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Jurgen KIopp's side missed the chance to boost their Champions League qualification hopes after a miserable performance at the Vitality Stadium

Liverpool blew the chance to move into the Premier League top four as they were beaten 1-0 by relegation-threatened Bournemouth on Saturday.

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Philip Billing's first-half goal gave the Cherries, who started the weekend bottom of the table, a priceless victory, the midfielder slotting home Dango Outtara's low cross after 29 minutes.

Mohamed Salah missed a glorious chance to equalise after the break for Liverpool, firing a penalty off target after Adam Smith had been penalised for handball, as the Reds slumped to their eighth league defeat of an infuriating campaign.

GOAL rates Liverpool's players from the Vitality Stadium…

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Alisson Becker (6/10):

Helpless for the goal. Not much to do besides.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (5/10):

Needed to react quicker as Bournemouth took the lead. Taken off not long after the hour mark.

Ibrahima Konate (5/10):

Culpable for the opener as he played Ouattara onside and then failed to stop the cutback. Booked.

Virgil van Dijk (5/10):

Sluggish as Bournemouth opened the scoring. Missed two good headed chances in the first half. Far from assured throughout.

Andy Robertson (6/10):

Prominent early on but had his work cut out with Ouattara's pace.

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Fabinho (5/10):

Regressed after a couple of better performances. Too slow and too sloppy, too often.

Stefan Bajcetic (5/10):

Struggled physically at times and his distribution was not good enough.

Harvey Elliott (5/10):

Struggled to build on last week's impressive performance against United, and was taken off at half-time.

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Mohamed Salah (4/10):

On the periphery of things until Liverpool were awarded a 68th-minute penalty. Then blazed it off target. Definitely not his day.

Cody Gakpo (6/10):

Looked good when turning and driving with the ball, without finding a killer pass. Blasted a late chance off target.

Darwin Nunez (5/10):

Faded after a promising start. Made some poor decisions with and without the ball and was replaced early in the second half.

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Diogo Jota (7/10):

On at half-time and immediately tested Neto. Won the penalty and played with purpose.

Roberto Firmino (5/10):

No impact off the bench this week.

Jordan Henderson (6/10):

Brought a little more control than Fabinho.

James Milner (7/10):

Helped create the penalty and defended well.

Fabio Carvalho (N/A):

Surprise late arrival.

Jurgen Klopp (5/10):

Took a risk pairing two teenagers in midfield and it didn't work.

England coach Trevor Bayliss has backed Ben Stokes to bounce back from the pain of being taken for four sixes by Carlos Brathwaite in the final over the World T20 final

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Apr-20161:40

Butcher: Stokes would put his hand up again

England coach Trevor Bayliss has backed Ben Stokes to bounce back from the pain of being taken for four sixes by Carlos Brathwaite in the final over the World T20 final, and said he is the “heart and soul” of the England team.Stokes, who had become a key figure in the death overs for England during the World T20 as he delivered telling spells against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, had 19 runs to defend when he faced up to Brathwaite. However, four balls later the title was West Indies’ after each of the deliveries was dispatched into the Kolkata stands.Stokes was left distraught and, before hauling himself to the crease for what became the final delivery, he sank to his knees when Brathwaite had levelled the scores. A few hours later he tweeted his thanks for the support he had received and the morning after Brathwaite himself offered some consoling words. As England flew out of India, Paul Collingwood posted a photo of him alongside a relaxed Stokes on the plane.Over the last 12 months, the form of Stokes has become central to England’s success with key match-winning performances against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa before the World T20. Bayliss is in no doubt that he would front up to a similar final-over situation again.”He is one of those blokes – if we had a game tomorrow, he’d put his hand up to bowl the last over again,” he said. “No one is blaming Stokesy for anything. To be honest, he is the heart and soul of this team.”If everyone put in half as much as Stokesy does, we’d go a long way. You can’t fault Ben’s leadership in the team or the effort he puts in. It doesn’t matter whether he is batting, bowling or fielding, he gives you 100% until there’s nothing in the tank. The more of those type of cricketers we can produce, the better for England cricket.”

