5 ugly bowling actions in cricket

#4 Paul Adams

Adams’ just before releasing the delivery

Now he is one of those cricketers who you can pick from a crowd easily as he is etched on the memory of every cricket lover. The left-arm spinner cannot be compared to the likes of Anil Kumble and Shane Warne but then again Paul Adams was incomparable.

Adams bowling action was like no other. It was weird. The run-up was all right as he reached the end of it, his left-arm completed the round action and it appeared if Adam’s head contorts the full 360 degrees before the release of the leather.

Even photographs show that Adam’s head used to point towards the sky at the time of release.

In his biography called ‘Paul Adams’, he had said,“People think I can’t see the batsman when I bowl, but I can. When I drop my head, I can still see him in my mind’s eye. It comes from practice. It is not just luck.”

Former England captain Mike Gatting had once described him as a ‘frog in a blender’. From 45 Test matches and 24 ODIs, Adams picked up 134 and 29 wickets respectively.