book.
And AGB questions if the selectors will pick someone who bowls it.
All of this because Australia’s off spinning back up, Jason Krezja, got one to go the other way.
About 12 people have seen this ball (it was during a shield game), but it has stirred up some emotion already.
Not be left behind, Nathan Hauritz has jumped on the doosra bandwagon, saying he has one, but he is afraid to use it. Strong words, Nathan.
Bryce McGain doesn’t have one, but he did take 7 wickets for 92 runs in his last first class game and I haven’t stopped smiling since.
Aaron O’Brien probably doesn’t have one, but no one knows who he is anyway.
Marcus North doesn’t care. He is a batsman.
This time last year I was writing about how you’d be better off trying to survive a zombie attack than trying to pick an aussie spinner.
Now there is little Nathan defying logic and common sense, Krezja has a mystery ball, McGain is fit, and O’Brien is taking wickets and making runs.
Four of the top ten wicket takers in first class cricket this year are spinners, last year at this stage there were none, and that doesn’t even count little Nathan, Cullen Bailey or Jon Holland.
Oh baby, Australia is spinning again, both ways.
Australia may not be the spinning wasteland it was, there are options, all rounders, wrist spinners, and now one of their spinners has dabbled in voodoo.
The selectors NSP are even going to use little Nathan at the gabbatoir, even if he doesn’t believe in his doosra yet.
It is like the Oval never happened.
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“Not be left behind, Nathan Hauritz has jumped on the doosra bandwagon, saying he has one, but he is afraid to use it. Strong words, Nathan.”
Classic Jrod. Is there a chapter in you forthcoming book* devoted to the art of Hauritz?
*Gratuitous plug … available at all good book stores
I’ve heard that Krezja’s delivery is more like Mendis’ ‘Carrom Ball’ than the doosra, which is not a delivery likely to result in a straightening of the arm. I’ve also heard Hauritz talk about his doosra before, he claimed he could bowl it but it put a lot of strain on his elbow, in the nets he reckoned he could only bowl about half a dozen a day safely.
Bogdanovist, You are correct, but I was told it was a doosra by the media, and two very trusted sources. Now Coyle is saying it is not a doosra. The mercury now have the clip up, his arm is bent when he bowls it, although to be fair, it doesn’t seem to straighten.
Leigh, he gets a mention or two. I wanted to have his name in the title, but the English publishers thought it would harm sales.
I want to make it clear that all of my sources are complete strangers from the internet relaying stuff they heard from some guy, so you know, they’re pretty reliable. I’ll take a squiz at that clip once I get home (work computer won’t play vids), thanks for the link.
And yet they were more correct than my seemingly impeccable sources, Tim Coyle (the tassie coach) says in the article that i linked too that it was not a doosra. Always trust random strangers on the internet, never trust players or media men.