List of international cricketers called for throwing

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In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no ball and he is said to have been called for throwing.

Where public opinion is that a players bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a suspect action, an illegal action or more derogatorily, he is said to be a chucker. The issue occasionally becomes highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.

Over the years, a number of players have been called in Test cricket and One-day Internationals, invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers. Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires.

This is a list of international cricketers called for throwing.

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Ernie Jones (AUS) - called in 1898 at Melbourne
C. B. Fry (ENG) - called in 1900 by umpire Jim Phillips
Arthur Mold (ENG) - called in 1900 by umpire Jim Phillips
Madhusudan Rege (IND) – called in 1951 playing for Maharashtra v MCC (first Indian player to be called for throwing)
Tony Lock (ENG) - called in 1954
Harold Rhodes (ENG) – called in 1959, 1960 and 1965
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK) - called in Bombay in 1960
Geoffrey Griffin (RSA) - called in London in 1960
Ian Meckiff (AUS) - called in November 1963 by umpire Colin Egar at Brisbane
Abid Ali (IND) - called in Christchurch in 1968
Syed Kirmani (IND) - called in Bridgetown in 1983

David Gower (ENG) - called in Nottingham in 1986 [1]
Henry Olonga (ZIM) - called in Harare in 1995
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) - called in December 1995 by umpire Darrell Hair at Melbourne, January 1996 by umpires Tony McQuillan and Ross Emerson in Brisbane, and January 1999 by Ross Emerson in Adelaide
Grant Flower (ZIM) - called in Bulawayo in 2000

Players who have been reported to the ICC because of official concerns about their bowling actions but never called in a match nor received sanctions:

Players who have been reported to the ICC because of official concerns about their bowling actions and subsequently suspended:

Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) - in December 1999 but acquitted almost immediately
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK) - in December 2005 for 12 months
James Kirtley (ENG) - in October 2005 by England and Wales Cricket Board
Johan Botha (RSA) - in February 2006 by ICC until passing a subsequent test to prove that action has been rectified