da pinnacle： Retired Australian umpires Ross Emerson and Col Egar have again calledinto question the bowling action of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan,according to the Sunday Telegraph.
CricInfo15-Dec-2002Retired Australian umpires Ross Emerson and Col Egar have again calledinto question the bowling action of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan,according to the Sunday Telegraph.In the report, Emerson and Egar also criticised the cricket bible Wisdenfor naming the 30-year-old spinner on Friday as the most valuable Testbowler in history.”There’s so much doubt about his action yet they name him as the best ofall-time,” Emerson said.Emerson called Muralitharan in January 1999 when Sri Lanka playedEngland at the Adelaide Oval.Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka’s VB Series one-day squad butit is uncertain when he will play as he is recovering from a herniaoperation.The International Cricket Council reviewed video evidence and clearedMuralitharan in the lead-up to the 1996 World Cup, shortly aftercontroversy over his bowling action first arose.