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South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has ended injured Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's long reign as the top-ranked test bowler.


http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/2598846/Steyn-deposes-injured-Muralitharan
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Well he's injured. Don't mean to detract from Steyn's obvious talent, but it's hardly fair!

On an unrelated note, I met Merve Hughes, Terry Alderman and Angus Fraser tonight. As part of a Q&A session with an Australian Ashes tour group, they were asked what one rule would they change to the laws of cricket...

Angus Fraser basically said that he thinks the game is full of chuckers because the law is too loose. It's not the 15 degree law either. I'm not able to provide exact detail (I was busy working unfortunately), but basically he was saying that the laws atm mean that once the bowler has reached shoulder height in the delivery action, anything goes- SO if your arm is still bent as it passes the shoulder and straightens, it doesn't really matter. Which is CRAZY.

His suggestion was that ALL bowlers must be at full flexion by shoulder height, and must remain that way, without exception. He said the two worst culprit was obviously Murali, but the reason they can't really call him up is just because of the wording of the law, and the fact that he doesn't technically straighten to full flexion from below the shoulder.

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gc.
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Supamaorifulla said:
Well he's injured. Don't mean to detract from Steyn's obvious talent, but it's hardly fair!


Not sure what you mean by this. The atrical says Murali is injured NOW but that doesn't really matter. He played Test matches up until March and Steyn hasn't played any since January. So nothing unfair if you look at it closer.

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Sure. Didn't read the article as it doesn't interest me in the slightest. Player rankings are an utter shambles.

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gc.
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Got that fucken right ... people that haven't played Test in over 2 yrs still feature on the list Neutral I just dont get it! They tried to explain in some thread one day but urgh ... bothered.

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the reason steyn would have gone to #1 is because you lose 1% of your ranking points for each game (or series. not sure which) that you miss.

Murali being injured means that he wasn't playing which means his ranking points go down, dropping him below steyn.
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Steyn >>>>>>> Muli, added like 5 >'s for cheat factor


ffs how much longer till he retires anyway