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Yuvraj Singh Tells Kevin Pietersen His Email ID Still Has 'Pie-Chucker' In It
During their playing days, Kevin Pietersen had famously called Yuvraj Singh a 'pie-chucker' for the bowling style the left-handed batsman possessed.
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Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin Are Chuckers, Fumes Saeed Ajmal
Indian off-spinners Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin have achieved success with an illegal action, claimed Saeed Ajmal. The Pakistan off-spinner has now been sidelined from international cricket
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Harbhajan Singh Warns Darrell Hair Against Provocative Comments, Threatens to Sue Him
Former ICC umpire Darrell Hair had said Harbhajan Singh was a role model for chuckers and the Indian spinner had reacted sharply, asking the Australian to shut up. Now, he has threatened him with legal action if Hair continues to make such statements.
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Darrell Hair Picks Out Saqlain Mushtaq, Harbhajan Singh and Muralitharan as 'Role Models' for 'Chuckers'
Since July 2014, ICC match officials have reported five spinners - Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, Sri Lanka's Sachitra Senanayake, New Zealand's Kane Williamson, Zimbabwe's Prosper Utseya and Bangladesh's Sohag Gazi for suspect action. All five have been banned from bowling in international cricket.
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ICC Crackdown on Chuckers 20 Years Too Late: Darrell Hair
Darrell Hair said the likes of Muttiah Muralitharan, Harbhajan Singh and Saqlain Mushtaq got away lightly.
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Banned Chuckers in Race Against Time for World Cup
Saeed Ajmal and Sachithra Senanayake have already remodeled their bowling action while the Bangladesh Cricket Board has promised all necessary help to Sohag Gazi. All three off-spinners were banned by the ICC for illegal bowling action.
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Pakistan Cricket Board Comes Down Heavily on Suspect 'Chuckers'
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to crack the whip on bowlers with suspect or illegal bowling actions in domestic cricket after Saeed Ajmal was reported post the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle last month.
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Australia's chief selector touches sensitive nerve; urges 'doosra' caution
Australia's chairman of selectors John Inverarity on Friday urged caution over producing a generation of chuckers by teaching the doosra to the country's aspiring spin bowlers.
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Greats divided on legality of Ajmal's action
Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal's controversial bowling action has sparked off a heated debate with some Indian greats calling him an "outright chucker" but their counterparts across the border have backed him to the hilt.
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Murali to coach Aussie spinners
Once jeered by Australian fans as a 'chucker', the wheel has turned full circle for Muttiah Muralitharan, as he will now coach the next generation of Aussie players in Cricket Australia's bid to shore up the country's spin bowling stock, according to a report.
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Murali 'forgives' Hair but Howard's jibe still offends
He has forgiven umpire Darrell Hair but Muttiah Muralitharan says the chucker jibe that came from Australia's ex-PM John Howard still rankles him.
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Murali indeed is a chucker: Bedi
Former India captain Bishen Bedi on Wednesday stuck to his long-held view that now retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was a chucker.
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Murali forgives Howard for chucker jibe
John Howard had called him a chucker but Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan says he has forgiven the former Australian Prime Minister.
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No warning for proven chuckers, BCCI tells umpires
The BCCI has cracked the whip by asking the umpires to call the bowlers for chucking without issuing a warning if they transgress the law.
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ICC blind to 'chucker' Murali: Richardson
The chucker's tag remains Muttiah Muralitharan's albatross and Mark Richardson accused the freak Sri Lankan offie of breaching the 15 degree flexion rule.
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Yuvraj Singh Tells Kevin Pietersen His Email ID Still Has 'Pie-Chucker' In It
During their playing days, Kevin Pietersen had famously called Yuvraj Singh a 'pie-chucker' for the bowling style the left-handed batsman possessed.
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Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin Are Chuckers, Fumes Saeed Ajmal
Indian off-spinners Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin have achieved success with an illegal action, claimed Saeed Ajmal. The Pakistan off-spinner has now been sidelined from international cricket
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Harbhajan Singh Warns Darrell Hair Against Provocative Comments, Threatens to Sue Him
Former ICC umpire Darrell Hair had said Harbhajan Singh was a role model for chuckers and the Indian spinner had reacted sharply, asking the Australian to shut up. Now, he has threatened him with legal action if Hair continues to make such statements.
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Darrell Hair Picks Out Saqlain Mushtaq, Harbhajan Singh and Muralitharan as 'Role Models' for 'Chuckers'
Since July 2014, ICC match officials have reported five spinners - Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, Sri Lanka's Sachitra Senanayake, New Zealand's Kane Williamson, Zimbabwe's Prosper Utseya and Bangladesh's Sohag Gazi for suspect action. All five have been banned from bowling in international cricket.
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ICC Crackdown on Chuckers 20 Years Too Late: Darrell Hair
Darrell Hair said the likes of Muttiah Muralitharan, Harbhajan Singh and Saqlain Mushtaq got away lightly.
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Banned Chuckers in Race Against Time for World Cup
Saeed Ajmal and Sachithra Senanayake have already remodeled their bowling action while the Bangladesh Cricket Board has promised all necessary help to Sohag Gazi. All three off-spinners were banned by the ICC for illegal bowling action.
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Pakistan Cricket Board Comes Down Heavily on Suspect 'Chuckers'
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to crack the whip on bowlers with suspect or illegal bowling actions in domestic cricket after Saeed Ajmal was reported post the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle last month.
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Australia's chief selector touches sensitive nerve; urges 'doosra' caution
Australia's chairman of selectors John Inverarity on Friday urged caution over producing a generation of chuckers by teaching the doosra to the country's aspiring spin bowlers.
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Greats divided on legality of Ajmal's action
Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal's controversial bowling action has sparked off a heated debate with some Indian greats calling him an "outright chucker" but their counterparts across the border have backed him to the hilt.
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Murali to coach Aussie spinners
Once jeered by Australian fans as a 'chucker', the wheel has turned full circle for Muttiah Muralitharan, as he will now coach the next generation of Aussie players in Cricket Australia's bid to shore up the country's spin bowling stock, according to a report.
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Murali 'forgives' Hair but Howard's jibe still offends
He has forgiven umpire Darrell Hair but Muttiah Muralitharan says the chucker jibe that came from Australia's ex-PM John Howard still rankles him.
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Murali indeed is a chucker: Bedi
Former India captain Bishen Bedi on Wednesday stuck to his long-held view that now retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was a chucker.
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Murali forgives Howard for chucker jibe
John Howard had called him a chucker but Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan says he has forgiven the former Australian Prime Minister.
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No warning for proven chuckers, BCCI tells umpires
The BCCI has cracked the whip by asking the umpires to call the bowlers for chucking without issuing a warning if they transgress the law.
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ICC blind to 'chucker' Murali: Richardson
The chucker's tag remains Muttiah Muralitharan's albatross and Mark Richardson accused the freak Sri Lankan offie of breaching the 15 degree flexion rule.
