It is interesting that just a few days before the former Australian wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist said that he believed Muttiah Muralitharan throws the ball, Gilchrist’s former team mate, the spin bowling legend Shane Warne picked Murali in the seventh place among the 100 best cricketers to have played the game during his career.
There would be little doubt in anyone’s mind about Warne’s ability to judge Murali’s skill, while Gilchrist doubts what technology has proved – that Murali’s action is clean according to laws of the game.
It is worthwhile to consider ICC’s experiment currently going on about using TV replays and computer analysis to judge certain dismissals including lbw’s. The use of technology is aimed at minimising human error, part of which is optical illusions.
Gilchrist’s doubting of technology is no more than his eagerness to doubt Murali’s action which has not been doubted officially in any forum in recent times, other than by certain individuals searching either to earn an extra buck or seek cheap publicity.
Following are some excerpts from what Warne has written in his latest books titled “Shane Warne’s century” about Murali.
“However many wickets Murali has at the end of his Test Career, the figure may never be beaten. People thought I was mad when I first said that he could push all the way to the 1000 mark. Maybe that will prove to be an overestimation, but not by much.
Although injuries are starting to take their toll, with medical science being what it is, and Sri Lanka’s determination to keep him going for as long as possible, he could still make that magic number and sit there for ever at the top of the list. I say this because Murali has been unique – nothing about other bowlers prepares you for the challenge.”
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There would be little doubt in anyone’s mind about Warne’s ability to judge Murali’s skill, while Gilchrist doubts what technology has proved – that Murali’s action is clean according to laws of the game.
It is worthwhile to consider ICC’s experiment currently going on about using TV replays and computer analysis to judge certain dismissals including lbw’s. The use of technology is aimed at minimising human error, part of which is optical illusions.
Gilchrist’s doubting of technology is no more than his eagerness to doubt Murali’s action which has not been doubted officially in any forum in recent times, other than by certain individuals searching either to earn an extra buck or seek cheap publicity.
Following are some excerpts from what Warne has written in his latest books titled “Shane Warne’s century” about Murali.
“However many wickets Murali has at the end of his Test Career, the figure may never be beaten. People thought I was mad when I first said that he could push all the way to the 1000 mark. Maybe that will prove to be an overestimation, but not by much.
Although injuries are starting to take their toll, with medical science being what it is, and Sri Lanka’s determination to keep him going for as long as possible, he could still make that magic number and sit there for ever at the top of the list. I say this because Murali has been unique – nothing about other bowlers prepares you for the challenge.”
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These two buggers are bitter rivals even though they played for the same team. So if one says 'yes', the other will say 'no' 