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The closing stages of the tournament brought Stokes face-to-face with Marlon Samuels to reignite a tempestuous relationship which began a year ago on England’s tour of the West Indies, where Samuels saluted Stokes off the field after a dismissal in the Grenada Test.Samuels was fined 30% of his match fee for using foul language towards Stokes during the final over and in the press conference further fanned the flames by saying that Stokes “doesn’t learn” about how engaging with him provides motivation.”They keep telling him when he plays against me, do not speak to me because I’m going to perform,” Samuels said. “I didn’t even face a ball and he had so much to say to me that I know I had to be right there at the end, again.”However, Bayliss will not be attempting to change Stokes’ on-field persona and believes it goes hand-in-hand with what makes him such a valuable player.”Ben’s one of those players that feeds off that. Some players sometimes say things and they can’t really back it up. But Stokesy is one of those players… that’s what turns him on, that’s what gets his juices flowing and makes him as good as he is.”He’s not the only one around the world. There are a number of other players who do the same thing – almost create their own controversy, or whatever you want to call it, to psyche themselves up and get their head in the game. It brings the best out of him.”On the tournament overall, and while wanting to give the chance for the dust to settle, Bayliss believed that England will find regular success if they continue playing in the style they have done since the start of the last English season.”Obviously the final was disappointing but I’m extremely proud of the way they played through this last few weeks,” he said. “As long as we keep playing good cricket and someone has to do something remarkable to beat us, we’ll win a lot of games.”England’s next assignment is back in the Test format when a three-Test series against Sri Lanka starts on May 19. Most of the players will return to action with their counties over the next couple of weeks.

South Africa spinner Aaron Phangiso’s bowling action has been determined as illegal, following independent tests conducted at the University of Pretoria’s High Performance Centre, an ICC accredited laboratory

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Mar-20161:42

Moonda: South Africa not giving up on Phangiso

South Africa spinner Aaron Phangiso’s bowling action has been determined as illegal, following independent tests conducted at the University of Pretoria’s High Performance Centre, an ICC accredited laboratory. The assessment revealed that all of Phangiso’s deliveries exceeded the permissible 15-degree limit.In accordance with the CSA Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions, Phangiso has been suspended from bowling in domestic cricket, with the board also confirming that the bowler will not be selected for the first two home T20Is against Australia, starting March 4. Phangiso will, however, remain with the squad to work alongside South Africa’s spin bowling coach Claude Henderson and CSA’s high performance manager Vinnie Barnes in an effort to remedy his action.Phangiso’s chances of being retained in the squad for the World Twenty20 in India hinge on a second round of independent tests next week.”The timing of this issue for Aaron and for our World T20 squad is clearly inopportune but we need to deal with it. We will work hard to remedy Aaron’s action and have him retested as soon as practically possible,” Haroon Lorgat, CSA’s chief executive, said. “We are fortunate to have an ICC accredited Laboratory in South Africa and this will certainly make a quick turnaround possible.”Phangiso had been reported for a suspect action following his team Lions’ win against Warriors in the semi-final of the Momentum One Day Cup. It was the third time this year that Phangiso had made headlines for the wrong reasons.In January, it emerged that Phangiso had been prevented from boarding an international flight following South Africa’s ODI series win in India because he was drunk and disorderly, forcing CSA to subsequently hand him an unknown sanction. Last week, Phangiso had to apologise for being caught on camera pretending to sniff an unknown substance off his leg during a T20I against England at the Wanderers. Phangiso was in the dug out and his gesture took place when South Africa were batting. He said it was a lighthearted joke but understood that in a country with a drug problem, it was inappropriateShould Phangiso fail to make the squad for the World T20, South Africa’s selectors have time till March 8 to find another back-up spinner for Imran Tahir. Eddie Leie, the likeliest replacement for Phangiso, suffered a hamstring injury during the Momentum Cup final and was forced to leave the field.

