bODYLINE SERIES
Bill Woodfull evades a ball from Harold Larwood with Bodyline field settings.
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don
Bradman. A bodyline delivery was one where the cricket ball was pitched short so as to rise towards the body of the batsman on the line of the leg
stump, in the hope of creating leg-side deflections that could be caught by one
of several fielders in the quadrant of the field behind square leg. This was considered by many to be intimidatory and physically threatening, to the point of being unfair in a game once supposed to have gentlemanly traditions. Although no serious injuries arose from any short-pitched deliveries, the tactic still led to considerable disagreement between the two teams, and a huge controversy in the cricketing world.
Bradman. A bodyline delivery was one where the cricket ball was pitched short so as to rise towards the body of the batsman on the line of the leg
stump, in the hope of creating leg-side deflections that could be caught by one
of several fielders in the quadrant of the field behind square leg. This was considered by many to be intimidatory and physically threatening, to the point of being unfair in a game once supposed to have gentlemanly traditions. Although no serious injuries arose from any short-pitched deliveries, the tactic still led to considerable disagreement between the two teams, and a huge controversy in the cricketing world.