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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: MW Gatting
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 15:33:24 EST
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This past week, in the West Indies, Mike Gatting of England
was nearly killed when hit in the head with a bouncer bowled
by Malcolm Marshall.  He currently has a fractured skull, two
black eyes, and a smashed nose  ( Parts of the bones in and around
his nose were found in the cricket ball).

It appears that his career is over.

How do the cricket fans on the net feel about the bouncer?  Have
you ever faced it (at any level)?  Have you ever used it as a 
bowler?  Should it be a legal delivery?  (Current rules in the
Brittanic County Championship allow I believe one bouncer per
over.)  If I get replies, I shall treat this as a poll...

My answers would be that I don't really like it, but view it as
a part of the game.  I've never really faced it, however, and only
tried it once.   I don't have an opinion on its legality.

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Thanks.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

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