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...game as gentlemanly as cricket, yelling "cheat" is not done lightly. Imagine the shock, therefore, when cricket's ruling council formally announced last week that almost every bowler in the history of the game had played fast and loose with the rules...
...cause of the declaration was an investigation into Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the sport's all-time greats. Murali, as he is known, is celebrated for a particularly devilish delivery known as the doosra, which has a deceptive spin that most batsmen aren't aware of until it's too late. Critics have accused the 32-year-old of throwing rather than bowling, in which no more than a slight flexing of the elbow is permitted. In April, Murali was made to undergo tests in Perth, Australia, using the same biomechanical and video technology used...
...comment on his greatest passion: cricket. An obsessive fan of the game?Australians call him a "cricket tragic"?it surprised few to hear that Howard holds an opinion on an issue that is the talk of the international cricket fraternity: Is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, a slow bowler with the uncommon ability to spin a ball like a top, a "chucker"? Howard didn't hesitate: "Yes," he told supporters at a political function in rural Australia last month. Howard had, in effect, labeled the most successful bowler in cricket history and an icon in cricket-mad Sri Lanka...
...Australian cricket umpire, Ross Emerson, who was among the first to cast doubt on the bowling action of Sri Lanka's favorite son by repeatedly penalizing Muralitharan for "chucking"?using a bent, instead of a regulation-straight arm?during a 1996 match against the West Indies. The bowler walked off the ground in tears. Even though Muralitharan has gone on to take a world record 527 wickets in 90 tests, polls still show that Emerson remains among the most disliked men in Sri Lanka. Now John Howard may join him. The ruling party has plastered posters across the country...
...lack should be filled by Moi! Self-Portraits in the 20th Century at the Musée du Luxembourg (March 31-July 25), in which 150 artists and photographers take a good look at themselves in dozens of different ways: unsparing closeup (the aging Degas); in duplicate (Dubuffet, with bowler hat); in triplicate (Norman Rockwell, Jacque Henri Lartigue); or, most popular, nude (Suzanne Valadon, Gwen John, Cindy Sherman). Some pose with palettes, others focus on the essence of their art: Henry Moore sketched his strong sculptor's hands. And James Montgomery Flagg used his own face for the famous World...