Craig McMillan knows a little bit about stratospheric one-day performances but New Zealand’s batting coach was unwilling to predict how much further teams could go

Alan Gardner13-Jun-20151:22

‘Not right to be easier to bowl in T20 than ODI’ – Taylor

Craig McMillan knows a little bit about stratospheric one-day performances but, after seeing more than 760 runs scored in 96 overs at The Oval on Friday night, New Zealand’s batting coach was unwilling to predict how much further teams could go.It is more than eight years since McMillan played a key role in New Zealand overhauling totals of 336 and 346 against Australia in consecutive matches – still two of the five highest successful chases in the format. McMillan’s 67-ball hundred in the third ODI was the fastest by a New Zealander until Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder both breezed past the mark at the start of 2014.That final match in Hamilton in 2007 saw 696 runs scored, albeit within the bijou dimensions of Seddon Park, and was at the time the second-highest match aggregate in history. It has since been pushed down to 10th, with six of the new entries coming in the last two years. Changes to the ODI playing regulations recommended by the ICC cricket committee may shift the balance once again but McMillan’s suggestion that “400 might well be the new 300″ no longer seems outlandish.”I wouldn’t like to put framework on it, I don’t know,” McMillan said when asked about the expansion of batting horizons. “T20 cricket has changed the perception of one-day cricket and what is possible and what’s not. I would think it’s pretty hard to beat 400 against quality opposition but with some of the grounds you play on, where the boundaries aren’t big and you play on good, true surfaces, anything’s possible, really.””These two sides, we’ve got two attacking batting line-ups that are going pretty hard at one another. I think with the pitches we’re going to face in the remaining three matches, 400 might well be the new 300. It’s also T20 cricket coming to the fore, batsmen play with no fear so chasing seven, eight an over is not a big deal anymore.”After two matches in favourable batting conditions, this series is already beginning to resemble a subcontinental run fest, where bowlers are little more than fodder. At Edgbaston, New Zealand took a wicket with the first ball of the match but ended up conceding 408; this time, Steven Finn got through a maiden before the fireworks began. Even with a target off 399 to back them up, New Zealand’s attack only just held out.A couple of winters ago, India and Australia gave it some relentless pongo during a series that looked to have redefined the game – particularly in the wake of the rule changes that brought such attacking cricket at the World Cup. Then, the overall run rate was 6.64 over six matches (one of which was a no result due to rain); currently, England and New Zealand are trading blows at a rate of 7.72 runs per over.New Zealand’s 398 for 5 at The Oval was the second-highest total in their ODI history – and their best against a fellow Test nation – but there was an ominous sense of control about the way the runs came. Of the top four, only Brendon McCullum scored at significantly more than a run a ball in the first 35 overs, with Ross Taylor opening up towards the end for an unbeaten 119 off 96 and Grant Elliott and Luke Ronchi providing further impetus lower down.Underpinning it all was solid partnership-building, with 50-plus scores for each of the first four wickets – their smallest was 45 for the fifth – leaving McMillan very satisfied.”It was a very professional batting effort, to have partnerships all the way through really set the platform for that big total,” McMillan said. “McCullum and Guptill probably set the tone, then the partnership between Kane and Ross set the platform and it allowed guys like Elliott and Ronchi to come in and play their cameos. In many ways it was close to the perfect batting performance.”English conditions could once be relied on to even the contest between batmen and bowlers, even with the white ball, but the absence of swing so far has neutered a strength of both attacks. Another generous batting surface is expected at the Ageas Bowl, a ground on which New Zealand cracked 359 for 3 in 2013. Records may continue to tumble.”It’s been a difficult series for the bowlers so far, I think they’re looking forward to a pitch with a little bit more help at some stage,” McMillan said. “But it is something we need to keep working on, I think we made improvements from Edgbaston. England came very hard at us last night, harder than at Edgbaston but the boys got the job done.”There’s very little help, you usually see with the new balls a little bit of swing. That’s one of the challenges for them at the moment, when the ball doe\sn’t do anything, what’s your gameplan? You have to be able to adjust and be flexible. It’s a continual discussion among the bowling group, with Dimi Mascarenhas as well. I think we’ve seen from the first two games it’s going to be a tough series for the bowlers.”

