Bodyline-Sydney-"They want to see you broken"

5th Test, the series already won, Jardin still persisted in using bodyline. Larwood played in his last ever Test match.

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[TheKing2494]

lolz Elrond playing cricket



[11muel]

@irishgodfatherchris The aim of bodyline or also known as leg theory was to take wickets. Sure the odd intentionaly harmful deleviry was sent down to their opposite number but that happens in every game just to show who top dog is. Explain why you cant have 3 men behind square on the leg side? Body line brought that ristriction in because men would just crowd around the bat on the leg side in hope of the batsmen avoiding a short ball and poping it up to the men in close

[vizmouli]

@GERAINT17 U forget one crucial part. No helmets then. Today even a tailender batsman is not afraid to take a blow knowing his head wont be blown off.

[nphanlon1973]

seeing these actors reminds me of the point made to by an american bloke about baseball,which is just as true about cricket.you can be fit and strong but the vast majority will stuggle to bowl/throw a ball over 60 mph.you need flexibility,coordination and a body that won't break under the strain.very few have these traits.

[Stokie09123]

@irishgodfatherchris And after all this we've come to the reason as to why bodyline was so successful, a masterstroke by Jardine.

[irishgodfatherchris]

@Stokie09123 when the ball is coming at you at 90 mph 99 times out of 100 you can't get out of the way.

[Stokie09123]

@irishgodfatherchris Then it's the batsman's job to get out of the way. That's Cricket.

[irishgodfatherchris]

@Stokie09123 so they say but when you are bowling intentionally at the batsman's body and nowhere else there is clearly the intention of hitting him and in many cases they did

[Stokie09123]

@irishgodfatherchris With the intention of causing deflections via the bat to the leg side field.

[GERAINT17]

@irishgodfatherchris bollocks