10 weirdest bowling actions

#5 Lasith Malinga

The slinga Malinga can never be far away when you talk of odd looking actions. While slinging actions have always been deadly in cricket right from the days of Jeff Thompson, Malinga’s slinging roundarm action has helped him dismantle quite a few batting sides. Initially though, his action was seen with some disdain, mainly due to its “slingy-ness”.

Attributed to his days playing tennis ball cricket, the action was such an issue for opposition captain Stephen Fleming that he asked the umpires to change their clothing to get a better view of the ball, alluding to the fact that Malinga gets way too close to the stumps/umpire and his roundarm release creates visibility issues, making those toe crushing yorkers become doubly lethal.