Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has come down heavily on the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the new chucking law, which allows a 15-degree straightening margin into bowlers' actions.
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After coming across a number of controversial incidents regarding the bowling actions, ICC introduced the new bowling law two years back.
Martin Crowe quoted,
If by the naked eye a bowler is clearly chucking, he should be chucked out. To straighten your arm from a bent position is a massive advantage.
He further commented,
This is cricket's Achilles heel. If the umpire believes he has seen a throw then he should, as part of the laws of cricket, be allowed to no ball it or at least report it. The law was fine 10 years ago. Now it simply gives room for the laws to be bent.
The New Zealand cricket legend who scored over 5,400 runs in 77 Tests, has also criticized ICC for giving Zimbabwe and Bangladesh on the Test rankings.
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