BRIDGETOWN: Pakistani spinners with their mastery over bowling ‘doosra’ have played a significant role in the team’s two easy wins against the West Indies in the current one-day series.
The spin trio of Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Shahid Afridi have bowled 60 overs so far, picking up eight-wicket amongst them. Hafeez and Ajmal, with their ‘doosras’, have foxed the West Indies batsmen with ease and pose a major threat for the remainder of the series.
However, former West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding has questioned the legality of the delivery.
“My belief regarding the ‘doosra’ is very clear, I don’t think it can be bowled legally,” said Holding while commentating during the second ODI in St. Lucia.
The Jamaican said his main argument over the ‘doosra’ is it cannot be bowled from the wrist alone and the use of the elbow is unavoidable.“I find it difficult to believe any human being can bowl that delivery with his wrist alone, the elbow has to be used for the power. It’s a matter of how much elbow power the bowler uses and the ICC obviously believes some bowlers use less than the 15 degrees and others don’t, as only some bowlers actions are questioned and reported,” Holding said. —Agencies
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