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has reportedly been blown away by Darren Fletcher's son Jack after training with the first-team.

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Ten Hag 'wowed' by Fletcher's son, JackUnited midfielder, 16, trained with first-teamTipped for big future at the Red DevilsGetty WHAT HAPPENED?

The teenager, who is the son of Red Devils' technical director Darren Fletcher, was promoted by Ten Hag to train with the first team ahead of their Champions League clash with Galatasaray on Wednesday – a game they drew 3-3.

Now, the Sun claims the Dutch manager is keen to 'fast-track' Fletcher's progress, is likely to go out on loan next season, and that he has a 'massive' future at United after watching him for several months.

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Jack joined United from rivals Manchester City earlier this year to link up with twin brother Tyler. While Jack was not selected as part of the travelling party to Istanbul, he was the only under-18 representative to be involved in the first-team training session. There may be another young Fletcher going onto be a hit at United in the future.

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Jack's father, Darren, spent 20 years at United as a player, progressing through their academy to play 342 times for the first team. The former Scottish international also won nine major trophies at the club, including the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup. He also won the Community Shield on four occasions.

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United are back in Premier League action on Saturday when they travel to Newcastle United in a battle between the sixth-placed Red Devils and the seventh-positioned Magpies.

Division One leaders Middlesex are well placed to claim their third successive win after another bowler-dominated day at Hove

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ScorecardBen Brown top-scored with 46 for Sussex as the bowlers continued to thrive in Hove•Getty ImagesDivision One leaders Middlesex are well placed to claim their third successive win after another bowler-dominated day at Hove. Twelve wickets fell on a second day that ended with 21 overs unused after a sea fret rolled in.Middlesex closed on 126 for 6, having extended their overall lead to 203 after dismissing Sussex for 192 earlier in the day. No player has yet passed 50 in the match (although there have been 112 extras) and that statistic looks unlikely to change with batsmen on both sides struggling to combat a pitch of erratic bounce that is unlikely to get any easier.Sussex were indebted to Ben Brown’s counterattacking 46 for keeping their first-innings deficit to manageable proportions and although Middlesex slumped to 68 for 4 and then 102 for 6, Ollie Rayner defied his former team-mates with an unbeaten 19 before the mists descended.Sussex were hampered by the absence of their leading wicket-taker Ajmal Shahzad, who suffered an arm injury on the first day. In his absence Ollie Robinson took three wickets to take his tally on his home debut to seven, which just about kept Sussex in contention.Batting again with a precious lead of 77, Middlesex lost Nick Gubbins in Robinson’s first over when he edged an outswinger before Steve Magoffin reaped an instant reward for a change of ends when he plucked out Sam Robson’s off stump.Middlesex lost two wickets with the score on 68. Substitute fielder Simon Harmer ran out Nick Compton with an underarm throw from the covers and James Franklin completed a pair off the next ball when Magoffin had him taken at second slip.Robinson’s lifter accounted for Neil Dexter and Mike Yardy claimed his third slip catch of the innings shortly after tea when Adam Voges drove at another Robinson delivery that spat up off a length. Rayner and John Simpson survived for six overs before the players went off.Earlier, Sussex’s first innings had been something of a procession once skipper Ed Joyce shovelled a leg-side ball from James Harris to long leg in the second over of the day. Luke Wright briefly flourished with five boundaries in his 26 but it needed Brown to give the total some respectability. He attacked vigorously after lunch, hitting eight boundaries in a stand of 31 for the ninth wicket with Shahzad, who offered solid support despite being clearly inconvenienced by his injury.Brown gave Rayner his second wicket with a tame catch down the leg side while the pick of the Middlesex seamers was Toby Roland-Jones, who found the right length and was unfortunate to only finish with two wickets.

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has reportedly held talks regarding forming part of the next boxing card pieced together by Misfits.

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Ex-England captain out of workSacked by BirminghamAlways been a big boxing fanWHAT HAPPENED?

