Hailing the Slingers

Mike Selvey beleives that the inclusion of a maverick 'slinger' called Lasith Malinga in the team for Edgbaston is a gamble Tom Moody needs to take. Selvey too explains what separates slingers from the rest, with an interesting example from the man who started it all, Jeff Thomson. Read the full piece in The Guardian.

Here was an action that at first sight was regarded as freakish when in reality, with the huge arc of his bowling arm and the thump of his left foot into the turf, it provided the embodiment of the total use of physical attributes to maximise pace.