Ashwin's no-ball

Gavaskar's reaction to Ashwin's no-ball was a thing of beauty.



So much for impartial commentary. He sounded like he came home to find his wife cheating on him.

A higher quality video can be seen here (unfortunately I can't embed this for some reason): https://cdn.streamable.com/video/mp4/3p3w.mp4

48-hours later and Sunny is still upset with Ashwin:

Quote:“The spinners are really not expected to bowl a no-ball. Fast bowlers, in their effort to ball a yorker or a bouncer, can sometimes overstep. Thus, for a spinner to bowl a no-ball is unacceptable. This is something you got to practice in the nets,” Gavaskar told ‘NDTV’.

http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/...-gavaskar/

He's not wrong. The disappointment in his voice during the commentary was palpable.

It was all Mental.  :-[

Front foot no-balls have been few and far between so far this World Cup. It is unconscionable for a spinner to bowl a no-ball. Given the punishment of a free-hit, there is no need to be that close to the line, especially when you are a slow bowler.

I still get a kick out of those fans crying about how lucky Simmons was as he was out twice. There was nothing lucky about it. Indian bowlers needed to have more discipline. They were illegal deliveries. You can't be caught off a no-ball. No luck in that. Just poor discipline.

IMO , it costed nothing Free Hit was negotiated well

6.5
Ashwin to Simmons,  no ball, A very similar delivery to the boundary ball, but Simmons goes

after it again. A thick outside edge carries to short third man and Bumrah takes a stunner,

diving low to his right. But has Ashwin overstepped? Uh oh, he has.

Add salt to the wound, it is a free hit and that blaring noise to signal it too.

6.5
Ashwin to Simmons, exceptional delivery. Yorker outside off, just inside the tramline though.

Beautifully bowled, Simmons cannot get bat on it

HarDik however : 


14.6
HarDik to PornStar 1 no ball, Pandya's got a wicket of a full toss! That was so friendly just

under waist height, and Simmons has slapped it flat and straight to Ashwin at cover.

But hang on, Simmons has a second life! Pandya has over-stepped!

He will bat on, and he has a free hit coming up. Big no-ball.

14.6
HarDik to Porno, SIX, the free-hit is in the stands! Simmons slams a length ball from just

outside off stump high and far, deep over the cow corner boundary,what a turn of events   .