Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a controversial tactic of bowling in cricket, devised by the English cricket team to counter the batting skills of Australian batsman Don Bradman during the 1932—33 Ashes series, played in Australia.

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"England must develop a new type of bowler and fresh ideas and strange tactics to curb his almost uncanny skill."

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"You fellas have no idea what sort of summer this is going to be."

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"Well, I'll be fooked."

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"Well bowled, Harold!"

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"It was the most unsportsmanlike act ever witnessed on an Australian cricket field."

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"I don't want to see you Mr. Warner. There are two teams out there; one is trying to play cricket and the other is not. The matter is in your hands, Mr. Warner, and I have nothing further to say to you. Good afternoon."

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"The game is too good to be spoilt. It's time some people got out of it."

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"If legislation is responsible for the eradication of leg theory, cricket will have become an invalid and will be likened to a man with one leg, able to satisfy up to a point, but unable to attain the supreme heights of action and definitely unable to satisfy the cricket soul."

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"Body-line was not an incident, it was not an accident, it was not a temporary aberration. It was the violence and ferocity of our age expressing itself in cricket."