The former England captain is a big boxing fan and has expressed willingness in the past to climb inside the ropes. That dream could now become a reality, with Rooney currently out of work in football circles following his dismissal by Championship side Birmingham.

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According to , Rooney has spoken with Misfits – the series promoted by Kalle Sauerland that features YouTube stars such as KSI and Logan Paul – about stepping into the ring. The 38-year-old attended an amateur boxing club while growing up in Liverpool and is apparently ready to lace up a pair of gloves once more.

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Rooney would be able to take part in the next Misfits event as their shows do not fall under the rules of the British Boxing Board of Control – meaning that fighters do not need to be professional. Fight nights are broadcast by DAZN and feature a number of celebrity sluggers.

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Rooney walked Ricky Hatton out in Las Vegas back in 2007, for his clash with Jose Luis Castillo, and has previously messaged Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn about putting a fight in place. He may get the chance to do some sparring as he mulls over his next move in coaching, with United's all-time leading goalscorer waiting on offers.

GOAL assesses the performances of Aliou Cisse's men following their quarter-final victory at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on Sunday.

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Mendy was barely tested in Sunday's encounter, however, he was beaten by Equatorial Guinea's first shot on target in the 57th minute.

AdvertisementBackpagepix.Bouna Sarr – 5/10

With no significant contribution, the Bayern Munich right-back was found wanting when it mattered.

Backpagepix.Saliou Ciss – 8/10

Ciss played a major role in the build-up to the third goal. It started with his fine control then his run into the box before cutting back to set up Sarr to score.

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Another solid performance from the captain and he was lucky to have a penalty call against him ruled out after the restart.

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has signed a three-year sponsorship deal worth 15.5 million Nepalese rupees (approx. $155,000) per year with the state-owned telecom giant Nepal Telecom

Bishen Jeswant07-Apr-2015The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has signed a three-year sponsorship deal worth 15.5 million Nepalese rupees (approx. $155,000) per year with the state-owned telecom giant Nepal Telecom. The deal is the biggest in the history of Nepalese sport. Nepal’s men’s and women’s national teams will sport the Nepal Telecom logo on their kits, and every national cricketer will be a brand ambassador of Nepal Telecom.”CAN is very pleased to have Nepal Telecom as a sponsor because involvement of big companies such as Nepal Telecom will give confidence to other players in the market to invest in cricket,” Bhawana Ghimire, the CAN CEO, told ESPNCricinfo.”This deal is very important for Nepal cricket because it is validation of the fact that the sport is growing in this country. This is a very promising sign and the game will only grow further, especially with our national team performing as well as they are.”The terms of the deal lay out how the sponsorship amount of NPR 15.5 million will be disbursed each year. Nepal Telecom has agreed to provide the CAN with an annual sum of NPR 8.5 million for the betterment of Nepalese cricket while also keeping in mind the best interests of the cricketers. The terms state that 25% of this amount will be paid directly to the national team players in the form of allowances.The remaining NPR 7 million will be paid towards an annual T20 tournament that is to be organized by the CAN, called the ‘Nepal Telecom Championship Trophy’. This tournament will be played once every year during the sponsorship term and will have a winner’s cheque of NPR 1 million (approx. $10,000). The tournament is set to become Nepal’s most lucrative cricketing event.The Nepal national team has been without a sponsor for around a year now. Ghimire informed ESPNCricinfo that the previous deal, with Pepsi and Standard Chartered, was worth around $30,000 per year.Ghimire also informed ESPNCricinfo that the CAN, in early April, had sold television rights to NTV, Nepal’s oldest and most watched television channel, for a sum of NPR 1.8 million (approx. $18,000) per year, three times the value of the previous television deal that the CAN had signed with NTV.The broadcast rights have been sold for a period of three years, during which time NTV is expected to broadcast domestic and international matches played in Kathmandu.”NTV are under an obligation to telecast at least 4-5 matches per year,” Ghimire said. “Matches played in tournaments such as the Nepal Telecom Championship Trophy will also be broadcast on NTV. If resources permit, they will telecast even more games, possibly even those played outside Kathmandu”.

Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan offspinner, has said Saeed Ajmal has a ‘realistic possibility’ of returning to international cricket

Umar Farooq15-Oct-2014Saqlain approached to help Narine

Saqlain Mushtaq has also been approached, by Sunil Narine’s manager*, to assist in rectifying the bowler’s action, which was reported twice during the Champions League T20. Saqlain has told the manager that he will be available after his contract with the PCB ends
*15.50GMT, October 15: This piece had previously incorrectly said that Saqlain was approached by West Indies’ manager

Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan offspinner, has said Saeed Ajmal has a ‘realistic possibility’ of returning to international cricket. The PCB signed a one-month contract with Saqlain, ending on October 24, to work with Ajmal in an effort to correct his action, which was deemed illegal by the ICC. The one-month term, according to Saqlain, was ‘ample enough’ time to work on the technical aspects of Ajmal’s action.”There is a realistic chance Ajmal can return with a legitimate action and once I finish I am sure he will be in good shape,” Saqlain told ESPNcricinfo. “He will be ready in the next two weeks to undergo an unofficial assessment in a biomechanical laboratory. I am hopeful and more importantly he [Ajmal] himself is very optimistic and has done everything that is required.”Over the last 22 days, Saqlain has been working on extensively to get Ajmal to reduce the straightening of his arm to within the 15-degree limit allowed by the ICC. The PCB intends to send Ajmal to England to undergo an unofficial independent assessment at its own expense before applying to the ICC for an official retesting.Ajmal has a realistic chance of clearing the test, according to the Saqlain, and he said the ICC should also consider Ajmal’s medical history while assessing his action. Ajmal has had chronic issues with his wrist, shoulder, hand and elbow following a road accident in 2004. He underwent a detailed medical assessment on Monday at the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore and the MRI reports are awaited.”If you look at Ajmal’s history with injuries, he might have recovered but there are certain things he might not able to achieve,” Saqlain said. “He is working so hard to get it fixed and bring it within the 15-degree limit. And I can see with my naked eye that he has done a lot work to reduce his flex so far and this is the important part.”With fresh medial reports we can put our heads together to look at what we can do further. I think ICC should also consider his medical history since no one wants to break the law intentionally. Even Ajmal, when he saw his videos, admitted his action was not fair. So he understands exactly what he needs to do. He is a quick learner and a fighter and is working so hard to achieve his targets.”Saqlain said his work with Ajmal so far had mostly been confined to his offbreak, and that the next step would be to work on his doosra.”We just want to ensure that everything should be perfect before we apply for an official assessment,” he said. “We took a month to work on various elements. So I am satisfied with the improvement in the last two weeks. But undergoing an assessment through a proper biomechanics system can further iron out the kinks. In case there is some problem we can sort it out instantly and the idea is to go into the ICC testing without any flaw.”We have done most of the work so far on conventional offspin, but we are now focusing on his strength as well. So we are working on the overall package, including his doosra.”Saqlain, 37, was perhaps the first offspinner to master the doosra, a delivery that spins away from the batsman even though it is delivered with a similar action to the offbreak. The variation spread around the world even after he retired from international cricket, and a few bowlers have mastered it in the last 15 years even though the delivery remains shrouded in controversy, with critics contending it cannot be bowled without straightening the elbow beyond 15 degrees.”I have always believed you can definitely bowl it with a legitimate action, working on various aspects of your body,” Saqlain said. “You can bowl the doosra with your fingers, wrist, elbow, shoulder and you can even get it right with your foot positioning. Every individual has his own physique. If you don’t have strong shoulders you can execute it through you wrist and fingers and use elbow to bowl a faster one. In either case you have to have strong control over your wrist and ensure it doesn’t collapse. And without the kink you can safely bowl a doosra within the permitted flex.”Saqlain was asked whether it was possible for there to be another new variation or invention added to the art of off spin bowling and he offered a mystical reply, “Why not? A person is made of this earth, which has not been discovered completely yet. So when you start thinking and start experiencing deeply, then you start experimenting. And then what you produce, that is a real invention.”